Lori Lightfoot is finally on her way out the door in Chicago. This week, she attended one of her last city council meetings, where she was confronted by a local reporter.
William J. Kelly is a journalist who tried to speak truth to power under Lightfoot and he was so good at it that she suspended his media credentials. He got the last word this week.
FOX News reports:
Lori Lightfoot confronted by reporter who was booted from press briefings: ‘Get the hell out of my city’A Chicago reporter who filed a lawsuit against Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot for allegedly silencing him by pulling his city press credentials fired back at her yet again in a fierce exchange at a Wednesday city council meeting.”You shut down our schools, you shut down the churches, you shut down the businesses. You did the one thing I thought could never happen: As somebody who was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, I never thought in my life that I would ever see the city of Chicago brought down so low,” reporter William Kelly slammed Lightfoot.”I hope that, after today’s city council meeting, you will pack your suitcase and get the hell out of my city.”Kelly spoke out about the tussle Thursday on “Fox & Friends,” telling host Steve Doocy that the tense moment was his chance to speak out on behalf of the citizens of Chicago.”Even if she didn’t pull my press credentials, I still would not have had the opportunity to ask her a question or speak for the people of Chicago after the city council meeting because Mayor Lightfoot canceled her post-city council meeting press conference,” he said.
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Pollster Doug Schoen recently issued a warning to Democrats based on Lightfoot’s ouster.
From The Hill:
Lori Lightfoot’s defeat is a call to action for Democrats on crimeChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) stunning loss in her bid for reelection should serve as a warning to Democrats: Even in the most liberal areas, a perceived failure by those in power to address surging crime will bring undesirable electoral consequences for the party.It is essential to recognize that Lightfoot’s underperformance was not an isolated incident; rather, it was one of many instances over the last two years where voters in blue states and cities explicitly rejected ostensibly soft-on-crime Democratic candidates and policies.Unless Democrats course-correct by assuming a tougher stance on the issue at the national and local level — akin to the positions Joe Biden adopted when he was in the Senate, as well as those of current New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) — the party could lose control of the Senate and the White House in 2024, while also solidifying their position as the minority party in the U.S. House.
It’s satisfying to see someone like Lightfoot booted from office. Someone who deserved to lose her job.
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