CHICAGO—On a rainy Friday in South Shore, presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy listened as a group of mostly black Chicagoans voiced concerns about incoming illegal immigrants, reparations for slavery, and more.
He showed up after locals objected to the planned placement of those illegal immigrants at a shuttered high school nearby.
Footage of a protest against that effort circulated widely on social media.
“I saw people here saying the same things that I’m saying,” Ramaswamy told residents who had gathered at an event venue on 71st Street, Studio 2226.
Readers can see a Twitter thread of the stop here.
Kathy Barnette, Ramaswamy’s grassroots director, walked around the room and held the microphone for questioners….}