Chicago school board head ousted because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, misogynistic WSOC TV [Video]

CHICAGO — (AP) — The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Rev. Mitchell Johnson’s resignation came at the request of Mayor Brandon Johnson.

“Rev. Mitchell Johnson’s statements were not only hurtful but deeply disturbing,” the mayor said in a statement. “I want to be clear: antisemitic, misogynistic, and conspiratorial statements are unacceptable.”

Mitchell Johnson was appointed president just a week ago. He was among seven board members tabbed earlier this month by Brandon Johnson after former members of board managing the nation’s third-largest school district resigned en masse.

Media reports have turned up social media posts by Mitchell Johnson that showed him agreeing that the 9/11 terror attacks on New York and elsewhere were an “inside job.”

Forty of the city’s 50 alderpersons …