Chicago alderman Raymond Lopez just dropped a truth bomb that Democrats don’t want you to hear. While Mayor Brandon Johnson brags about crime being down, Lopez says the numbers don’t match what real Chicagoans see on their streets every day. The disconnect is huge and it’s putting families at risk.
Johnson keeps celebrating his so-called crime victories, claiming Chicago had its safest summer since the 1960s. But here’s what he won’t tell you: burglaries shot up 50% in the first half of 2025 compared to last year. Business owners are getting hit hard while the mayor plays politics with public safety.
Lopez knows the truth because he lives it every day as an alderman. He sees the crime reports that never make it into Johnson’s fancy press releases. Real people in real neighborhoods are dealing with violence and theft that the statistics somehow miss completely.
The numbers game is classic Democrat playbook stuff. They massage the data and move the goalposts to make themselves look good. Meanwhile, hardworking Americans can’t walk their dogs at night or leave their cars parked on the street without worry.
This is what happens when progressives run cities into the ground. They care more about looking good in the media than actually protecting citizens. Johnson’s policies have failed, and now he’s trying to cover it up with selective statistics.
Lopez deserves credit for having the guts to call out his own party’s lies. Most Democrats just go along with the narrative because they’re afraid of the woke mob. But Lopez puts his constituents first, not his political career.
Chicago families deserve leaders who tell the truth about crime, not politicians who spin fairy tales. The city needs real solutions, not more progressive experiments that put criminals before victims. Lopez gets it, but Johnson clearly doesn’t.
Federal help could make a real difference in Chicago, but Democrats like Johnson keep refusing it out of pure stubbornness. They’d rather let their cities burn than admit Trump-era policies actually worked to fight crime.
