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mucifer

(23,542 posts)
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 05:27 AM Aug 2019

Chicago Mayor Says Ivanka Trump Doesn't Know What She Is Talking About Re Chicago Violence

The mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, has angrily hit back at a tweet by Ivanka Trump in which the first daughter appeared to shift the focus away from the mass shootings last weekend by comparing them with gun violence in the Windy City.

In the wake of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton that left at least 31 dead, Trump tweeted: "Let us not overlook that Chicago experienced its deadliest weekend of the year. With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground in the Windy City—and little national outrage or media coverage—we mustn't become numb to the violence faced by inner city communities every day."

But as CBS Chicago pointed out, in fact no fatal shootings happened near a playground. Seven people were wounded in a shooting attack after midnight near a playground in Douglas Park, when no children were present, but no one died.


Lightfoot told a news conference that neither Trump nor anyone else from the White House contacted Chicago City Hall before the tweet was sent.

"She got the numbers wrong. She got the location wrong. That's the danger of trying to govern via tweet," Lightfoot said.


https://www.newsweek.com/lori-lightfoot-chicago-shooting-ivanka-trump-shooting-1452938

Here is the video of my mayor really pissed about Ivanka and her tweet:


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Chicago Mayor Says Ivanka Trump Doesn't Know What She Is Talking About Re Chicago Violence (Original Post) mucifer Aug 2019 OP
Princess Ivanka Netherworld Barbie did exactly what she wanted to do maxrandb Aug 2019 #1
Well stated. Scarsdale Aug 2019 #4
For some reason, dark roots were "cool" for a while on bleached blond celebrities. maddiemom Aug 2019 #11
I stand in awe of your rant and your grasp of Trump progeny. gordianot Aug 2019 #13
"Ivanka really just hasn't been the same since the Bowling Green Massacre" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #2
Lest We Forget crazytown Aug 2019 #5
LOL many times over! maddiemom Aug 2019 #14
The Trumps a straight up human sewage Snake Plissken Aug 2019 #3
Nepotism at its finest FakeNoose Aug 2019 #6
The entitled narcissist daughter is too stupid PA Democrat Aug 2019 #7
Why are you and Daddy allowing this violence, special advisor Ivanka? keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #8
Wonder if countingbluecars Aug 2019 #9
Let us keep one thing in mind. MarianJack Aug 2019 #10
trump ignores crime stink in his own backyard jimmy the one Aug 2019 #12
Thank you! Our current mayor is really trying. It's a hard puzzle to fix mucifer Aug 2019 #15

maxrandb

(15,330 posts)
1. Princess Ivanka Netherworld Barbie did exactly what she wanted to do
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 05:51 AM
Aug 2019

She's attempting to change the focus from "Hair Hitler" and his racist KKK enabling, to the "scary black man".

Anyway, a while back I posted my thoughts on KKK Barbie, and this entire fucking family. Promised myself that I would cut and paste it whenever Eva Braun thought that ANYONE gives one-fuck what she has to say.

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This is evidence that America...and possibly the entire fucking world has not only crashed through the Looking Glass, but we are now using the broken shards to slit our fucking wrists.

Every fiber of my being, from the deepest depths of my soul, to the tips of my male nipples in the frozen-food section at Harris Teater, knows with a crystalline, pure spar certainty, that I should NOT BE REQUIRED to give ONE-FUCK what this soulless, hell spawn "Netherworld Barbie" has to say about fucking anything.

My intellect, my psyche, my conscience, my decency and grace...all tell me that I shouldn't even be required to know who in the fuck these people are.

I know that these lifeless, grifting, vapid, empty vessels deserve NOT ONE NANO-SECOND of my serious thoughts.

These spray-on-tan, Loreal of Paris, plastic, Axe-Body Spray wearing morons SHOULD BE THE MOST FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT PEOPLE WE EVER ENCOUNTER.

Their impact on our lives should have the same effect of a fucking gnat blocking the path of a charging rhino.

I will NEVER forgive fucking Donnie Shit for Brains voting morons for requiring me to take seriously A FUCKING BUNCH OF IGNORANT FUCKSTICKS that should NEVER be taken seriously

This fucking family and their supporters, are like dog-shit stuck in the grooves of your tennis shoes.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
4. Well stated.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 06:20 AM
Aug 2019

Since she is lardass Donnie's "senior advisor" it is understandable why he never makes a decent judgement. Nobody with a workable BRAIN is allowed into his group. Iwanka is worried daddy will be getting impeached, and she will be investigated. I, for one, would like to know how she is spending the $100 Million dollars she was given to "promote women in business" I think the only one who benefitted was her. Prolly went for more face filler and Botox, hair dye (which STILL cannot cover the dark roots) and expensive, but shitty looking outfits. Don Jr. seems to getting along just fine without any job. He still has his (well used up) "girlfriend". She will hang in there until someone better comes along, which can not be too hard to find except most men prefer women who have not been passed around like party favors.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
11. For some reason, dark roots were "cool" for a while on bleached blond celebrities.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:21 AM
Aug 2019

I don't know if they still are, and my own roots are naturally gray now and past caring. When my own hair was "blond," keeping the roots touched up was a major pain because too much "overlapping" could cause it to break off.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
13. I stand in awe of your rant and your grasp of Trump progeny.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:24 AM
Aug 2019

I do have sympathy for the youngest am sure his life is being twisted in very different ways but almost as bad as being detained in wire cages at the border. Daily fish oil baths and close proximity even casually cannot be conducive to mental health.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
3. The Trumps a straight up human sewage
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 06:14 AM
Aug 2019

Trump has spent the last two and half years dancing on the graves of people who were killed in Chicago and lately in Baltimore at his Klan rallies to incite his cult of racists, now ѕhitbag Ivanka is suddenly concerned about the citizens of Chicago

Go fuсk yourself Ivanka

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
7. The entitled narcissist daughter is too stupid
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:53 AM
Aug 2019

to provide effective distraction for daddy dearest.

The mayor actually phoned Ivanka to discuss the issue after she saw the tweet. Of course Ivanka has not returned the call. Like her daddy she has no interest in anything other than promoting the Trump brand.

keithbvadu2

(36,804 posts)
8. Why are you and Daddy allowing this violence, special advisor Ivanka?
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 07:54 AM
Aug 2019

Why are you and Daddy allowing this violence, special advisor Ivanka?

"I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end," he said. "Beginning on January 20th, 2017, safety will be restored."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/republican-convention-highlights-day-four/index.html

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
10. Let us keep one thing in mind.
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:12 AM
Aug 2019

Nepotism Barbie is Dolt45's daughter. As a result, she isn't very bright, If possible, she may be even dumber than daddy.

RESIST!

jimmy the one

(2,708 posts)
12. trump ignores crime stink in his own backyard
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 08:24 AM
Aug 2019

Last edited Wed Aug 7, 2019, 12:17 PM - Edit history (1)

eevanka: in the Windy City—and little national outrage or media coverage—we mustn't become numb to the violence faced by inner city communities every day."

Right, inner cities everyday, how noble, but funny how team trump trashes only liberal cities like chicago baltimore los angeles, while ignoring cities in trump voting states.
Houston Texas, 2017 stats, being pro gun with texas voting for trump & with similar demographics & population as chicago, had a higher total crime rate than chicago, and was at close parity in violent crime rates (chicago 1099, houston 1095).
Haven't heard eevanka or trump trash St Louis with the highest violent crime rate in america in 2017, near double that of chicago, as well as St Louis property crime rate being twice as high.
St Louis also has had a higher violent crime rate and property rate than trump's 'rat infested' baltimore, but when will we ever hear trump bash st louis, ha.

2017 statistics
city ... pop ..... violcrime...murder...rape ..robb..aggrasslt..propcrime..burg...larceny....autotheft.. arson
Chicago 2706171.. 1098.86..24.13.. 65.11..439.26..570.36..3263.80..477.13..2358.83..427.84..18.99
Houston 2338235..1095.23....11.50 58.42..417.96..607.34..4128.41..731.66..2900.82 ..495.93..28.44

Total Crime Rate 2017 (property & violent): Chicago 4360; Houston 5220 ____________________________________________________________

StLouis.310284...2082.29..66.07..93.14..626.52..1296.55..6041.24..1011.33..4155.55..874.36..64.78
Chicago2706171..1098.86..24.13.. 65.11..439.26..570.36..3263.80..477.13..2358.83..427.84..18.99

Total Crime Rate 2017: Chicago 4360; St Louis 8120
Well eevanka if you know people living in that crime infested guns galore St Louis (per trump speak), advise them to consider a move to much safer Chicago. About a third the murder rate.
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All these cities in states which voted trump have higher violent crime rates than chicago, viol crime & murder rates emboldened:

StLouis ..310284...2082.29.....66.07..93.14..626.52..1296.55..6041.24..1011.33..4155..874..64
Memphis..652765..2003.32.....27.73..90.38..529.59..1355.62 6297.83..1460.25..4224..613..55
KansasCty 484948..1724.31....30.93..91.76..383.13..1218.48..4543.79..960.52..2670..912..41
Milwaukee 595168..1597.36....19.83..72.92..490.45..1014.17..3792.04..927.13..1940..924..52
Indianapolis870788..1333.96...17.91
Anchorage 296188...1203.29......9.12
NashvlMetro674942..1138.17....16.30
NewOrleans397447..1121.41.....39.50

Ten cities with higher murder rates than chicago below, emboldened trump states
(some cities per se may have voted democrat while state voted repub):

St Louis 66; Baltimore 56; Detroit 40; New Orleans 40; Baton rouge 38; Kansas City 31; Cleveland 28; Memphis 28; Newark NJ 27; Chicago 24

Regarding property crime, 54 cities have higher property crime rates than chicago, 2017 wiki chart;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

Eevanka & trump like to trash cities in states which didn't vote for him, while ignoring the STINK in their own backyards.

mucifer

(23,542 posts)
15. Thank you! Our current mayor is really trying. It's a hard puzzle to fix
Wed Aug 7, 2019, 11:53 AM
Aug 2019

especially with no money. Rahm really made a mess of things in so many ways. But, this attitude in the media that no place is worse than Chicago is just bullcrap!

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