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Mayor Lightfoot Pleads With Walmart, Other Retailers To Not Abandon Chicago
WBBM News Radio (Chicago) ^ | 06/04/2020

Posted on 06/04/2020 10:27:00 AM PDT by DFG

Mayor Lightfoot said she’s hopeful major retailers will reopen the Chicago stores that were looted or otherwise damaged during protests surrounding George Floyd’s killing by police in Minnesota. But, she’s unsure of one of the biggest.

Mayor Lightfoot said she was on a conference call with Walmart and other major retailers that had stores looted or heavily damaged during the unrest in Chicago. She said she pleaded with them to not abandon Chicago.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; illinois; lightfoot; lorilightfoot; mayorlightfoot; riots; upyours; walmart
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To: DFG

Please dont leave, if you do they will be in my neighborhood


21 posted on 06/04/2020 10:32:51 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (I WILL NOT KNEEL)
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To: DFG

LMAO!!! I thought Chicago was a Walmart Free Zone?


22 posted on 06/04/2020 10:32:53 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: DFG

These big democrat controlled cities that refused to protect their own people and infrastructure during riots and looting are going to lose a significant amount of their jobs and descend into a deeper hell then they are already in, unable to even pay their public pension debts


23 posted on 06/04/2020 10:32:57 AM PDT by z3n
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To: DFG

The one side to this story...jobs, won’t get discussed much. Around fifteen-odd Wal-Marts in the area, don’t know how many got damaged.

But here’s the thing...if you make the effort to re-open, and cover the deductibles, and accept that loss....who is to say in November (after the election)...another riot week occurs, and repeats itself. Same with the trial in Minnesota with the cops...if that’s a hung jury...more riots.

If I were Wal-Mart, I’d explain the commercial profit situation, and that I’m only willing to play this game one single time.


24 posted on 06/04/2020 10:33:00 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: DFG

I have not set foot in a walmart in over 12 years. If walmart tells her to F off, I ... Still won’t set foot in a walmart.


25 posted on 06/04/2020 10:33:19 AM PDT by real saxophonist (If you don't have a gun, sell some toilet paper, and go buy a gun. - Colion Noir)
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To: DFG

They won’t abandon Chicago over race. But restocking entire stores gets expensive. Plywood is cheaper.


26 posted on 06/04/2020 10:33:26 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: DFG

Wal-mart has more stores than most companies have employees. A store in Canada tried to unionized so they simply shut it down - permanently.

They may do the same thing in Chicago. I had an acquaintence that had a chain of small grocery stores back in the 70’s and 80’s. He opened a store in Seattle’s central district and the shoplifting was absolutely horrific. He tried to raise prices to compensate, but it was no use. I closed the store permanently.

Not all of the US is civilized.


27 posted on 06/04/2020 10:34:00 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: DFG
The big retailers can be blackmailed into it - especially if a few tax breaks are thrown their way.

The small retailers will never be back.

28 posted on 06/04/2020 10:34:09 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: CatOwner

I went to my local Walmart yesterday. It was shut down. The Lowes nearby was open but the windows were boarded up.


29 posted on 06/04/2020 10:34:13 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: DFG

You couldn’t pay me to shop the once Magnificent Mile again.


30 posted on 06/04/2020 10:34:26 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 32:12))
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To: funfan

“ They will stay otherwise they will be called racists

I’m thinking soon that won’t be a bad thing.
Racist: someone with enough sense to avoid feral neighborhoods.


31 posted on 06/04/2020 10:34:53 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: DFG

This thing thinks that businesses have an infinite supply of money, just as the federal government does, and that they don’t have to watch the bottom line.


32 posted on 06/04/2020 10:35:03 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Never forget Justine Damond, murdered by a NON-WHITE, NON-CHRISTIAN cop. (Oh, and no riots))
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To: DFG

Will ChiTown turn into another Detroit after their riots and years of demonic uhh democrat rule?

Stay tuned kiddies.

Don’t get lightfooted and run away and point at someone else.


33 posted on 06/04/2020 10:35:34 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: CatOwner

Heh. Here in rural KY it’s business as usual. :)


34 posted on 06/04/2020 10:35:48 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: DFG

Then maybe she should have released the the police to put down the rioters and arsonists. Chicago wants to be Venezuela, give them their dream until they are down to eating zoo animals and each other.


35 posted on 06/04/2020 10:35:57 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: DFG

Why doesn’t Chicago just nationalize the stores and run them out of City Hall...?

Bwahahaha! LootMart


36 posted on 06/04/2020 10:35:59 AM PDT by rhombus10
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To: DFG

Africanized cities do not deserve to hold captive the great retail bastions of American capitalism. Let them revert to the bazars that serve the mudhut villages of Africa


37 posted on 06/04/2020 10:36:22 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: DFG

Why not? Chicago and Mayor Lightfoot abandoned Walmart.


38 posted on 06/04/2020 10:36:39 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: DFG

Remember Einstein’s definition of insanity?
We’ll finally see who the insane people and companies are.


39 posted on 06/04/2020 10:36:51 AM PDT by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: DFG

Actions speak louder than words. When you prove you can protect property and lives, maybe they’ll reconsider.


40 posted on 06/04/2020 10:37:14 AM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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