Lori Lightfoot- It was Not a Lack of Competency or Rising Crime that Cost Me My Job; It was Racism, Sexism and My Sexual Orientation
“I’m a black woman in America. Of course,” she replied when asked by a reporter if she had been treated unfairly, according to the New York Post. Lightfoot neglected to mention that Johnson is also black.
Lightfoot is the first black woman and the first openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-largest city.
She has been heavily criticized for the rampant crime in Chicago and the demonization of the police. While Lightfoot initially supported cutting the city’s police budget, she has since pivoted.
Violent crime in the city increased by 40 percent since she was elected in 2019 on a promise to bring down crime rates, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
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Commentary- Question: When we elect someone based upon identity politics, do the voters ever get to evaluate their competence?
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