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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blames election loss on racism, gender
NY Post ^ | 03-01-2023 | Yaron Steinbuch

Posted on 03/01/2023 6:16:30 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for her landslide defeat in her re-election bid, as Chicagoans weary of the rising crime on her watch celebrated her fall from “political rock star to rock bottom.”

“I’m a black woman in America. Of course,” she replied when asked by a reporter if she had been treated unfairly.

But she called being Chicago’s mayor “the honor of a lifetime.”

“Regardless of tonight’s outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path,” Lightfoot said, as she urged her fellow mayors around the US not to fear being bold.

Amid heavy criticism for the crime wave, homelessness and other troubles plaguing the city, the mayor had also injected race into the run-up to the election.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: chicago; election; lightfoot; racism
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BLAH BLAH BLAH Ex Mayor Tuna helper.
1 posted on 03/01/2023 6:16:30 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Stevie Wonder saw that coming.


2 posted on 03/01/2023 6:17:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

of course she does...


3 posted on 03/01/2023 6:18:22 AM PST by wny
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gordon Lightfoot would have made a better mayor, at least we could read his mind


4 posted on 03/01/2023 6:20:55 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

of course. she has been on the identity politics gravy train for forever. knows nothing of excellence, competence, honesty. should be no surprise. the problem is those who buy into this ‘folderol’ - or ‘malarkey’ per Joey B who knows a thing or two about spinning a web of it.


5 posted on 03/01/2023 6:21:19 AM PST by avital2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How usual


6 posted on 03/01/2023 6:21:31 AM PST by Lee25 ( )
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“Regardless of tonight’s outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path,” Lightfoot said

lightfoot got the big boot in a Blue city, that's saying something. I guess the Brandon fellow is another defund the police guy, hope the other guy wins.

7 posted on 03/01/2023 6:23:16 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Brandon is a full fledged commie. He would be WORSE then her..


8 posted on 03/01/2023 6:24:27 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Come on Lightfoot. Man up and stop the whining. Your skin tone and bad looks along with your lesbianism DOES NOT entitle you to a government job with an armed security detail. Get a real job like the rest of us.


9 posted on 03/01/2023 6:24:51 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nothing will change in Chicago. Decent, rational people left long ago. the new mayor’s policies will reflect the values, habits and culture of the people who wish to live there.


10 posted on 03/01/2023 6:25:24 AM PST by allendale
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To: ChicagoConservative27

BeetleJuice, BeetleJuice, BeetleJuice......Ha, Ha, Ha.
Hey, BeetleJuice, you should have listened to your big daddy in hell and kept that weekly kill quota up there on par. Big daddy doesn’t like little self-serving demons that don’t listen. Oh...and just an FYI, Beetle.... there is a God in Heaven.


11 posted on 03/01/2023 6:25:35 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quelle surprise!


12 posted on 03/01/2023 6:25:38 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hahaha, she is such a horrible human being.


13 posted on 03/01/2023 6:27:34 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What’s her hubbie say?


14 posted on 03/01/2023 6:27:59 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep, only thing worse than a black woman is a queer one. That’s why she lost, for sure!

(/sarcasm)


15 posted on 03/01/2023 6:28:25 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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Regardless of tonight’s outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path,” Lightfoot said.

Words fail me.


16 posted on 03/01/2023 6:28:32 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Groot is a woman? Who knew?


17 posted on 03/01/2023 6:29:55 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

She’s not worried she has Reparations


18 posted on 03/01/2023 6:31:15 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Michael Keaton did it better than Lori “Light in the Loafers” Lightfoot at being Beetlejuice.


19 posted on 03/01/2023 6:32:00 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And the sun rise this morning. Next....


20 posted on 03/01/2023 6:34:50 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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