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Lori Lightfoot Can’t Use Her Identity to Shield Criticism
The Chicago mayor needs to get real about her ineffective leadership
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On Saturday night, the mayor of Chicago found herself the subject of rumors that made her sound like the perfect candidate for a future Mona Scott-Young production.
According to the Chicago Tribune, activist Ja’Mal Green, a critic of Lightfoot, tweeted then deleted a message indicating that Lightfoot was planning to leave office.
On Sunday, Green tweeted that he was “sorry” for helping to spread the rumor. “I know Lori is mad that folks have started rumors and I’m sorry I helped by saying she’s resigning but the reality is, we’ve been lied to since the beginning of this administration,” Green wrote on Twitter. “So much that the people have lost hope. 73% of Chicagoans think we’re on the wrong path!”
When I woke up on Sunday morning and did my morning ritual of checking out the trending topics on Twitter with the hopes that it won’t depress me (I usually fail this goal), I happened to come across the Lightfoot rumors. Something about her resigning in light of a cheating scandal. And something else about some sort of big-ass…
