Chicago Mayoral Candidate Hands Out CASH To Potential Voters At Public Event

Chicago politicians literally give their third-world political peers a run for their money.

I mean… that’s exactly what this is. A third-world political campaign.

Because a millionaire running for mayor of Chicago is LITERALLY handing potential voters wads of cash.

According to Fox News:

A millionaire businessman running for mayor in Chicago blessed a multitude of churchgoers – and potential voters – Sunday by handing out hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Willie Wilson, one of several Democrats who plan to take on incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel, handed out $300,000 to about 2,000 worshipers at a church on Chicago’s South Side Sunday morning, an aide told WGN-TV.

The giveaway at the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church was orchestrated by the Dr. Willie Wilson Foundation, the nonprofit announced on social media. The foundation said it was “one of the biggest property tax relief assistance” events of the year, although “seniors and less fortunate will also receive a helping hand.”

Helping people is great…

There are PLENTY of ways to help people that don’t look like the scammiest mayoral campaign of all time, you know?

HANDING OUT CASH IS NOT PROPERTY TAX RELIEF OMG.

Wilson allegedly said a portion of the donated money — $100,000 of it — came from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who also attended Sunday’s event, Politico reports. However, a source told the publication those funds went straight into Wilson’s charity and Rauner was unaware the 70-year-old would be handing out cash at the church outing.

Good job, Rauner.

Maybe next time you should check who you’re donating $100,000 to, and how they intend to use it…

Rauner’s campaign has not yet returned Fox News’ request for comment Monday morning.

F. Scott Winslow, Wilson’s campaign manager, claimed the donations were legal since it was “absolutely not” a campaign event.

REALLY?! You think the people who he handed wads of cash to are going to differentiate between a “campaign event” and “not a campaign event.”

It was TOTALLY a campaign event.

This video was captioned “Willie Wilson help those in Need regardless of race, creed, or color!”

Interestingly, this was done at a black church, so they just REALLY wanted to show him giving money to the ONE white woman who happened to show up.

But nope. No one thought this would have ANYTHING to do with his campaign, right?

While he happens to be a candidate, he’s been a philanthropist for 30 years,” Winslow told WGN, adding he’s donated about $500,000 since announcing his mayoral bid.

“We’ve been paying people’s property taxes for years,” Wilson told the Chicago Sun-Times, saying it is “a normal thing for me.”

Have you been filming it and posting it to your OWN social media pages for years?

He said some of the money was in the form of checks cut by the foundation, but he also handed out cash because some people do not have bank accounts.

“I keep money on me just to give it out,” Wilson told the newspaper. “We don’t turn them down. We give what we can give.”

Sunday’s event was criticized by some Chicago lawmakers.

“Check this out if you wonder why Illinois politicians are often a national joke,” state Rep. David McSweeney, a Republican, said on social media. “How can Willie Wilson, a candidate for Mayor of Chicago, literally hand out CASH at a public event? This is so wrong!”

Check this out if you wonder why Illinois politicians are often a national joke. How can Willie Wilson, a candidate for Mayor of Chicago, literally hand out CASH at a public event? This is so wrong!

— Rep. David McSweeney (@1980reagan) July 22, 2018

State Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch, a Democrat, accused Rauner of using Wilson “to buy votes.”

“Handing out cash in the Black Church,” he said. “How about creating jobs dude!”

What the hell? Is Bruce Rauner using Willie Wilson and Corey Brooks to buy votes??? Handing out cash in the Black Church. Smh! How about creating jobs dudes! https://t.co/gy5lACDRib

— Emanuel Chris Welch (@RepChrisWelch) July 22, 2018

Yeah… it’s really not a good look.