Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot easily won the Chicago mayor’s race Tuesday, earning support from every part of the city to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-largest city.
Lightfoot, who had never been elected to public office, delivered a commanding victory over Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council for 19 years before becoming Cook County Board president. Preckwinkle also is chairwoman of the county Democratic Party.
Lightfoot promised to rid City Hall of corruption and help low-income and working-class people she said had been “left behind and ignored” by Chicago’s political ruling class. It was a message that resonated with voters weary of political scandal and insider deals, and who said the city’s leaders for too long have invested in downtown at the expense of neighborhoods.
“Together we can and will make Chicago a place where your zip code doesn’t determine your destiny,” Lightfoot told a cheering crowd at her victory party. “We can and we will break this city’s endless cycle of corruption and never again — never ever — allow politicians to profit from elected positions.”
She said people are seeing “a city reborn” — a place where race and “who you love” don’t matter.
Murder victims DGAS that you’re a black, woman, lesbian, and they won’t be reborn.
Ugly both inside and out.
Chicago is a shithole city.
She won’t change the corruption in that city. It’s too ingrained. Crooked cops, prosecuters, alderman, all the way up to the mayor.
The silly people of Chicago no doubt feel virtuous about electing a queer.
“We can and we will break this city’s endless cycle of corruption and never again — never ever — allow politicians to profit from elected positions.”
Write that down, stow it, remember it, quote it.
Isn’t Prickwinkle black, gay and whatnot too? lol
Honestly, when I read the title, I thought 0bama won mayor of Chicago.
Shitcago deserves it! More black on black crime! Eliminating one another. Okay with me. Let’s see how many rich Chicagoans leave. Barack? Barack?
Give the commie a chance!
New gay black mayor?
PROBLEMS SOLVED.
I’ve been trying to figure out where I’ve seen that face before. Wasn’t she one of the somali pirates?
Whew, I suppose Jussie can NOW safely take it in the ass since Chicago is no longer MAGA country.
MJA, “I’m the Captain now…”
“…who you love don’t matter* ”
*Loved ones killed by gang violence unable to comment
More poeple moving out than moving into Chicago will continue with her election.
The ship is going down. The only ones not fleeing are the rats and the ultra wealthy libtards.
Is there a pool going for how long Chicago is recognizable as a functioning city? I say dystopian wasteland inside 3 years.
Who keeps lending Chicago money?
What could possibly go wrong?
In seven years, Houston will overtake Shitcago as the third largest city in America.
Chicago is actually going to get worse under this skank then it would have been under Rahm if he served another term. She hates the cops, white people and conservatives. I expect that black on black killings will increase as well as black on white as the gang bangers realize that they can operate even more openly.
Oooh, she’s pretty!
Didn’t they just re-elect some guy who’s, currently, when they went to the polls, under federal charges for shaking down his constituents?
Chick fil A out – Popeyes in…
Don’t care what she does with her tongue.
If she is another PC socialist asshole she’ll fail.
If she is a conservative, law and order type
she may do some good.
They deserve it
For all the different labels this one’s got, “Democrat” is the most damaging for Chicago.
I’ve been to Chicago once at O’Hare airport to change planes and that’s the closest I ever want to get to Chicago. Chicago’s screwed with a black, openly lesbian mayor like that. I wonder what old guys like the late Mike Royko would think of her, let alone Paul Harvey who broadcast his radio program from Chicago. Where’s Mrs. O’Leary’s cow when you need it the most?
I didn’t even realize Jussie was running!
Maybe she will convert to muslim and change her gender, on top of already being woman, gay, and black. Then Chicago would have a true untouchable.
Wow!
From corruption to … this?
“The Absurdity of Trope.”
Morons! Everywhere in Chicago! Morons!
Shut it down and build a wall around it.
izlamo delenda est …
Let the running gun battles… COMMENCE!!! 😳
The trifecta- black fag woman.
The only characteristics I care about are competence and political ideology. I don’t know about the former and I suspect she is on the far left for the latter, in which case Chicago is screwed.
She uses her legs for all ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
By the way, what fag today, is NOT “OPENLY” gay????
THIS FAG SUCK
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
With all the tranny talk gay seems normal. Overton window effect.
Looks like Moo has a GF. Barry is worthless.
Same as the old Boss, just with fabulous packaging!
If Smollett and Jessie Jackson had a runt love-child….
The politician is a clear analysis of the quality of the voters.
Rahm has a sister?
I did not know that!
She and Baltimore’s mayor would make a great pair… the Gold Dust Twins.
Her brother Gordon was a decent singer.