Posted on 10/30/2020 6:35:26 PM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO — When President Donald Trump tweets or trash talks Democratic mayors or governors, it encourages extremist Americans to threaten these elected officials — who are most often women and people of color, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.(snip)
When asked Thursday about the Whitmer threat, Lightfoot said “all roads lead back to Donald Trump,” saying every time the president or his spokespeople attack Chicago and called out Lightfoot by name, she’s inundated by threats and hateful comments.
“I know this is the experience of other mayors and other elected officials across the country,” Lightfoot said.
“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t get some kind of harassment, whether it’s just repeated calls, things left on voicemail or other things threatening violence. Some of them are just people who want to vent … that goes with the territory. But there is a real cause and effect when the president names me in a disparaging way, which is usually what he does. And people feeling like they have license to make what I regard as real threats.”
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Lightfoot said she didn’t share the story to be pitied, adding that she is “tough and strong,” but is concerned by the tone of political debate in the United States.
“I am distressed that my 12-year-old is growing up in this environment,” she said. “We can disagree on a range of issues, but Donald Trump has emboldened and empowered an element in our country that we know exists — sometimes we don’t want to talk about it, but it’s absolutely there. And there’s a lot of racist, misogynist, xenophobic people out there who threaten me and my family and other elected officials because the president gives them license.
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I would love to hear some examples of this “Rhetoric” she blames her problems on. Either way she is about as ignorant and mentally challenged as most socialists are. Heaven help us should socialists succeed, as it will be the end of the US as we have known it.
To quote Col. Potter from MASH, “horse hockey”!!!!!
Yep. Before Trump came along, no public figure ever received death threats.
Every time I look at this woman she has the physical characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Just listen to her talk for 60 seconds and you will understand why Chicago is in such shape with all the violence. She is just plain stupid.
And since most Dem voters are just plain dumb, they’ll buy it.
And those dumb Dem voters in Chicago will continue to suffer from her errors and incompetence.
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