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Mayor Lightfoot went on to say that "democracy is under siege from multiple directions," including from President Donald Trump. "Our democracy is under siege because we are losing the respectful engagement democracy demands in alarming ways. This includes losing confidence in our small d democratic institutions."
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Democracy is under siege because she wants to be solo ruler.
Who do you think you are fooling…of course it is and we know who you listen to.
I think it’s great that Lori is acknowledging that we need to listen to one another but, she needs to lead by example as well! she is the first in line to attack anyone who has a different opinion or thought from hers, as well as refusing to accept any help to better a horrible situation that is happening within her city!
Ms Lightfoot seems to live in an alternate universe.
Loris illiterate constituents do the most screaming and refuse to follow the rules. She continues to support the domestic terrorists like Antifa and BLM under the guise of the systemic racism fantasy.
The biggest threat to democracy is the fact that the Democrats are nothing but a violent gang of intolerant fascists
You can pretty much count on reality being the opposite of whatever the democraps say.
“respectful engagement democracy”– what a two bit phony . She must have forgot saying “F– you” to the president of the United States. How about her trash filled response to Alderman Lopez on the now famous leaked tape.. How abut telling people to “shut your mouth”. Her handling of almost every major issue in Chicago proves her incompetence, and ridiculous statements like this show that in addition she is a laughable hypocrite.