Emanuel calls governor emperor without clothes; Rauner aide suggests mayor has 'Napoleon complex'

The name-calling and finger-pointing continued between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats on Tuesday, this time on the next step to negotiating a massive budget proposal and how to proceed on extra money for Chicago Public Schools.

The insults were traded as Mayor Rahm Emanuel was asked about the dispute over how to come up with $215 million for the city's teacher pension system that evaporated after a Rauner veto late last year. Rauner met Friday with Grammy-winning South Side artist Chance the Rapper to discuss the issue, then the governor laid out a couple of options Monday that Democrats dismissed.

"I think in the last 48 hours, everybody has come to the conclusion that the emperor wears no clothes, the governor," Emanuel said at the ribbon-cutting for a downtown office tower. "There is nobody else. He can't blame (House Speaker) Mike Madigan, he can't blame (Senate President) John Cullerton and the grand bargain, can't blame me, can't blame Chance (the Rapper). And he's now realized what — everybody's now seen what he stands for."

Rauner spokeswoman Eleni Demertzis responded: "Sounds like someone has a Napoleon complex," a possible reference to the mayor's height.

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