No, it was not and will not be "forgotten", by a LOT of folks.
Posted on 06/12/2021 12:49:25 PM PDT by simpson96
After 15 months of suffering and sacrifice, Mayor Lori Lightfoot celebrated Friday’s reopening of the Chicago and Illinois economies as the liberation day that it was.
On a gorgeous summer-like day, Lightfoot held a celebratory news conference, complete with a grab bag of giveaways aimed at luring Chicagoans off their couches and away from their home offices.
Twelve hundred free, one-day passes to Lollapalooza. Hundreds of $250 gift cards redeemable at over 4,000 Chicago restaurants and retailers. A hip-hop version of the “Protect Chicago” music series for vaccinated Chicagoans.
The pep rally of a news conference was held outside Gibson’s Italia, a riverfront restaurant with one of the most picturesque spots in Chicago.(snip)
“Residents of Chicago, for the past year and some change, have endured so very much. But at every step of the way, you still made sure to do your part to stop the spread of this deadly disease,” Lightfoot said.
“You masked up. You got vaxxed up. And now, it’s time for you to get up, get out of the house this summer and fully and safely enjoy the events of the best city on the planet, our beloved city. … There’s no better place to be in summertime than the city of Chicago.”
Throughout the pandemic, Lightfoot has not hesitated to play the heavy.
She closed down the lakefront when she determined Chicagoans could no longer be trusted to maintain social distance and avoid gathering in large groups. That inspired a never-ending and hysterical string of memes she was smart enough to embrace.
She cut off citywide liquor sales at 9 p.m. and drove around the city breaking up large groups.
All of that was forgotten Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
No, it was not and will not be "forgotten", by a LOT of folks.
ChIraq’s South Side provides a 21 gun salute?
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
Mayor Light-in-the-Loafers is one scary looking broad.
It’s bullets keeping people at home, not the pandemic.
Is this a satire piece? Hard to tell the difference sometimes. The Babylon Bee gets it right more often than Mayor “I am Groot!” Lightfoot.
Celebrating her own decision to *open* up Chicago?
What a self-centered piece of work!
What a pile of BS. Mayor Groot is promulgating the next riot by her Marxist cannon foder in BLM.
What she do let white butch bitch wife speak... Hard to tell who plays what role.
Hate to tell chicago-ites...it really ain’t completely done yet. Still 5-15 thousand new cases a day in usa. There are breakthrough cases in fully vaccinated folk. Vaccine not 100% effective.
If anything (if she had managerial brains)...she would let the peoples decide at what rate they will open up. Her idiotic celebratory giveaways could possibly restart infection rate increase. For sure, violence and death will still trouble her beloved constituents regardless.
Fran is a big fan.
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