Lightfoot Blames Election Loss on Being 'a Black Woman In America'

Brittany M. Hughes | March 1, 2023
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Newly dethroned Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was ousted from her seat by voters clearly not enthralled with her performance since first being elected in 2019. And now, because the left’s ancient record players all appear to be broken, she’s blaming her loss on the usual scapegoats - racism and sexism.

In the face of eight challengers, Lightfoot came in third during the city’s mayoral election Tuesday night, falling short of the support she needed to make it into a runoff along with Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas.

Following her embarrassing loss, when asked by reporters whether she believes she was treated unfairly during the campaign, Lightfoot responded: "I’m a Black woman in America. Of course.”

She’d also told the New Yorker magazine over the weekend, "I am a Black woman. Let’s not forget: certain folks, frankly, don’t support us in leadership roles.”

Except for that time Lightfoot was elected mayor and put into, well, a leadership role by Chicago voters who’ve somehow magically turned into a whole bunch of misogynistic racists over the past four years.

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Of course, it was a job she utterly failed at, which probably makes up the primary reason why she wasn’t reelected as a black woman in a blue town that’s all about “diversity.” One might assume it’s because so many of her constituents ended up both black and blue themselves, thanks to the Windy City’s skyrocketing violent crime rate (overall crime in Chicago increased by 41% between 2021 and 2022) that Lightfoot hasn’t been able to get under control no matter how many cops she bashes, lawful guns she bans, or criminals she turns a blind eye to. In fact, the Chicago Sun Times keeps a running tab of crime stories, and it's a doozy.

Given that crime was ranked the number one issue for voters - and not whether their mayor had a little more melanin or a set of lady parts - I'm gonna assume it was all the murder and carjacking that got Lightfoot booted from her cushy tax-funded digs. Just a theory.

Johnson, the current Cook County Commissioner, and Vallas, formerly the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, will move on to a runoff election on April 4.

Meanwhile, perhaps Lightfoot can use all her new free time to get some new material. The race and gender cards are getting a little worn around the edges.

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