Brandon Johnson's win in Chicago tonight really undermines Eric Adams' image as emblematic of black communities. He says the New York Times has a "schoolhouse rock" view of politics where money doesn't influence anything. The media and Democratic Party don't shape those needs, he says; they just help mask them.
In this public News Brief, we break down Johnson's "surprise" win and how it undermines every lazy media trope involving local Democratic politics pushed over the last two years.