Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich suggested to Newsmax on Wednesday that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s approval rating is at 6.6% not because he’s unlikable, but because he’s incapable of running the city.

“Our mayor has a low approval rating, not so much because people don’t like him personally. They just recognize that he’s completely incompetent. He’s doing a terrible job in a great city,” Blagojevich told “Finnerty.”

The former governor then added that Johnson has landed himself a historically low approval rating for his deflection toward race.

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