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# ![Brandon Johnson Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:brandon-johnson.png) Brandon Johnson

Trump calls for jailing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor Pritzker. Johnson responds by doubling down on sanctuary city policies, sparking intense debate and media coverage.

### About Brandon Johnson
This report analyzes social media engagement and news coverage surrounding Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, focusing on his policies regarding 'ICE-Free Zones' and his interactions with federal law enforcement.  

### Insights [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/insights)
- brandon johnson creators hit XXX which is XXX% higher than it's daily average.

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXX [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:brandon-johnson/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/brandon-johnson/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXX +206%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXX +44%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXX +39%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXX on 2025-10-06  
**1-Year Low**: XX on 2025-09-12  

| Social Network | TikTok  | X         | YouTube | News   | Reddit |
| -------------- | ------  | -         | ------- | ----   | ------ |
| Engagements    | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXX  |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XXX [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:brandon-johnson/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/brandon-johnson/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXX  
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**1 Month**: XXXXX -XXXX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXX +23%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +96%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-10-08  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-09-12  

| Social Network | TikTok | X   | YouTube | News | Reddit |
| -------------- | ------ | -   | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Mentions       | XXX    | XXX | XXX     | XX   | X      |
  

  
  
### Creators: XXX [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:brandon-johnson/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/brandon-johnson/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Brandon Johnson in the last XX hours which is up XXXX% from XXX in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**1 Month**: XXXXX +4.90%  
**6 Months**: XXXXX +78%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXX +92%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-10-07  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-09-12  

The most influential creators that mention Brandon Johnson in the last XX hours

| Creator                                                    | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                    | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@paralegal](/creator/youtube/paralegal)                   | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXXX      |
| [@nbcchicago](/creator/tiktok/nbcchicago)                  | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXX       |
| [@Bubblebathgirl](/creator/twitter/Bubblebathgirl)         | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXX       |
| [@ChicagosMayor](/creator/twitter/ChicagosMayor)           | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XXXXX       |
| [@fox32chicago](/creator/youtube/fox32chicago)             | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXX       |
| [@RapidResponse47](/creator/twitter/RapidResponse47)       | X    | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXXXX       |
| [@ForbesBreakingNews](/creator/youtube/ForbesBreakingNews) | X    | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXX         |
| [@GuntherEagleman](/creator/twitter/GuntherEagleman)       | X    | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXX         |
| [@EricLDaugh](/creator/twitter/EricLDaugh)                 | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXX         |
| [@atrupar](/creator/twitter/atrupar)                       | XX   | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXX         |

[View More](/list/creators/brandon-johnson/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:brandon-johnson/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/brandon-johnson/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +2%  
**1 Month**: XX% no change  
**6 Months**: XX% -XX%  
**1 Year**: XX% -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2025-09-06  
**1-Year Low**: X% on 2024-12-12  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Community members are expressing optimism about the subject.:** (7%) Positive sentiment towards Brandon Johnson is being expressed by community members.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Community members are expressing pessimism about the subject.:** (49%)  Negative sentiment towards Brandon Johnson is being expressed by community members.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive | %  | Neutral | %   | Negative  | %   |
| ------- | -------- | -  | ------- | -   | --------  | -   |
| TikTok  | XXXXX    | X% | XXXXXXX | X%  | XXXXXX    | X%  |
| X       | XXXXXX   | X% | XXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX   | XX% |
| YouTube | XXXXXX   | X% | XXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXX   | XX% |
| News    | XXXXX    | X% | XXXXXX  | X%  | XX        | X%  |
| Reddit  | X        | X% | XXX     | X%  | XXX       | X%  |
|         |          |    |         |     |           |     |
| Total   | XXXXXXX  | X% | XXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | XX% |
  


**Top assets mentioned**
In the posts about Brandon Johnson in the last XX hours

[Boeing Co (BA)](/topic/$ba)
[PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL)](/topic/$pypl)
[Hundred Million (100M)](/topic/$100m)
[Liberty Global, plc. Class A (LBTYA)](/topic/$lbtya)
[Enact Holdings, Inc. Common Stock (ACT)](/topic/act-enact-holdings-inc)
[Walmart, Inc. (WMT)](/topic/$wmt)
[Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIAX)](/topic/$miax)

**Top topics mentioned**
In the posts about Brandon Johnson in the last XX hours

[donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [jb](/topic/jb), [pritzker](/topic/pritzker), [budgeting](/topic/budgeting), [tax bracket](/topic/tax-bracket), [mayor brandon](/topic/mayor-brandon), [government spending](/topic/government-spending), [united states](/topic/united-states), [national guard](/topic/national-guard), [employees](/topic/employees), [law enforcement](/topic/law-enforcement), [#trump](/topic/#trump), [ice agents](/topic/ice-agents), [maga](/topic/maga), [president donald](/topic/president-donald), [breaking news](/topic/breaking-news), [illegal aliens](/topic/illegal-aliens), [money](/topic/money), [youtube](/topic/youtube), [chaos](/topic/chaos), [raid](/topic/raid), [trump administration](/topic/trump-administration), [cops](/topic/cops), [over the](/topic/over-the), [york](/topic/york), [white house](/topic/white-house), [he will](/topic/he-will), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [trumps](/topic/trumps), [illinois state](/topic/illinois-state), [has been](/topic/has-been), [up the](/topic/up-the), [shutdown](/topic/shutdown), [bass](/topic/bass), [instead of](/topic/instead-of), [abc](/topic/abc), [state of](/topic/state-of), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [york city](/topic/york-city), [fbi](/topic/fbi), [chicago mayor](/topic/chicago-mayor), [investment](/topic/investment), [larry](/topic/larry), [targets](/topic/targets), [new york city](/topic/new-york-city), [realdonaldtrump](/topic/realdonaldtrump), [future of](/topic/future-of), [greg](/topic/greg), [fox news](/topic/fox-news), [kamala harris](/topic/kamala-harris), [cuts](/topic/cuts), [mamdani](/topic/mamdani), [gavin newsom](/topic/gavin-newsom), [the only](/topic/the-only), [president donald trump](/topic/president-donald-trump), [tiktok](/topic/tiktok), [charlie kirk](/topic/charlie-kirk), [give me](/topic/give-me), [fired](/topic/fired), [stocks financial services](/topic/stocks-financial-services), [obama](/topic/obama), [dems](/topic/dems), [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden), [number of](/topic/number-of), [democratic party](/topic/democratic-party), [brave](/topic/brave), [newsom](/topic/newsom), [activities](/topic/activities), [cleaning](/topic/cleaning), [los angeles](/topic/los-angeles), [rates](/topic/rates), [nbc](/topic/nbc), [zohran mamdani](/topic/zohran-mamdani), [aoc](/topic/aoc), [woke](/topic/woke), [all the](/topic/all-the), [wall street](/topic/wall-street), [admin](/topic/admin), [$115b](/topic/$115b), [austin](/topic/austin), [$ba](/topic/$ba), [stocks industrials](/topic/stocks-industrials), [stocks defense](/topic/stocks-defense), [city of](/topic/city-of), [lack of](/topic/lack-of), [vince](/topic/vince), [zoe](/topic/zoe), [let me](/topic/let-me), [acquisition](/topic/acquisition), [london](/topic/london), [police officer](/topic/police-officer), [bold](/topic/bold), [robert de niro](/topic/robert-de-niro), [forbes](/topic/forbes), [$166b](/topic/$166b), [$617m](/topic/$617m), [nancy](/topic/nancy), [about to](/topic/about-to), [drivers](/topic/drivers), [tear gas](/topic/tear-gas)

### Top News [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/news)
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Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

*Showing a maximum of X news posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*  

"Chicago City Council passes Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution - POLITICO"  
[News Link](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/31/chicago-israel-hamas-ceasefire-resolution-00138950) [@politico](/creator/x/politico) 2025-10-17T08:00Z 208.1M followers, X engagements


"Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget plan met with applause hostility"  
[News Link](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-budget-plan-applause-hostility/) [@chicagotribune](/creator/x/chicagotribune) 2025-10-16T23:59Z 208.1M followers, 5208 engagements


"Mayor Brandon Johnson pitches head tax revival in $XXXX billion 2026 budget"  
[News Link](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-head-tax-2026-budget-ultra-rich/) [@chicagotribune](/creator/x/chicagotribune) 2025-10-16T16:06Z 208.1M followers, 57.2K engagements


"Chicago Mayor Eyes Head Tax Revival to Fill Budget Shortfall"  
[News Link](https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2025/10/15/chicago-mayor-eyes-head-tax-revival-to-fill-budget-shortfall/) [@trdny](/creator/x/trdny) 2025-10-15T18:05Z 76.9K followers, XXX engagements



### Top Social Posts [#](/topic/brandon-johnson/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

*Showing only X posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*

"Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Raising Your Taxes #chicago #uspolitics #democrats"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@thecaesarlifeshow/video/7562250732267769102) [@thecaesarlifeshow](/creator/tiktok/thecaesarlifeshow) 2025-10-17T17:55Z 1084 followers, 3179 engagements


"Illinois Police Arrest ICE Protesters in BroadviewWhat Pritzker Didn't Want You to See Happens Illinois State Police just arrested over XX immigration protesters outside the Broadview ICE facilityand the irony is absolutely stunning. Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have spent YEARS building their brands on opposing federal immigration enforcement. They've called ICE operations divisive signed sanctuary state laws and promised Illinois would never cooperate with deportations. But when protesters blocked roads outside the Broadview processing center for over a week who"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@dailybeltway/video/7562244709532339487) [@dailybeltway](/creator/tiktok/dailybeltway) 2025-10-17T17:31Z 95.7K followers, 1520 engagements


"Imagine insulting Africans for being 'tribalistic' but adopting tribalistic and ethnocentric behaviors Brandon Johnson is a black American man with no immigrant or foreign ties. Chicago was found by a Haitian anyway she should be honored IF Brandon was actually Haitian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/akua_obeng42840/status/1979227522777723170) [@akua_obeng42840](/creator/x/akua_obeng42840) 2025-10-17T16:46Z 1425 followers, 12.8K engagements


"Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing a new "head tax" to fix the deficit after destroying their budget. All companies employing 100+ people in Chicago will have to pay a tax of $XX per employee per month simply for having employees. A punishment for hiring people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/RickyDoggin/status/1979221705622196394) [@RickyDoggin](/creator/x/RickyDoggin) 2025-10-17T16:23Z 574.4K followers, 2440 engagements