Two of America's most failed Democratic mayors are joining forces to deliver what they're calling a "rebuttal" to President Trump's upcoming State of the Union address - because apparently running their cities into the ground wasn't enough of a full-time job.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced they'll be the keynote speakers at something called the "State of the Swamp" event next Tuesday at Washington D.C.'s National Press Club. The irony is rich - two mayors who've presided over soaring crime rates and exodus of residents want to lecture Americans about leadership.
Let's talk about these two characters for a moment. Jacob Frey is the same mayor who allowed Minneapolis to burn during the 2020 BLM riots, standing by as his own police precinct was torched while he virtue-signaled about "systemic racism." Meanwhile, Brandon Johnson has turned Chicago into a sanctuary city disaster zone, with violent crime plaguing neighborhoods while he focuses on woke policies instead of public safety.
The Audacity of Failure
What exactly do these two think they're going to accomplish? President Trump will be delivering his State of the Union to a nation that decisively rejected the Democrat agenda in 2024. Americans chose Trump's vision of secure borders, economic prosperity, and law and order over the chaos these mayors represent.
This "State of the Swamp" spectacle is nothing more than political theater from sore losers who still can't accept that their radical policies have been thoroughly repudiated by the American people. While Trump discusses real solutions for real problems, Frey and Johnson will likely double down on the same failed progressive talking points that got them into this mess.
The timing couldn't be more tone-deaf. As President Trump works to implement his America First agenda - securing our borders, cutting government waste through Elon Musk's DOGE initiative, and restoring American energy dominance - these two mayors want to relitigate an election they already lost.
Here's a thought: instead of staging boycott events in D.C., maybe Frey and Johnson should focus on fixing the crime-ridden, business-fleeing disasters they call cities. But that would require actual leadership instead of grandstanding.