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Lightfoot is out, Vallas and Johnson are in — the April runoff
The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | March 1, 2023 | Fran Spielman

Posted on 03/01/2023 1:33:24 AM PST by PBRCat

Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman and the first openly gay person ever to serve as mayor of Chicago, on Tuesday became a one-term mayor.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot finished third in Tuesday’s election with 16.89% of the vote, behind former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas at 33.95% and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson with 20.32%.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; democrats; elections; groot; lightfoot
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Easily the worst mayor in Chicago history and that is saying something. Lightfoot failed to intervene as arsonists, looters, and rioters destroyed the Magnificent Mile shopping district in 2020. She was an angry and divisive mayor who was anti-police all of the time and constantly blamed others for her many failures.

The tragedy for Chicago is that a Communist wacko, Brandon Johnson, qualified for the April 4th run-off election. Paul Vallas is a centrist candidate. Johnson is supported by the corrupt Chicago Teachers Union, a Marxist union.

1 posted on 03/01/2023 1:33:24 AM PST by PBRCat
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The tragedy for Chicago is that a Communist wacko, Brandon Johnson, qualified for the April 4th run-off election. Paul Vallas is a centrist candidate. Johnson is supported by the corrupt Chicago Teachers Union, a Marxist union.

Vallas will be best. Let's see what happens. An interesting election. If the national Democrat party has any brains they will send beau coup money to Vallas, who has a long and decent track record. Vallas is Greek-American

2 posted on 03/01/2023 1:46:55 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUWL7Z_46I&t=20s


3 posted on 03/01/2023 1:55:13 AM PST by Phoenix8
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Democrat vs Democrat.

Nothing changes.


4 posted on 03/01/2023 1:59:36 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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BTTT


5 posted on 03/01/2023 1:59:37 AM PST by nopardons
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There are more Marxists than centrists in Chicago. But at least he won by enough votes this round to give some hope.


6 posted on 03/01/2023 2:03:33 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Probably the most openly racist mayor of Chicago that ever infested that office. Her policy was to “not do interviews with white journalists.”


7 posted on 03/01/2023 2:09:34 AM PST by Gaffer
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Does this mean she no longer has SECURITY PROTECTION and has to walk the streets as susceptible as all other Chicagoans? Bet she’ll move.


8 posted on 03/01/2023 2:22:13 AM PST by Singermom
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The soon to be former mayor can go back to beheading cats and flying around on her broomstick.


9 posted on 03/01/2023 2:28:35 AM PST by Machavelli (True God)
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Well she does have that Amazon wife of hers....


10 posted on 03/01/2023 2:30:15 AM PST by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: PBRCat

Bye bye Beetlejuice.


11 posted on 03/01/2023 2:40:13 AM PST by Fester Chugabrew (/s)
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Her “wife” looks like she could be Rosa DeLauros ugly sister


12 posted on 03/01/2023 2:49:24 AM PST by digger48
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To borrow from P J O’Rourke, Johnson is full-blown Marxism; Vallas is Marxism on the installment plan (Groot was Marxism in a clown car).


13 posted on 03/01/2023 2:51:12 AM PST by Stosh
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Which one is the least communist?


14 posted on 03/01/2023 2:52:40 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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Vallas won’t be much better.

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15 posted on 03/01/2023 2:58:34 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Y’all realize that Rhan Emmanuel got a HUGE pass for not doing squat either...

Chicago politics and criminal presence is and has been one pusillanimous boil on the backside of America since the mid 1800’s.

Can any good thing come out of (Chicago)?


16 posted on 03/01/2023 3:03:20 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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Amazing gow bo one is saying all three of them are horrible people. But the leftist useful idiots od chicago deserve to get what they vote for.


17 posted on 03/01/2023 3:04:02 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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Her “wife” looks like she could dunk on LeBron. Or turn someone into stone with a glance.


18 posted on 03/01/2023 3:05:51 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. )
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To: Clutch Martin

There was a book that was adapted as documentary aired on PBS entitled “Chicago: The City of the Century.”

What was omitted from the program was that Chicago used to have a substantial Republican political class that teamed with architects and city planners such as Daniel Burnham to build a model city that once enjoyed a world wide reputation.

Ninety-two years of Democratic misrule have damaged the city greatly. It may be too late to salvage anything. The last four years have been horrific. Lightfoot was the absolute worst. A complete incompetent and a racist.


19 posted on 03/01/2023 3:15:27 AM PST by PBRCat
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“Her “wife” looks like she could be Rosa DeLauros ugly sister”

OMG! DeLauros having been the the brunt of more than a few jokes by myself, I had to have a look at wifey. Hahaha, she is the 6 foot tall knuckle dragging younger version of DeLauros down to a T.


20 posted on 03/01/2023 3:37:03 AM PST by DAC21
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