Rev. Michael Pfleger joins calls to cancel the DNC in Chicago

Driving the news: Pfleger plans to bring these demands to the doors of the Union League Club next week, when DNC 2024 Host Committee leader Christy George will be speaking.

What they're saying: "We have billions of dollars for Ukraine and Israel but we don't have billions of dollars … to house Americans who are homeless here, as well as those coming from other countries seeking asylum," Pfleger told WGN recently.

• State Rep. Kam Buckner laid out a similar argument in a recent Tribune op-ed, in which he also suggested unifying missions to house migrants and homeless citizens.

Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th), who chairs the City Council's immigration committee, tells Axios that Buckner "raises a good point, given the fact that we know there's going to be more buses being sent here because of [the DNC]."

• "I don't know [if we could really cancel], but we could impress upon the federal government and the Democratic Party that we need more support here, which we haven't been receiving."

The other side: "These are two separate dynamics," Mayor Brandon Johnson told Axios during a recent press conference. "Whether you have the DNC coming to your city or not, you have just as much of a right to the federal funds."

• "We can hold the DNC in the city of Chicago, and we can push Congress to do its part. … I'm going to compartmentalize both of those things."