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  • Chicago Mayor Lightfoot defends 'call to arms' tweet amid conservative backlash

    05/14/2022 4:57:17 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 11 replies
    NBC News ^ | 5/12/2022 | Natasha Korecki
    CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot is fending off conservative backlash after she tweeted that the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to reverse Roe v. Wade was a “call to arms” for those in the LGBTQ community. Conservative figures, including Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and Fox News' Laura Ingraham, accused Lightfoot of seeking to incite violence when she tweeted Monday: “To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community—the Supreme Court is coming for us next. This moment has to be a call to arms.” Boebert told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday, “If anyone in America is an insurrectionist, it’s little Lori.” In...
  • Critics excoriate Lori Lightfoot for 'call to arms' over Roe v. Wade: 'Incitement to insurrection' 'If this isn’t a call to insurrection, what is?'

    05/10/2022 11:34:02 AM PDT · by thegagline · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 05/10/2022 | Brandon Gillespie
    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was excoriated by critics late Monday following a tweet she posted that included a "call to arms" over the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. "To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community – the Supreme Court is coming for us next. This moment has to be a call to arms," the Democrat lesbian mayor tweeted. "We will not surrender our rights without a fight—a fight to victory!" she added in a separate tweet. *** Critics quickly took to social media to blast Lightfoot, with some accusing her of calling for violence, and...