Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejects President Donald Trump call to open churches – Chicago Tribune

“I think we have to realize that virtually everything he says has a political undertone and basis for it,” Lightfoot said. “Look, we are working with our faith community, just like we’re working with businesses to set up very specific guidelines to help them to be able to reopen safely.”
The mayor noted Trump has had to “walk back” various proclamations he has made during the coronavirus crisis or seen his assertions “get undercut by people who are wiser than him on some of these issues.”
“He has said so many dangerous and foolish things. Add this to the list,” Lightfoot said.
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a person
3 years ago

Everything the state of Illinois does–Pritzker and Leftfoot included–have political undertones.

Rick
3 years ago

Liquor stores, abortion clinics, pot stores, driving all small private business and restaurants bankrupt but letting the big corporate stores and restaurants survive. All this and your haircut is essential Lori? Church’s can do a precise scientific management of worshippers, unlike Home Depot jamming an army of random shoppers together.

debtsor
3 years ago
Reply to  Rick

The silver lining in this is that abortion clinics may still be open but they are likely not making any money, just like other medical facilities. Where as many medical facilities get repeat customers for long term care, abortion clinics for most women are a once and done kind of thing. And with fertility rates at record lows last year, and the same for the number of abortions, coronavirus is likely only increasing this long term trend. Very few people are getting pregnant right with the shutdown and even fewer of them are willing to go into an abortion clinic.… Read more »

Dr Nemo
3 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

According to a piece in Journal of Women’s Health in 2014, a survey of women having abortions in that era revealed that 45% had undergone a previous abortion procedure. That fraction probably hasn’t changed much over time. Abortion is a procedure that has to be completed not long after the woman decides upon that course or in many cases it can’t be completed at all.

Fur
3 years ago

“By no means can the president order any locality, any state, to do something that he doesn’t have the power to do,” she said. “And he can’t do that here, so, to me it’s just another thing that he said. The media pays attention to it. But we’re going to be guided by the science and the data. We are not going to rush to do something so he can fulfill a campaign promise that sets people’s lives at risk.

And you can’t do that here either Lori. Stop politicizing our rights.

Man she’s…i can’t even say it.

DantheMan
3 years ago
Reply to  Fur

Yeah, I know. It’s getting harder and harder to watch the language when discussing Illinois.

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