Chicago Mayor Has Brutal Exchange With Reporter Asking About 'Your Panic Attacks'

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At a press briefing, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was grilled over his mental health.

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00:00...the investments to build the safest, most affordable big city in America.

00:05Mayor Johnson.

00:07How many people did you talk to this week?

00:09I talked to a lot of people.

00:11Millions though, right?

00:12Well, hundreds of thousands, if not...

00:14So it went down this week?

00:15Questions, comments, likes and shares every time.

00:18Okay.

00:19Guaranteed, it's a goldmine.

00:21Here's the question that they want to know the answer to.

00:23Thousands of people.

00:24The Department of Justice investigation into your racist hiring practices

00:30can very likely result in millions of dollars in damages

00:35and that you and your administration will be personally liable for.

00:43Yet your legal response to the Department of Justice is to attack them.

00:49It's unhinged.

00:50Legal experts that I have talked to say that it's unhinged.

00:56Okay.

00:57We're going to get to the question now.

00:58People and regular Chicagoans.

00:59Otherwise we're going to keep moving, sir.

01:01Regular Chicagoans are saying to me that they're concerned about you.

01:04That there's widespread...

01:05All right, we need the question now.

01:07We need the question right now.

01:08There are widespread rumors of your panic attacks.

01:11All right, we're going to keep moving.

01:12And they're concerned...

01:13Here, Charlie.

01:14They're concerned about your mental health.

01:16Mr. Mayor.

01:18Mr. Mayor.

01:19The people of Chicago want to know, are you okay?

01:29I asked that same question about you last week, if you're okay.

01:34Because it's not clear to me that you are.

01:37And I mean this with all sincerity.

01:39I want you to get the help that you need.

01:42I do.

01:43Seek it.

01:44Seek it.

01:45Let's move on to the next one.

01:47Yeah, we'll go to Charlie.

01:47I have a follow-up question about the people of Chicago.

01:50We're going to keep moving.

01:51Thank you, though.

01:51Over the weekend, seven children, seven children were shot.

01:55Yeah, he addressed that.

01:56In a mass shooting.

01:57He addressed that, sir.

01:57Yep.

01:58Yet you and Stacey, your wife, have over 150 sworn police officers protecting you?

02:05Why is your life and Stacey's life more important than the children of Chicago, Mr. Mayor?

02:10I want you to get the help that you need, sir.

02:13Next question.

02:14Good morning, Mayor.

02:15Good morning.

02:15You mentioned Mr. Manceleto and his...

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