{"id":534310,"date":"2021-05-21T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=534310"},"modified":"2021-05-21T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:21:19","slug":"tulsi-gabbard-blasts-lori-lightfoots-anti-white-racism-demands-other-dems-condemn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-blasts-lori-lightfoots-anti-white-racism-demands-other-dems-condemn\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Lori Lightfoot\u2019s \u2018Anti-White Racism,\u2019 Demands Other Dems Condemn"},"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%2Ftulsi-gabbard-blasts-lori-lightfoots-anti-white-racism-demands-other-dems-condemn%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=534310&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\/2021\/05\/pjimage-17-1200x720-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) on Friday called on the leaders of the Democratic Party to join her in condemning the \u201cblatant anti-white racism\u201d&nbsp;Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot showed&nbsp;by allowing only journalists of color to interview her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Lightfoot\u2019s blatant anti-white racism is abhorrent. I call upon President Biden, Kamala Harris, and other leaders of our county\u2014of all races\u2014to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot\u2019s resignation. Our leaders must condemn all racism, including anti-white,\u201d Gabbard tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.507886435331\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mayor Lightfoot&#8217;s blatant anti-white racism is abhorrent. I call upon President Biden, Kamala Harris, and other leaders of our county\u2014of all races\u2014to join me in calling for Mayor Lightfoot&#8217;s resignation. Our leaders must condemn all racism, including anti-white.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1395765298830012422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lightfoot made headlines earlier this week for defending her policy of allowing only journalists of color to interview her for the two-year anniversary of her mayoral inauguration, claiming such a move is justified to combat systemic racism in media.<\/p>\n<p>Lightfoot, who is the first black woman and also the first lesbian mayor of Chicago, used the controversy as an opportunity to praise herself and what she believes her election represents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy now, you may have heard the news that on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as Mayor of this great City, I will be exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color,\u201d she wrote&nbsp;in a letter in part. \u201cAs a person of color, I have throughout my adult life done everything that I can to fight for diversity and inclusion in every institution that I have been a part of and being Mayor makes me uniquely situated to shine a spotlight on this most important issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been struck since my first day on the campaign trail back in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hall press corps specifically,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.8918918918919\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/duIQbTGccS\">pic.twitter.com\/duIQbTGccS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tahman Bradley (@tahmanbradley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tahmanbradley\/status\/1395030890888187906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many,\u201d Lightfoot also tweeted. \u201cThat isn\u2019t just in City Hall. It\u2019s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI, or Native American.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.46835443038\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I ran to break up the status quo that was failing so many. That isn&#8217;t just in City Hall. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame that in 2021, the City Hall press corps is overwhelmingly White in a city where more than half of the city identifies as Black, Latino, AAPI or Native American.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1395019807846649861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDiversity and inclusion is imperative across all institutions including media. In order to progress we must change,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis is exactly why I\u2019m being intentional about prioritizing media requests from POC reporters on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as mayor of this great city.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.55\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is exactly why I&#8217;m being intentional about prioritizing media requests from POC reporters on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as mayor of this great city.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor\/status\/1395019809742487558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gregory Pratt, a Latino reporter with The Chicago Tribune, wrote Wednesday on Twitter that he refused to do an interview with Lightfoot if she was unwilling to lift the racial stipulations on the journalists who cover her.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI am a Latino reporter [at Chicago Tribune]&nbsp;<\/span>whose interview request was granted for today. However, I asked the mayor\u2019s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don\u2019t get to choose who covers them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.142414860681\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am a Latino reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagotribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chicagotribune<\/a> whose interview request was granted for today. However, I asked the mayor\u2019s office to lift its condition on others and when they said no, we respectfully canceled. Politicians don\u2019t get to choose who covers them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YMW8M8ZgJm\">https:\/\/t.co\/YMW8M8ZgJm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gregory Pratt (@royalpratt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/royalpratt\/status\/1395025840946262017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-journalist-defends-lori-lightfoots-reported-decision-not-to-interview-with-white-reporters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Journalist Defends Lori Lightfoot\u2019s Reported Decision Not To Interview With White Reporters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) on Friday called on the leaders of the Democratic Party to join her in condemning the \u201cblatant anti-white racism\u201d\u00a0Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot showed\u00a0by allowing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312628,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pjimage-17-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Lori Lightfoot\u2019s \u2018Anti-White Racism,\u2019 Demands Other Dems Condemn","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pjimage-17-1200x720-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Lori Lightfoot\u2019s \u2018Anti-White Racism,\u2019 Demands Other Dems Condemn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}