Vallas endorsed by FOP. Illinois assault weapons ban. Fascists in DC and Brasilia.
It’s no surprise that Paul Vallas has won the endorsement of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police and it’s MAGA president, John Catanzara.
Vallas has been a volunteer consultant to the FOP for a while.
His major electoral theme is to attack Mayor Lightfoot using fear of crime in a campaign that reminds me of Richard Nixon’s racist Law and Order election themes.
Until Donald Trump, Nixon was the most criminal U.S. president in recent history.
The FOP, it should be remembered, defended and gave a job to their member Jason Van Dyke while he was being prosecuted for the murder of Laquan McDonald.
The FOP itself is in the early stages of an election for leadership.
But as WBEZ points out, “Whether John Catanzara wins or loses, however, Chicago cops will be represented by a conservative, white man.”
And if Vallas gets elected, so will Chicago.
That’s unacceptable.
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Last week the Illinois House overwhelmingly passed an assault weapons ban.
It’s waiting for the Illinois Senate to pass it so it can go to Governor JB Pritzker for a signature.
The Senate was supposed to vote on it yesterday. That didn’t happen.
The Illinois Senate is controlled by the Democrats, as is every other branch of Illinois government.
Voting for an assault weapons ban is a no-brainer for Democrats.
So, what’s the problem with Democrats in the Illinois Senate?
If the Senate doesn’t vote on it by Tuesday they will have to start all over again in a new session of the legislature.
That’s unacceptable.
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Fascists thugs of defeated president Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil have taken a lesson from their comrades in the United States by physically and violently assaulting the legislative capital of Brasilia. They are falsely claiming the election of Leftist President Luis da Silva, or Lula as he is affectionately called by Brazil’s workers and the poor, was rigged.
Unlike the United States, the insurrectionists in Brazil are being aggressively punished.
Hundreds have reportedly been arrested so far.
In the United States they get elected to Congress and Speaker of the House.