After just one week on the job, Chicago’s school board president resigns over antisemitic social media posts 

The mass turnover at the Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) continues as its new president resigned after a week on the job.

Reverend Mitchell Johnson was appointed to the CBOE and sworn in as president on Oct. 24.

He was joined by five other social justice warriors, selected by Mayor Brandon Johnson to replace the previous board members who resigned en masse at the beginning of October. 

However, the vetting process was apparently incomplete as Rev. Johnson’s antisemitic social media posts were quickly unearthed, leading to his resignation. 

An exposé by Jewish Insider revealed numerous offensive posts following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel.  

In them, Johnson said:  

• “My Jewish colleagues appear drunk with the Israeli power and will live to see their payment.” 

• “How can a group of people who have suffered from the Holocaust today join with the Alt Right Community?” 

• “The Nazi Germans’ ideology has been adopted by the Zionist Jews.”  

• “The Israeli government offers a renewal of Nazi language once directed toward European Jews, ‘savages, dogs, vermin.’”  

• “Force Israel to attone [sic] for its shameful attempt at genocide against the Palistinian [sic] people.”  

• “Sane people must stand up and move away from supporting Israel. At present Israel is an occupying force and the world will support the oppressed.”  

• “I say again, stop blaming Hamas.”  

• “I cannot support Israel until it relents and discontinues it [sic] apartheid regime.”  

• “How long will we stand for Israelis war crimes?”  

Even Chicago’s far-left leadership couldn’t tolerate Johnson’s antisemitism.  

Mayor Johnson released a statement Thursday explaining that the school board president had resigned at his request. 

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

“We will proceed promptly to identify a qualified individual who shares our dedication to educational excellence and will serve with an unwavering commitment to the values we hold dear.” 

Illinois’ Democrat governor J.B. Pritzker also called for Johnson’s resignation.  

“Any person charged with the stewardship of the Chicago Public School Board must exemplify focused, inclusive, and steady leadership. The views expressed in the current Chair’s posts – antisemitism, misogyny, fringe conspiracy theories – very clearly do not meet that standard,” the governor said. “I believe it is in the best interest of our schools and our children for the Chair to resign.”