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Dem Who Claimed Murdered Girl Startled Killer Wants You to Know She Herself is the Real Victim
PJ Media ^ | 26 Mar 2026 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 03/27/2026 6:03:54 AM PDT by Rummyfan

One of the most revolting aspects of the terrible story of the murder of Sheridan Gorman was the reaction of Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden, who is, of course, a Democrat. Gorman was a freshman at Loyola University Chicago who was walking on the beach with her friends when an illegal migrant named Jose Medina-Medina approached her and shot her in the head. In response, Haddon did her best to shift the blame from Medina-Medina to Gorman, claiming that she “startled” him, as if that justified murder, and completely ignored the fact that Medina-Medina was an illegal migrant who should never have had a gun or been in the country in the first place.

Now, however, Hadden wants you to know that the real victim of this episode is neither Sheridan Gorman nor Jose Medina-Medina, but… Maria Hadden. She has partially walked back her egregious remarks on Gorman’s murder, but now she claims that those evil right-wingers are being mean to her for no reason, and thus she has been forced to close her office. It’s the classic leftist tactic: when one is drawing just criticism, claim victimhood.

For Hadden, it all started when she said:

...as they were just out, you know, people go out to the beach all the time, right? And they go out on the pier, they walk around, so that the kids were out doing normal, normal things people do in the neighborhood, and it sounds like this might have been a wrong place, wrong time, running into a person who had a gun. They might have startled this person at the end of the pier, unintentionally....

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrattruth; illinois; josemedinamedina; loyolauniversity; mariahadden; sheridangorman; startledimmigrant
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1 posted on 03/27/2026 6:03:54 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

The first thing most people do when they are ‘startled’ is to shoot someone in the head. Right?


2 posted on 03/27/2026 6:11:50 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup
Maybe if your this guy..
3 posted on 03/27/2026 6:14:21 AM PDT by Waverunner (Torah! Torah! Torah! my favorite IDF radio code.)
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To: Rummyfan

Hadden is a total =pycho=. Where are these nutjobs coming from and who is voting for them?


4 posted on 03/27/2026 6:17:18 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: Rummyfan
More Democrats, more Illegal Alien murder.

At this point the left should consider eliminating the planned parenthood middleman. Just have illegals on every corner with bats. They can club pregnant lib women in the abdomen. Maybe get some two for ones.

5 posted on 03/27/2026 6:18:39 AM PDT by Kudsman (Cheat free elections, too big to rig. )
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“Where are these nutjobs coming from and who is voting for them?”

Chicago and Chicagoans.

Mostly the CTU.

L


6 posted on 03/27/2026 6:19:57 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Rummyfan
They might have startled this person at the end of the pier, unintentionally.

I think "Blago's" theory got it right - her murder was a gang initiation for this illegal lowlife.

7 posted on 03/27/2026 6:28:05 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ("The first duty of American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.")
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To: chopperk

A young woman was out enjoying a nice walk with her friends. A lunatic runs up and shoots her in head, killing her. It is her fault. OK, got it, Hadden. There is obviously something very, very wrong with this individual.


8 posted on 03/27/2026 6:28:12 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: Rummyfan

Another DemocRAT disgrace to American citizens!


9 posted on 03/27/2026 6:28:56 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: chopperk
who is voting for them?

Illegals! The favored voting block of the left.

10 posted on 03/27/2026 6:28:59 AM PDT by Kudsman (Cheat free elections, too big to rig. )
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To: Rummyfan
She is a member of the Progressive Caucus, Black Caucus, and LGBT Caucus in the City Council.

When in doubt, blame whitey

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11 posted on 03/27/2026 6:29:10 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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It wasn’t just blaming the victim. It was sympathizing with the killer and trying to explain their behavior because they were startled.

It’s all because any illegal is a protected class to them and they can’t bring themselves to just call this killer the filthy scumbag animal he is. They can’t like a normal person curse him to hell and wish that he had never been here to hurt that poor girl.

Because they are 100% agenda and to admit that their policies got this girl killed isn’t in their playbook.

We’ve been abused by this playbook for years, for example when the Germans started telling their young women that they couldn’t wear revealing clothing any longer because the Muslims would be of course raping them.

There was an undercurrent to her statement which was that these young women shouldn’t go walking on a beach because after all you might have illegal murderers there who you startle so better to stay home.


12 posted on 03/27/2026 6:32:37 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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“are taking these precautions to ensure our safety and ability to maintain the level of service that you expect of us”

****

I almost chocked on my coffee….

13 posted on 03/27/2026 6:33:43 AM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: Rummyfan

Thanks for posting. Thanks Robert Spencer.


14 posted on 03/27/2026 6:36:10 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Lurker

Yep the only reason prickster is Governor is because all of the clueless morons in Cook County voted for him


15 posted on 03/27/2026 6:47:04 AM PDT by iamgalt ( )
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The Loyola student newspaper apologized for referring to the murderer as an illegal saying the term violated their ‘standards’.


16 posted on 03/27/2026 6:56:25 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Rummyfan
How are we losing seats to this party? How are we so unmotivated to vote this lunacy out that we can't even show up for off year elections?

If we don't show up in November 2026, we deserve to lose this country.

17 posted on 03/27/2026 6:59:52 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for the US and President Trump)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

We are ... fighting .... the mental disorder of liberalism. And the election fraud too.


18 posted on 03/27/2026 7:02:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: thegagline

Ouch, looks like she fell out of a car and bounced down Ugly Lane.


19 posted on 03/27/2026 7:28:03 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I think Blago was correct, too.


20 posted on 03/27/2026 7:33:43 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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