{"id":644351,"date":"2026-07-31T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=644351"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:18:47","slug":"chicago-has-a-new-nonpartisan-mayoral-candidate-but-get-ready-for-the-maga-label-anyway-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=644351","title":{"rendered":"Chicago has a new nonpartisan mayoral candidate, but get ready for the \u2018MAGA\u2019 label anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chicago has a new nonpartisan mayoral candidate, but it won\u2019t take long for the opposition to hit him with the \u2018MAGA\u2019 label given his commonsense platform.<\/p>\n

John Kelly has deep roots in the Windy City, and he announced his bid this week to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), who you could argue has been a disaster. Kelly, who has lobbied for the Chicago White Sox, Bally\u2019s and the United Center, is running on a platform focused on \u201csafe streets, property taxes families can afford, schools that teach kids to read, and transit you can count on.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, with the second-largest war chest of anyone in the field, Kelly must be seen as a serious candidate \u2014 even if he is white.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, I announced my campaign for Mayor of Chicago. I love this city too much to accept where we are today. Chicagoans deserve safer streets, a reliable CTA, stable property taxes and schools that prepare our kids for success,\u201d Kelly posted on X, while sharing an introduction video.<\/p>\n

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Today, I announced my campaign for Mayor of Chicago.<\/p>\n

I love this city too much to accept where we are today.<\/p>\n

Chicagoans deserve safer streets, a reliable CTA, stable property taxes and schools that prepare our kids for success.<\/p>\n

If you have a few minutes, I hope you\u2019ll watch. pic.twitter.com\/MWA0SiYaLY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John Kelly (@jkellyformayor) July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the video, Kelly is seen riding the L-train, explaining the car is almost empty because Chicagoans are \u201cafraid\u201d to ride the train anymore. He points out that there used to be 400 police officers riding the trains to ensure safety and that he will put them back, explaining that Mayor Johnson has 154 police officers tasked with providing him security.<\/p>\n

He is married to Julie Kelly, a political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness.<\/p>\n

The \u201cLibs of Chicago\u201d X account commented on Kelly: \u201cI haven\u2019t officially made up my mind on who I\u2019d support to be the next mayor of Chicago so don\u2019t take this as an endorsement. I\u2019ve already seen the Socialist in Chicago have a melt down over Kelly, Mendoza & even Wilson. They label them MAGA as though that\u2019s a bad thing simply because they know the low-informed ppl will just run with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t looked a lot into Kelly & what his policies are but it\u2019s hard to argue with much from this video. The most important to me is he didn\u2019t say black, white, Trump, ICE or tax the rich. He did say Chicago & Chicagoans though, that\u2019s extremely rare to hear from Mayor Johnson or his comrades in city council.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a sampling of other responses to the story, as seen on X \u2014 including Dan Bongino responding to a post from Julie Kelly:<\/p>\n

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Chicago definitely needs a change. Someone needs to clean that mess up. https:\/\/t.co\/2RS1FXGTEh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Great news for Chicago, terrible news for communists and criminals! https:\/\/t.co\/AoNq7mmn1c<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Nice start. Study Spencer Pratt\u2019s social media strategy.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cari Kelemen (@KelemenCari) July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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No beating around the bushes John<\/p>\n

Tell the folks we don\u2019t need 50 Alderman only 20<\/p>\n

Tell them you\u2019re gonna end Sanctuary city status<\/p>\n

Tell them, illegals will not get a dime from the city<\/p>\n

\u2014 @Chicago1Ray \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@Chicago1Ray) July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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All you complaining he is a dem\u2026you know as well as everyone else living in Chicago, there is no damn way anyoone but a democrat would win over any of those idiot liberals even if it meant voting in hitler or the devil himself<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mare (@mare1369) July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Chicago has a new nonpartisan mayoral candidate, but it won\u2019t take long for the opposition to hit him with the \u2018MAGA\u2019 label given his commonsense platform. John Kelly has deep roots in the Windy City, and he announced his bid this week to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson (D), who you could argue has been a… Continue reading Chicago has a new nonpartisan mayoral candidate, but get ready for the \u2018MAGA\u2019 label anyway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=644351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/644344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}