[7] Sposato was a member of the Chicago City Council Progressive Reform Caucus, but left the group in December 2016.

[7] At a hearing about the fate of a Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago's Grant Park, Sposato said, "It's getting a little frustrating because we're letting the Commies win.

"[11] Sposato is a social conservative when it comes to race and LGBTQ issues, and has faced criticisms for remarks on these subjects.

"[14] This arose when, amid COVID-19 pandemic local media asked Chicago aldermen about their COVID vaccination status, leading Sposato to offer a response that quipped, "You can identify as whatever you want these days, can't you?

"[15] LGBTNation responded to this by saying, "This is part of a long pattern of people misconstruing the concept of gender identity as simply stating that a person is whatever they want to be – often just to win an argument or get some material benefit – instead of expressing a deep sense of one's own reality and living as a person's authentic self.