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Chicago school board president out over offensive remarks

Just a week after he was sworn into office, Chicago Board of Education President Mitchell L. Ikenna Johnson is resigning at the request of Mayor Brandon Johnson, amid growing pressure over a string of controversial Facebook posts supporting Hamas, backing 9/11 conspiracy theories, and making sexist comments.
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