Posted on 07/23/2020 5:40:49 PM PDT by simpson96
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday defended a series of insulting text messages sent to the city's police union president after he asked President Trump for help in addressing the city's violent crime wave.
In the messages to Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, Lightfoot called him a "cartoon character" and "clown" who is "desperate for relevance." The exchange was obtained by WGN-TV.
The remarks came after Catanzara asked Trump in a July 18 letter for help in combating Chicago's violent crime epidemic, while calling Lightfoot a "complete failure."
In a news briefing, the mayor refused to walk back her remarks.
"In the middle of everything that’s going on, in a craven political move, this man waved his hand to President Trump and invited him to bring federal troops into our city, a la Portland," Lightfoot told reporters during a news briefing. "We have tried to engage him in a constructive way. He refuses to do so because he's more interested in trying to make himself a political figure rather than to be a leader.
"I don't take back one word that I said," she added. In his letter, Catanzara didn't specifically ask that federal forces be deployed to the city but said he was willing to meet with Trump to discuss how to "bring back civility to the streets of Chicago."
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She should take a gander at that photo.
Screw dem poleece - I gots muh own secuity deetail.
“Toni Prewinkle was a longtime Communist Party USA sympathizer. ... The election for mayor of Chicago was like “Spy vs spy” but they were both Marxist, feminist and anti-America.”
Yup.
It’s worth it just for the look on Rahm’s face. I can’t imagine a response like that to a hetero- kiss....except maybe at a wedding.
*** “Buyer’s Remorse with Groot, and things are starting to change” ***
Sorry the Dead are still voting 100% Dem, 100% Hillary (still Hillary, just banking ballots for later), and 100% of them died from Covid 19 so “They” cannot be questioned nor be Judged for their Votes from beyond the Grave.
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