Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot sensationally lost her re-election bid on Tuesday — becoming the first Windy City incumbent to lose in 40 years.
In the first three weeks of 2023, crime rates skyrocketed by 61% compared to the previous year.
Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district ended up going on strike for 11 days, which led to canceled classes for more than 300,000 students over a labor contract deal regarding pay rises. The mandate was quickly slammed by the head of Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police, John Catanzara, who had urged union members toLightfoot ended up taking Catanzara to court, where she successfully argued that his call for officers to ignore the vaccine mandate was illegal.
But Lighthouse was quickly slammed over her hypocrisy after she posted footage of herself celebrating with fellow Democrats after Biden defeated Donald Trump.“I will tell you in that big crowd a week ago, everybody was wearing masks,” she said.
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