Posted on 08/07/2019 4:52:40 AM PDT by simpson96
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Tuesday over the first daughter's tweets about weekend violence in the city.
In a pair of tweets, Trump tweeted about the city's gun violence epidemic in light of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Chicago reported 55 people shot, seven fatally, over the weekend.
“As we grieve over the evil mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, let us not overlook that Chicago experienced its deadliest weekend of the year. With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground in the Windy City — and little national outrage or media coverage — we mustn’t become numb to the violence faced by inner city communities every day," Trump wrote.
While at a news conference after a meeting with police brass, Lightfoot said Trump got her facts wrong and implied the shootings were all part of one episode, The Chicago Tribune reported.
“It wasn’t a playground, it was a park. It wasn’t seven dead. It wasn’t 52 wounded in one incident, which is what this suggests. It’s misleading,” Lightfoot said. “It’s important when we’re talking about people’s lives to actually get the facts correct, which one can easily do if you actually cared about getting it right.”
She said Trump should have reached out to city officials if she wanted a constructive dialogue.
“What I’m focused on is actually helping run the city of Chicago and working hard every day with the superintendent and his leadership team to keep people in our city safe,” Lightfoot said. “I’m not going to be distracted by nonsense tweets from people who don’t know what they’re talking about.”
Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said last weekend's violence was the deadliest of the year.
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Coming from the woman who says that her most important issue for Chicago is LBGT rights.
Bugs don’t like the bright lights. hmmmmm.
“Lightfoot said Trump got her facts wrong and implied the shootings were all part of one episode”
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How the living frick does it NOT being “one episode” make it BETTER??!?!?
It was ONE WEEKEND! On top of other weekends!
In other words, Black-on-Black crime doesn’t count, except that it is whitey’s fault for not giving Chicago more federal money.
Exactly. Deny, deny, deny, reality.
It was 8 dead and 47 wounded.
The question to ask is what the States’ Attorney’s office does with gun charges. Cook county throws out gun charges if you are a preffered citizen
Chi-congo elected an angry black lesbian as mayor. They are getting what they deserve.
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/
and heyjackass.com for what really happens there.
The mayor is a little girl so far out of her league she does not even know what the game is.
Why can’t Trump and the GOP defend us like this Mayor?!
Will the press attack her for claiming children don’t play in parks? She happily decries the deaths on her watch as trivialities compared to her larger ideals and while I disagree with that assertion she’s at least defending her constituency instead of selling them out for political points.
Chi-congo - love it !
“working hard everyday” What a joke.
Wonder what Chicago would look like if she was slacking off?
Thank you, Van DeKoik! My thoughts exactly!
“It wasn’t a playground, it was a park.”
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Are the victims less dead bases on this distinction without a difference?
Little Lori is upset. Little Lori wants to make 8 deaths and 52 wounded less of a news item. Little Lori, instead of dealing with her own murderius city’s problem of black on black crime, wants to deflect the issue.
Little Lori is in WAY the hell over her head.
Sit down and shut up, Little Lori. This is an adult discussion that you are wholly unequipped for. Drink your milk and stay at the kids’ table, Little Lori.
Hey Mayor Lighthead, if you deny your problems and don’t re ognize and own them, you will never make corrections to your problems.
Instead, attack the messenger, stick your head up your arse, and wish your problems go away.
My mother had a phrase for me growing up that she repeated every time I “wished” for something...
“Wish in one hand and take a crap in the other. Slap them together and see what you have!”
Ivanka needs to revise her tweet - so that there can be NO argument from Lightweight about the ongoing black-on-black killings in Chicago - show some trend charts that show just how long it’s been going on and how that correlates to the Dem leadership that’s been in place there for years.
So, Lori...
are there 7 dead Chicago citizens and 52 wounded or not?
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