Emboldened by the Democratic sweep in Tuesday’s elections, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday offered a fiery defense of the corporate head tax that Gov. JB Pritzker, business leaders and more than half the City Council are determined to either reduce or eliminate altogether.

Johnson cited victories by a slew of Democratic candidates elsewhere in the country — including fellow progressive Zohran Mamdani, now the mayor-elect of New York City — as good reason to stand his ground and “center our politics around people, particularly working people.”

“That’s what people ran on and that’s what they won on,” Johnson said. “They literally won on the model that we’re building here in Chicago.”

Pounding the podium and raising his voice, a fired up Johnson said it is “absolutely frustrating” to hav

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