Lori Lightfoot blames Chicago election loss on racism, gender issues

[RandySF]

Answering a journalist’s question about whether she’d been treated unfairly, Lightfoot replied: “I’m a black woman in America. Of course.”

“I am a Black woman — let’s not forget,” Lightfoot said in an article in The New Yorker Saturday, The Post reported. “Certain folks, frankly, don’t support us in leadership roles.”

Lightfoot finished Tuesday’s election with only 16.4 percent of the vote, trailing Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and former Chicago Public Schools chief Paul Vallas.

In analyzing how she went from “political rock star to rock bottom,” The Chicago Tribune claimed Lightfoot campaigned in 2019 by arguing crime was too high, saying she wanted Chicago to be the “safest big city in the country.”




https://thegrio.com/2023/03/02/lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-election-loss-racism-gender-issues/

[SheltieLover]

1. I'm thinking it has more to do with that prosecutor who kept refusing to prosecute gangs,

even though it's an elected position rather than an appointed one.

[nycbos]

5. That's Kim Foxx

She was elected due to the fact that the previous states attorney withheld a police shooting video so it wouldn't hurt Rahm Emanuel's reelection chance.

What we need are common sense "progressive prosecutors." Made the needed criminal justice reform such as finding alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent crimes, but also say yeah gangs are a problem.

But if we didn't have a justice system with serious problems, someone like that doesn't get elected in the first place.

[SheltieLover]

8. Yup. That's her!

I couldn't believe it when she refused to prosecute 2 gangs that literally had a shootout in the streets!

Is she a Dem? A real Dem? Or a qpuke plant? Wtf is wrong with her????

Thx for sharing & I couldn't agree more about a fkd up "justice" system.

[nycbos]

10. Unfortunately she is a Dem.

She had a primary challenger and pretty much every Democrat in the state endorsed her. I am guessing they didn't want to be seen throwing a black women under the bus.
.

Elections for county offices take place in the same year as the governors election during the midterms. But the states attorney is elected in a presidential year.

She did win reelection, but the Republican running against her ran 15 points ahead of Biden.

[SheltieLover]

12. Wtf is wrong with her then?

Does anybody know why she won't prosecute gangs for violent acts?

I don't care what color their skin is, shootouts in the streets is not ok & must be vigorously prosecuted!

Thx again!

[tritsofme]

16. You think a reasonable explanation for Kim Foxx

The elected prosecutor in Cook County…is that she is a Republican plant? Good lord.

[SheltieLover]

19. I don't put anything past qpukes.

Not saying Foxx is a qpuke plant, but what other possible explanation could there be for her refusal to prosecute well documented gang shootouts in the streets?

I do not live in Chicago, but from what I've read, Mayor Lightfoot has worked hard for the citizens of Chicago.

[tritsofme]

22. What other possible explanation besides a massive off the wall conspiracy theory?

Come on now.

Maybe she is just a bad politician with misguided policies?

As to Lightfoot, I think the results of Tuesday’s election speak for themselves.

[SheltieLover]

24. It's hardly an off the wall conspiracy theory.

I'm not saying she is a qpuke plant, I only raised the possibility since qpukes like to beat the drum about Dems being soft on crime.

Ms. Foxx could be qpukes' poster child for that allegation with her refusing to prosecute gang members for street shootouts, don't you think?

[tritsofme]

25. No, it is an incredibly ridiculous conspiracy theory, with no connection to reality.

It’s actually rather embarrassing to see this sort of nonsense here. Not to mention insulting to the Chicago area residents, who for better or worse, have voted for her twice.

It is also quite perplexing that you seem to have the sense to denigrate Republicans for their “Q” conspiracy theory nonsense, but then you lean into garbage theories like this? Very strange.

[SheltieLover]

29. We will have to agree to disagree.

There is no valid reason for not prosecuting violent criminals, which opens the door for speculation as to what her agenda might be.

Have a lovely day.

[tritsofme]

30. Let's not pretend we are two sides of a reasonable argument here.

You are suggesting what amounts to a “Q” style conspiracy theory is a perfectly reasonable explanation to Foxx’s disappointing tenure.

It is no more complicated than her being a bad politician with misguided policies. No goofy conspiracy theory required.

[SheltieLover]

33. Nah.

[Cha]

26. I don't know anything about that

case but it does seem weird t now that I'm reading this that Foxx refused to prosecute the gangs for the street shootouts.

[SheltieLover]

28. I was horrified to read of her unwillingness to prosecute gangs for street shootout!

From what I recall, she used some ancient, obscure law.

I canmot think of a valid reason to not prosecute them for such acts.

Aloha, Cha! 🌺

[PortTack]

2. She just really couldn't handle the media for starters. Her rash replies alienated a lot of ppl

[nycbos]

3. I am an adopted Chicagoan who voted for Lightfoot in 2019.

I didn't vote for her this time around. Because of the double standard women, face and leadership position, racism, sexism etc I was looking for a reason where I could give her another chance.

I didn't end up voting for her due to her performance in many of the debates. There was a question on whether or not the police superintendent should keep his job. Instead of saying this is why I appointed him, and this is why he's the right man to lead the Chicago PD. She turned it into an attack on two of her opponents. There was another question at a forum where the moderator asked about the absenteeism rate among Chicago CPS students, and what the candidates would do to fix it. Every candidate answered, except Lightfoot who instead attack the moderator and trying to imply he was Tucker Carlson, because it was on the local Fox affiliate. I thought that was very unfair to the host because they were asking very serious questions about residents who are either is too scared to talk to the police or don't feel they can trust them, what they would do for economic development, youth job programs for at risk etc.

She also told African-American voters to vote for her or stay at home.

Link to tweet

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I ended up voting for Garcia. I have no idea who I'm going to support in the runoff because I have very strong reservations about both Vallas and Johnson.

[lees1975]

4. As a Chicagoan, I disagree with the mayor.

She ran for her first term as a black, LGBTQ woman against another black woman, Toni Preckwinkle and won big. So it's not that at all.

The highlight of her term, in my opinion, was her handling of the COVID pandemic in the city. As one of the largest cities in the country, and one through which thousands of people from everywhere pass every day, she made some great moves in protecting the city, following the lead of a health department which knew what it was doing, she closed down schools, shut down parks and while those weren't necessarily popular moves, most Chicagoans realized how bad it could have been. She and the governor made thousands of additional hospital beds available at McCormack place. but most did not see use because the prevention measures were so effective.

The low point has been her failure to address the crime rate and improve relations between the city council, mayor's office and police department. Much of that resulted from the damage that occurred as a result of rioting in the wake of George Floyd's death. She took a hit for that and for not being able to keep police personnel levels at a pace that can actually make a dent in some high crime areas.

Schools are also an issue, since the school superintendent works for the city and is appointed by the mayor and there is not an elected school board. COVID left Chicago public schools in a worse mad scramble than they were in during or immediately after the pandemic. So police went with Vallas, while the huge teacher's union went with Johnson for the election.

I think Johnson will have the votes from most other constituencies to pull this out.

[RandySF]

6. The police union looked out of control from my vantage point.

[nycbos]

7. I am not sure about that.

Jessie White just endorsed Vallas.

[SheltieLover]

9. But Vallas is said to be backed by qpukes.

I'm not in Chicago, but I love the city. 😉

[nycbos]

11. I have reservations about both candidates.

But Vallas has Joe Trippi as one I have his campaign consultants, and he is as far from a Republican, as can be.

[SheltieLover]

13. That's great news!

Thx!

[Lucky Luciano]

15. Pukes like him with his tough on crime stance.

I am in favor of a serious crackdown on crime as long as racial profiling is prevented.

I also don’t give a fuck about your economic circumstances growing up if you just carjacked someone. All that tells me is that if you were born rich, you would probably just become a white collar criminal instead of a street thug.

[SheltieLover]

20. I couldn't agree more with all you've said!

[Sympthsical]

14. Now that's interesting

Jessie White is practically an institution in Illinois.

I think this just might be closer than people will be expecting.

[SheltieLover]

21. He sure has done a great job for Illinois!

Maybe it will be close!

[dsc]

17. In my life time two Chicago mayors weren't reelected

Jayne Burne and Lori Lightfoot. They are also the only two female mayors of Chicago. I am not saying we are seeing causation but it sure is correlation.

[BlueManiac]

18. I am made at her

for going after Jussie Smollett twice and allowing the police to frame him. I hope he wins his appeal and doesn't have to go to prison. They've ever stopped looking for those Maga idiots who bet hi up.

[tritsofme]

23. lol, the guy framed himself.

Just deserts were certainly served there.

[Carlitos Brigante]

27. As far as trolling goes, I've read way better. I'd give this a 3 out of 10. nt

[Brother Buzz]

31. I understand those Maga idiots who beat him up are hanging out with....

the murderer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.


"Stated to me for a fact. I only tell it as I got it. I am willing to believe it. I can believe anything."

[Zeitghost]

32. She got 74% of the vote in her last election

I'm fairly sure people knew she was a Woman of Color at that point and I can't think of any way the city of Chicago has become vastly more bigoted in the last four years.


She had a number of problems this time around, most of which were her own unforced errors. She has never been known as a uniter in Chicago politics.