Liberal Mayor Blames Republicans as He Cuts City Services to Fund Programs for Illegal Aliens

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Denver, Colorado, Mayor Mike Johnston announced Friday that the city would be making cuts to services because of what KCNC-TV called a “critical situation with the budget.”

Being a politician, Johnston refused to take responsibility for the cuts himself, of course, and being a leftist (one outlet in 2017 referred to him as “a homegrown Bernie Sanders”), he certainly couldn’t blame the influx of illegal immigrants in his city, even though that appears to be what’s given rise to the “critical situation.”

And being a Democrat, Johnston wasn’t willing to lay the blame for the problem where it belongs, at least in 2024 — at the feet of President Joe Biden and his administration’s failed border policies.

Instead, Johnston opened his news conference on Friday by blaming the cuts on congressional Republicans.

“I’m here to talk a little bit about the devastating impact of the failure of Republican leadership in Congress this week to pass comprehensive immigration change and the impact that will have both on city budgets and on services that we can provide for newcomers in the city,” Johnston said, right out of the gate.

Granted, Johnston eventually got around to expressing some frustration over the fact that the Democrat-controlled Senate also failed to pass a border deal this week, but that was later.

“We would have a balanced flow of people that would come with work authorization,” Johnston said, if only Congress had passed a bill. “That would come with federal resources, and cities like ours could successfully integrate them.”

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