City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin touched off a political firestorm Wednesday by declaring that the city’s $10 billion portfolio her office controls will no longer invest in U.S. Treasury bonds to protest what she called the “authoritarian regime” of President Donald Trump.

“Chicagoans do not want us to bankroll the regime — the authoritarian regime — of Donald Trump where he has waged a war on our city,” said Conyears-Ervin, one of nine candidates vying to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in the 7th Congressional District.

“In the past three years, our office has held over $200 million in Treasury securities,” Conyears-Ervin said, speaking at a hearing on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed 2026 budget. “Beginning today, I have directed my staff to boycott the purchase of United

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