Donald Trump and unpaid water bills are being injected into the race for Chicago mayor.
Johnson was endorsed Friday by Martin Luther King III on the West Side block where King's father stayed in 1966 during the Civil Rights Movement.
But while Johnson embraced the endorsement, he found himself answering questions about how he can manage a billion dollar Chicago budget when, according to city records, he has racked up $6,661 in fines and penalties fees from unpaid water bills since 2010,"So my budget is intact, we were on a payment plan," Johnson said. "We'll finish paying it off before the end of the day. And I've managed multi-million dollar budgets.
But with the indictment of Donald Trump, Vallas is now under fire for comments about the former president's impeachment in a new Johnson ad."I think my opponent is grasping for straws right now and I think my response to, everybody should be held accountable, including the President of the United States," Vallas said.
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