Chicago aldermen call for colleague Byron Sigcho-Lopez to resign committee chair over appearance with charred US flag

CHICAGO — Nearly a dozen members of Chicago’s City Council Wednesday demanded Mayor Brandon Johnson call for removing ally Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez as head of the council’s Housing Committee as punishment for the alderman speaking in front of a charred American flag at a pro-Palestinian rally outside City Hall this past Friday. While it’s unclear how closely Johnson will heed the call for ...

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