In yet another textbook case of Trump Derangement Syndrome clouding Democrat judgment, Chicago\u2019s far-left leadership just got a rude awakening. Mayor Brandon Johnson, the poster child for progressive incompetence, apparently thought he could call President Trump\u2019s bluff. Big mistake.<\/p>\n
Unlike the career politicians Johnson is used to dealing with, when this president says something, he means it \u2014 and he backs it up. Chicago, under its brainless leadership, just learned that the hard way.<\/p>\n
First came the hammer blow in New York, where the Trump administration froze roughly $18 billion in federal funding for two massive infrastructure projects. The reason? To stop those dollars from being funneled through so-called \u201cequity\u201d requirements \u2014 what the administration rightly called \u201cunconstitutional DEI principles.\u201d<\/p>\n
That should have been the warning shot heard around the country. But apparently, Brandon Johnson, like so many other clueless Democrats running America\u2019s big blue cities into the ground, missed the memo. As such, Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced on Friday, via a post to X:<\/p>\n
$2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects \u2014 specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project \u2014 have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting.<\/p>\n
And on Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a statement:<\/p>\n
This week, USDOT issued an interim final rule (IFR) barring race- and sex-based contracting requirements from federal grants.<\/p>\n
To continue implementation of this rule, USDOT today sent letters to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to inform them that two projects \u2014 the CTA Red Line Extension and the CTA Red and Purple Modernization Program \u2014 are also under administrative review to determine whether any unconstitutional practices are occurring.<\/p>\n
The remaining federal funding for both projects total $2.1 billion.<\/p>\n
Never mind that the Constitution loathes race-based anything; pinhead Democrats like Johnson think it\u2019s just a suggestion, though, not a mandate.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one thing to be riddled with late-stage Trump Derangement Syndrome and let President Trump live rent-free in your already ravaged brain, 24\/7. That\u2019s par for the course with Democrats.<\/p>\n
But when the obsession gets so bad that you start intentionally harming the very residents of your city \u2014 and on top of that, risk losing billions in federal dollars for critical infrastructure projects \u2014 well, at some point, the FAFO game stops being a game.<\/p>\n
Then again, that assumes rational thinking, and if there\u2019s one thing these leftist mayors have proven, it\u2019s that rationality isn\u2019t part of their playbook.<\/p>\n
\u201cIllinois, like New York, is well known to promote race- and sex-based contracting and other racial preferences as a public policy,\u201d the [DOT] said Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cTogether, these critical reviews are intended to ensure no additional federal dollars go towards discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices,\u201d it continued. \u201cThe American people don\u2019t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are. They just want these massive projects finally built quickly and efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSecretary [Sean] Duffy and USDOT are committed to conducting these reviews as fast as possible so reimbursements can move forward. Unfortunately, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries\u2019 decision to shut down the government has negatively affected the Department\u2019s staffing resources for carrying out this important analysis,\u201d the Department of Transportation also said.<\/p>\n
The DOT then summed up the insane position of the Democrat Party in this way:<\/p>\n
We urge Democrats in Congress to stop holding the federal government\u2019s budget hostage so USDOT can get back to the important work of the American people. Benefits for illegal immigrants are not worth potential impacts to important investments in our nation\u2019s transportation infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, today\u2019s Democrat Party is not only irrational \u2014 it also proves, over and over again, that it hates Donald Trump more than it loves America.<\/p>\n
And in the sad cases of Chicago and New York City, it\u2019s painfully clear that Democrats are more than willing to toss aside the best interests of their own law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"