{"id":929949,"date":"2021-10-27T20:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=929949"},"modified":"2021-10-27T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T00:29:35","slug":"almost-deafening-lori-lightfoot-booed-on-stage-at-fundraiser-for-first-union-to-endorse-her-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/almost-deafening-lori-lightfoot-booed-on-stage-at-fundraiser-for-first-union-to-endorse-her-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Almost Deafening\u2019: Lori Lightfoot Booed On Stage At Fundraiser For First Union To Endorse Her In 2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Falmost-deafening-lori-lightfoot-booed-on-stage-at-fundraiser-for-first-union-to-endorse-her-in-2019%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=929949&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--><p id=\"iWtIfj\">The love is gone for Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago \u2014 at least from some members of the first union to endorse her in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>At a fundraiser for Plumbers Union Local 130 on Sunday, Lightfoot was met with boos from the crowd after she was introduced on stage, video shows.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3PChJx\">The mayor \u201cspoke for less than a minute. And there was a resounding booing throughout the room,\u201d one reported attendee told the paper. \u201cAlmost deafening \u2026 I was sitting at the table with a bunch of plumbers. They\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019ve never heard that before here.\u2019 \u2026 Clearly, their membership is not with her. \u2026 They were calling her names. It was bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In video of the booing incident, one person is heard saying,&nbsp;\u201cI knew that was going to happen.\u201d Another seemingly says,&nbsp;\u201cThat\u2019s f***ing brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plumbers Union Local 130 recording secretary Pat McCarthy&nbsp;admitted that she heard the booing, but said Lightfoot was able to finish her remarks, rebutting a notion that she was technically \u201cbooed off the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"goCttr\">\u201cI was there when she was speaking,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThere were a couple of people in the corner that booed. But it was nothing significant. And it didn\u2019t disrupt the event at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"CJ7D3s\">\u201cI would have to suspect whoever was booing at that event was not a member of this local,\u201d the recording secretary speculated. \u201cWe respect her and we have no problems with the mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"C8m5AL\">Lightfoot\u2019s political director Dave Mellet downplayed the booing, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4v7sl9\">\u201cI don\u2019t believe that she was, quote-unquote, \u2018booed\u2019 at this event,\u201d Mellet told the Sun-Times. \u201cI believe she was well received. There may have been a couple of people in the room who came in there to shout and be loud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/lori-lightfoot-drowned-out-boos-union-fundraiser\">noted<\/a> by Fox News, Lightfoot has been catching heat from unions over her vaccine mandate,&nbsp;requiring \u201ccity workers to report their COVID-19 vaccination status or be placed on unpaid leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mandate has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-illinois-sheriffs-departments-refuse-chicagos-request-to-staff-streets-during-possible-police-shortage\">caused a crisis<\/a> in policing, which is already strained in the crime-plagued city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraternal Order of Police (FOP) President John Catanzara said it\u2019s not just his union but first responders, firefighters and labor unions that oppose the mandate,\u201d the Fox News report outlined. \u201cHe has instructed officers to file for exemptions to receiving vaccines and provided instructions for what officers should do if given a direct order to report on the city portal their vaccination status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth sides have since taken legal action against each other,\u201d the report added. \u201cA judge has granted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The love is gone for Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago \u2014 at least from some members of the first union to endorse her in 2019.At a fundraiser for Plumbers Union Local 130 on Sunday, Lightfoot was met with boos from the crowd after she was introduced on stage, video shows.The mayor \u201cspoke for less than a minute. And there was a resounding booing throughout the room,\u201d one reported attendee told the paper. \u201cAlmost deafening \u2026 I was sitting at the table with a bunch of plumbers. They\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019ve never heard that before here.\u2019 \u2026 Clearly, their membership is not with her. \u2026 They were calling her names. It was bad.\u201dIn video of the booing incident, one person is heard saying,\u00a0\u201cI knew that was going to happen.\u201d Another seemingly says,\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s f***ing brutal.\u201dPlumbers Union Local 130 recording secretary Pat McCarthy\u00a0admitted that she heard the booing, but said Lightfoot was able to finish her remarks, rebutting a notion that she was technically \u201cbooed off the stage.\u201d\u201cI was there when she was speaking,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThere were a couple of people in the corner that booed. But it was nothing significant. And it didn\u2019t disrupt the event at all.\u201d\u201cI would have to suspect whoever was booing at that event was not a member of this local,\u201d the recording secretary speculated. \u201cWe respect her and we have no problems with the mayor.\u201dLightfoot\u2019s political director Dave Mellet downplayed the booing, too.\u201cI don\u2019t believe that she was, quote-unquote, \u2018booed\u2019 at this event,\u201d Mellet told the Sun-Times. \u201cI believe she was well received. There may have been a couple of people in the room who came in there to shout and be loud.\u201dAs noted by Fox News, Lightfoot has been catching heat from unions over her vaccine mandate,\u00a0requiring \u201ccity workers to report their COVID-19 vaccination status or be placed on unpaid leave.\u201dThe mandate has already caused a crisis in policing, which is already strained in the crime-plagued city.\u201cFraternal Order of Police (FOP) President John Catanzara said it\u2019s not just his union but first responders, firefighters and labor unions that oppose the mandate,\u201d the Fox News report outlined. \u201cHe has instructed officers to file for exemptions to receiving vaccines and provided instructions for what officers should do if given a direct order to report on the city portal their vaccination status.\u201d\u201cBoth sides have since taken legal action against each other,\u201d the report added. \u201cA judge has granted the city\u2019s request for a temporary injunction barring Catanzara from making any public comments that encourage FOP members to disobey the city\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandate until the next hearing on the city\u2019s lawsuit on Oct. 25.\u201dWATCH:NEW: Crowd Boo\u2019s Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pic.twitter.com\/OvnZGmnH62\u2014 HeadlineHunter! \ud83d\udea8 Alerts (@freehumanity911) October 27, 2021Related:\u00a0More Illinois Sheriffs Departments Refuse Request To Staff Chicago Streets During Possible Police\u00a0ShortageRelated:\u00a0Suburban Chicago Police Asked To Go To Chicago In Case Of Police Walkout Over Vaccine\u00a0MandateThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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