Chicago School Board President Resigns a Week After Taking Oath
- Mitchell Johnson had just been sworn into office on Oct. 24
- Mayor asked for exit following ‘deeply disturbing’ statements
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Chicago Board of Education President Mitchell Johnson stepped down on Thursday, one week after taking the oath of office, following revelations about controversial social media posts he’d made.
Calls for Johnson to resign had come from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, as well as from aldermen and local community leaders after posts about the Israel-Hamas war came to light that were viewed as antisemitic, as well as others that were seen as misogynistic and some that spread conspiracies about the 9/11 terror attack.