On Wednesday, the NY Post reported the Democratic Mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, accused racism and her gender for her election loss. More than half residents of Chicago, who were exhausted from the rising crime under her surveillance, celebrated her collapse from being a “political rock star to rock bottom.”
Chicago Mayor condemns election loss on racism, says she has been treated dishonestly because she’s a black American woman.
I’m a black woman in America. Of course. Certain folks, frankly, don’t support us in leadership roles. I would never apologize for bringing wealth and opportunity to Black and brown families that had been locked out for far too long.”
Lori Lightfoot-responded to a reporter who asked if the decision was unfair.
While considering her Chicago’s mayor “the honor of a lifetime”, saying without her, those communities would slide back into thirty more years of not having a seat at the table.
Regardless of tonight’s outcome, we fought the right fights and we put this city on a better path.”
Lightfoot said-she motivated other mayors in the US to be fearless.
As she faces criticism for the crime wave, homelessness other issues troubling the city, Mayor Lightfoot had also carried race into the forefront of the lead-up to the election.
Chicago paper tagged Lightfoot’s defeat as a ‘political embarrassment.’ The Chicago Tribune claimed that the crime rate had “skyrocketed” during her tenure.
Homicides, mostly from gun violence, spiked dramatically in 2020 and 2021 from 500 murders in 2019 to 776 and 804 in the next two years, respectively. Shootings and carjacking also skyrocketed.”
Chicago paper stated
The Chicago Tribune reported, Chicago’s crime went up by 40% since she vowed during her inaugural speech to end the “epidemic of gun violence that devastates families, shatters communities, holds children hostage to fear in their own homes.
