{"id":1747011,"date":"2022-11-21T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747011"},"modified":"2022-11-21T13:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:18:04","slug":"chicago-mayor-lightfoot-blasted-for-decrying-colorado-shooting-while-ignoring-her-own-citys-gun-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-lightfoot-blasted-for-decrying-colorado-shooting-while-ignoring-her-own-citys-gun-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Blasted for Decrying Colorado Shooting While Ignoring Her Own City&#8217;s Gun Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayor-lightfoot-blasted-for-decrying-colorado-shooting-while-ignoring-her-own-citys-gun-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lori-Lightfoot-blasted-over-Chicagos-violence-after-decrying-Colorado-shooting.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was blasted for decrying the mass shooting in Colorado, while her own city is plagued with rampant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/lori-lightfoot-demands-5-pay-rise-as-chicago-crime-rates-spiral-out-of-control\/\">gun violence<\/a> and fatal shootings daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot responded to the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado, where five people were killed and dozens injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sick of this sh**. How many people need to be murdered?\u201d Lightfoot asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many lives torn apart? Until it actually stops? We don\u2019t have to live like this. And we don\u2019t have to die like this,\u201d she wrote on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 people were shot and three people were killed in gang-related shootings over the past weekend in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot was torched on Twitter for tweeting about gun violence while her own city is a major hotspot for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/mayor-lightfoot-tells-mcdonalds-ceo-to-educate-himself-after-he-warns-of-rising-crime\/\"> Mayor Lightfoot Tells McDonald\u2019s CEO to \u2018Educate Himself\u2019 After He Warns of Rising Crime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conservative radio host Dan O\u2019Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1594478936859164672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1594478936859164672%7Ctwgr%5E02c58b0da957b184476f24421a49200fc931e0f5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fchicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-blasted-citys-violence-decrying-colorado-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m not sure, but it seems like you might be in a position to do something about murders in Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m not sure, but it seems like you might be in a position to do something about murders in Chicago<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan O&#8217;Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanODonnellShow\/status\/1594478936859164672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Conservative pundit and talk show host Dave Rubin called Lightfoot a clown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>Journalist Siraj Hashmi reminded the mayor, \u201cMy sister in Islam, you\u2019re literally the mayor of Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former ESPN sportscaster Jeannine Edwards also called out the Democrat\u2019s selective outrage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is your outrage at the dozens of murders in our city every week? Gangs and criminals are running the place\u2026not you,\u201d Edwards tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Many others asked the mayor if her tweet was a \u201cjoke\u201d or a \u201cparody account.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was blasted for decrying the mass shooting in Colorado, while her own city is plagued with rampant gun violence and fatal shootings daily. 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