Clint Lamb
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Well, I’m sure this will go over well.
We haven’t even made it 24 hours since Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot made headlines for saying that she would continue to wear her mask, despite being vaccinated. An odd decision considering recent public health guidance, but OK.
Unfortunately, Lightfoot is back in the headlines on Wednesday. For what, you might ask? Well, multiple local Chicago reporters are alleging that she will grant interviews only to journalists of color moving forward.
Mary Ann Ahern with NBC 5 Chicago tweeted this out on Wednesday:
“As @chicagosmayor reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on 1 interviews – only to Black or Brown journalists,” Ahern said in her tweet.
As @chicagosmayor reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on 1 interviews – only to Black or Brown journalists pic.twitter.com/PAUsacD9Gj
— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) May 18, 2021
Wild, right? Surely Ahern has mixed something up here. Apparently not, as many other local reports have confirmed Ahern’s tweet, including WTTW Chicago Tonight anchor Paris Schutz and Chicago politics reporter Heather Cherone.
I was told the same thing.
— Paris Schutz (@paschutz) May 18, 2021
I can confirm, alderman
— Heather Cherone (@HeatherCherone) May 18, 2021
Of course, Lightfoot was heavy criticized on social media following the news, but it’s unlikely that she changes course on the decision. Do you think it’s racist for Lightfoot to exclude white journalists from interviews based solely on the color of their skin?
She can do whatever she wants. Lightfoot will win re-election in a landslide if she runs again. Besides what did the woke white journalists who condemned anyone who criticized mass immigration think was going to happen when black and brown people outnumbered them? They just got thrown to the curb like they threw white conservatives away.
It doesn’t matter how much of an embarrassment she is, as long as she has a (D) next to her name, she’ll get re-elected. I’d say it’s astounding how stupid the electorate in Chicago is, but I’ve stopped underestimating the abject stupidity of democrats.
What needs to happen is more people of color need to start running as Republicans.
Yes
Sounds right to me. Makes perfect sense.
Ole Sid from Ice Age lookin ass
The leader of the Zombie apocalypse Creepy Alien Lightfoot is a typical hate spewing racist of the left.
I couldn’t care less who she grants interviews to. The electorate in Chicago will eat it up, embracing it as a step forward in race relations and for people of color. White liberals will probably shed tears because of how unifying it feels to be so tolerant and accepting.
F$#?ING morons.
I don’t see the problem here. I only grant one on one interviews to tree squirls and ardvarcks. They get me
White people need to grow a pair and start screaming “RACIST” at this negro as much as they scream it at conservatives. Fire back constantly at these left wing fucks. Keep screaming it. Don’t be polite . Take a page out of their book.
I’m pretty sure it’s not a good look for an elected official to discriminate against reporters based on skin color. Imagine the outcry if Ron Desantis pulled a similar stunt and get back to me.
How much do you wanna bet that Chicago voters – or at least the few with an actual brain – are missing Rahm Emanuel right now?
These pop up videos are so annoying, especially when you’re on your phone. It’s impossible to remove them and they stay with you as you scroll the page. Oh, and Lightfoot sucks.
Try using the browser called Brave. It drastically cuts down a lot of that.
And for those cognitively disconnected woke journalism students who don’t fit the new interviewee demographic requirement, it looks like seven years of college down the drain.
Lightfoot is a racist and awful mayor.
Who would want to speak to her anyways?
The white woke see it as a challenge to be accepted by racist blacks like Lightfoot.
When is Lori “gordon” LIghtfoots book on leadership coming out?
Will Madame Mayor Betelgeuse grant interviews to Asian/Asian-American journalists?
Asians/Asian-Americans fall under neither the ‘BLACK’ nor ‘BROWN’ human categories championed by leftist lunatics. #STOPASIANHATE
Well the people of Chicago especially the white people should really be pleased with this ugly racist motherfucking POS they elected she or it whatever has been out of control with its tyrannical heavy handed orders during this past year how the fuck does it remain in office get it the fuck out.
The voters of Chicago are idiots. As long as they keep electing leadership like this, their society will continue to decline.
Lightfoot’s statement confirms that she views the press as an ally.
Remember the hysterical psychopaths who called Trump Mussolini for “attacking” the press—when all he did was highlight its myriad lies?
I much prefer a politician who doesn’t view the press as his/her ally.
Lori Lighthead… certainly appropriate]ly named. What a racist she is.