5 Things to Know About Chicago’s New Mayor, Lori Lightfoot

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Here are a few facts about Chicago’s newly elected mayor, Lori Lightfoot

Chicago voters on Tuesday chose former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot to become the city’s first black female mayor. Ms. Lightfoot, who will take office in May, will also be the city’s first gay mayor. Here are five things to know about the new leader of the third-largest city in the U.S.:

1. Ms. Lightfoot, 56, gained political prominence as chair of the Police Accountability Task Force created in the wake of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager shot 16 times and killed by an on-duty Chicago police...

 

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Wish her well, but report back in a year, and recap results.

Thanks, but I'd rather not...

Como se llama el alcalde, de tu población, pero quieren que te representes en Chicago... Publicidad engañosa.

Everyone has a price. We’ll find out soon enough how easy she’ll be bought.

I love how it's okay for politicians to use their skin color, gender, or sexual orientation to get elected, but if you criticize them for any of it (or anything at all) you're a sexist, homophobic racist.

That her record as top cop is worst than Kamala Harris?

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