If you thought Lori Lightfoot was a hard left figure, then you haven’t looked at the man who was just elected to be her successor, Brandon Johnson.

Just so we are all clear about who Johnson is (Kim covered the race here just a couple of days ago), he was the Randi Weingarten-endorsed candidate in the race. Everything that Lori Lightfoot was, Brandon Johnson is, but MORE. His acceptance speech was full of platitudes that will make his supporters feel good, and that was the whole point. …

Brandon Johnson will be formally inaugurated as mayor of Chicago on Monday, May 15th – two weeks before Memorial Day, a notoriously violent and crime-ridden weekend in that city. The question is, does reality kick in Johnson’s teeth before or after Memorial Day weekend?

[I’ll take the over, since Johnson won’t admit it even if reality does kick him somewhere in his anatomy. Reality will kick voters in the teeth well before Johnson has an epiphany, though. — Ed]