{"id":1864148,"date":"2023-02-28T19:49:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1864148"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:50:21","slug":"lori-lightfoot-blames-re-election-woes-on-racism-sexism-and-time-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-blames-re-election-woes-on-racism-sexism-and-time-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lori Lightfoot Blames Re-Election Woes On Racism, Sexism, And TIME Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Flori-lightfoot-blames-re-election-woes-on-racism-sexism-and-time-magazine%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=1864148&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-->\n<p>Chicago Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lori-lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lori Lightfoot<\/a> is facing an uphill battle in her bid for re-election \u2014 and while she primarily blames racism for her plight, she also blames TIME Magazine for failing to elevate her the way they did her predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2023\/02\/28\/lightfoot-chicago-mayoral-election-on-politics-00084669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Received<\/a> Jonathan Martin, POLITICO&#8217;s Jonathan Martin, said that while she admitted that she made mistakes as mayor, the problem was that people were more quick to judge black women.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, you can&#8217;t have lived through what we lived through and say I did everything perfect. We made mistakes,&#8221; She said that she was pivoting to get former Mayor Rahm El&#8217;s TIME Magazine into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember Rahm Emanuel appearing on the cover of Time magazine, the headline was basically like: \u2018Tough guy for Chicago.&#8217; No woman or woman of color is ever going to get that headline,&#8221; She complained.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot, the city\u2019s first female black lesbian mayor, made similar complaints in another interview with The New Yorker. &#8220;I&#8217;m a black woman and, let&#8217;s not forget, some folks frankly don&#8217;t support us in leadership roles,&#8221; She spoke.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/lori-lightfoot-slammed-suggesting-voters-oppose-because-shes-black-woman-power-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faces a slate<\/a> of eight challengers in Tuesday&#8217;s election \u2014 the top two of whom will face each other in a run-off election \u2014 and there are some who don&#8217;t believe she&#8217;ll even make it to the run-off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Personally, I don&#8217;t [think she can pull off this race], but I&#8217;ve been wrong before as the polls have in the past,&#8221; Ray Stevens is a local radio host. &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends First.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-4883\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chicago has a rampant crime problem, and not only is it in Chicago, but its [sic] has reached the collar counties \u2026 crime, crime, crime is going to be the issue in this election and, personally, what I&#8217;m hearing from my constituents, from listeners, is that it will come down to [Paul] Vallas [or] Brandon Johnson,&#8221; Stevens said that substantive issues had to be taken precedence over Lightfoots grievances regarding race and gender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing an uphill battle in her bid for re-election \u2014 and while she primarily blames racism for her plight, she also blames TIME Magazine for failing to elevate her the way they did her predecessor. 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