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| Chicago Mayor Spent Over $30,000 In Campaign Funds On Hair And Makeup In One Year |
| 2024-06-09 |
| [DAILYCALLER] Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has spent over $30,000 worth of campaign funds on grooming over the past year, the Chicago Sun-Times first reported. Johnson campaign adviser Bill Neidhardt justified the spending on hair stylists and makeup artists by saying that the mayor is using “his own campaign funds to pay Black- and women-owned businesses a fair wage in compensation for their work,” the Sun-Times reported. Johnson’s campaign, which the Chicago mayor is drawing from to get his makeup done, is funded by “working-class people” and labor unions, a campaign spokesperson previously said. “Hair and makeup services are commonplace among high-ranking public officials,” Neidhardt said. Johnson, however, stands out from his Illinois peers in terms of the quantity of funds allocated to beauty services. Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s former mayor, spent $2,000 on makeup, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle paid $217 for similar services and Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire, made 11 payments totaling $6,000 to a Chicago beauty salon to pay for hair styling and makeup, according to the Sun-Times. Paul Vallas, who ran against Johnson during last year’s mayoral election, says he doesn’t recall spending campaign funds on grooming but notes that his being bald contributed to the lack of expenditures, the Sun-Times reported. Johnson’s campaign has an explanation for the mayor’s unordinary spending, with Neidhardt saying that “he’s mayor 24-7” and that “appearances matter,” according to the Sun-Times. Related: Brandon Johnson 05/24/2024 And there goes Ohio Brandon Johnson 05/22/2024 At Least 45 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Johnson's Chicago Brandon Johnson 04/22/2024 Chicago is the DNC's Kind of Town? Related: Lori Lightfoot 05/22/2024 At Least 45 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Johnson's Chicago Lori Lightfoot 04/22/2024 Chicago is the DNC's Kind of Town? Lori Lightfoot 04/17/2024 At Least 43 Shot During Weekend in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago Related: Toni Preckwinkle 10/25/2021 Illinois Supreme Court Rules Tax On Guns & Ammo Unconstitutional Toni Preckwinkle 05/02/2020 Coronavirus roundup Toni Preckwinkle 09/16/2019 Chicagoans aren’t born cynics. We’ve just had it beaten into us from birth with stories like this one Related: J.B. Pritzker 04/22/2024 Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Biden: "People Understand That it's Joe Biden That Stands for American Values" (VIDEO) J.B. Pritzker 12/30/2023 Chicago's mayor taps $95M in federal COVID-19 relief funds for migrant housing costs: report J.B. Pritzker 12/11/2023 Illinois governor shutters $65 million migrant camp in Chicago Related: Paul Vallas 05/16/2023 Chicago Dem calls out city's mishandling of migrant crisis, urges for crime crackdown ahead of 2024 convention Paul Vallas 04/11/2023 The Left Has Killed Our Great Cities Paul Vallas 04/06/2023 Chicago Elects Mayor Even More Radical Than Lightfoot as Her Replacement |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 Pimpin' |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2024-06-09 14:28 |
| #14 @#5 - At first, I thought Johnson was at a meeting of the Water Buffaloes. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-06-09 12:00 |
| #13 Well, Funi Willis spent 20 times that on hers fancy man. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-09 11:11 |
| #12 He really really likes Guardians of the Galaxy. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-06-09 10:44 |
| #11 How much of that was the absurd six inch long fake nails? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-09 10:06 |
| #10 Well, nothing can fix stupid, so he has to go the superficial route. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2024-06-09 09:46 |
| #9 Ima going to guess - a woman trapped in a man's body? |
| Posted by: Raj 2024-06-09 09:41 |
| #8 An actual example of lipstick on a pig? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2024-06-09 09:40 |
| #7 Beatlejuice must have brought a makeup artist in from Hollywood. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-06-09 08:38 |
| #6 Plus, at least one of the shops that he claims he spent money at says they've never seen him. Money just be disappearing. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-06-09 08:15 |
#5  |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-09 08:12 |
| #4 Second city cop has a photo of Johnson for this story which would be well worth copying for the Burgs files. |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-06-09 07:53 |
| #3 If I discount money spent on makeup for the women in my life, I can't convince myself I have spent $30k on personal grooming in my entire life. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-09 06:56 |
| #2 [blow dryer sound effect] |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-06-09 04:25 |
| #1 A cone is a complex shape. |
| Posted by: Ululating Platypus 2024-06-09 02:02 |