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https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/29/chicago-mayor-responds-to-trumps-tweet/Chicago Mayor Responds to Trumps Tweet
May 29, 2020 at 5:06 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Said Lightfoot: We see the game hes playing because its so transparent and hes not very good at it. He wants to show failures on the part of Democratic local leaders to throw red meat to his base. His goal is to polarize, to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges. And we can absolutely not let him prevail.
She added: I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. Its two words: It begins with F and ends with YOU.
mucifer
(23,522 posts)I love my mayor!!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)She didn't bother with being polite. She knows how to handle an asshole. That's how Trumpy-boy needs to be handled. No pussyfooting. Just nail him and walk on.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)BComplex
(8,029 posts)It makes him crazy.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)wnylib
(21,420 posts)"nasty woman" tweet.
Rebl2
(13,485 posts)there, but think she is a great mayor.
PatrickforO
(14,569 posts)than Trump and his whole family. And yeah, Trump IS trying to foment violence - nothing would make his little ku klux heart as happy as a nice race war.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)They should be well rested, because they sure as the world don't call out Trump for all his petty name-calling, but you can bet a nickel that they'll be out in force to scold Mayor Lightfoot for almost saying a swear.
But maybe the "F" stands for "forget"?
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)generalbetrayus
(507 posts)we would in fact say "forget you" instead of "fuck you" when we were in an environment where we couldn't say "fuck you".
yardwork
(61,588 posts)Totally forgot that until I read your post. I don't think I even realized why we said it. Too funny.
mokawanis
(4,438 posts)It's about time people started fighting back and stating the obvious fact that Trump is a dangerous asshole.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I'm glad she is calling him out on his bullshit and naming his little game. She's absolutely right.
agingdem
(7,840 posts)for a mayor/governor/senator to rip trump apart every time he opens his mouth..they/media have got to stop with euphemisms: untruthful/misstated/misleading/nonsensical..Trump is LYING...he spews LIES..he's a LIAR...unambiguous statement of fact..marginalize him..tell him to shut the hell up...Lightfoot did just that...bullies don't like it when you face him down...they run..he ran today..
onetexan
(13,035 posts)Ms. Lightfoot speaks for millions of us who see him for who he is - a complete idiot & a failure.
grumpyduck
(6,231 posts)without (apparently) worrying about what it might do to her re-election.
Need more of those all around.
Nay
(12,051 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,367 posts)WA-03 Democrat
(3,039 posts)Love Lori!
procon
(15,805 posts)Just the kind of no nonsense, tell it like it is woman that makes Trump shake in his slippers. That retort will drive him crazy. If he replies in kind, the press, the politicians, and the public, will have his head on a pike for demeaning the dignity of the office with his crass and vulgar language.
By all means Trump should retaliate in the foulest way he can manage with his limited vocabulary.
The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)The city loves her.
Thekaspervote
(32,752 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)She's a bad-ass! I kinda wish Biden would pick her as his VP. But, I don't want to see Chicago lose her.
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)happybird
(4,603 posts)spanone
(135,816 posts)niyad
(113,232 posts)calimary
(81,193 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)And as a bonus ... she called him out with ALL the right words.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)JDC
(10,125 posts)kacekwl
(7,016 posts)several times a day.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)SergeStorms
(19,192 posts)In case any right-wingnuts are reading these pages, I'll "de-code" Ms. Lightfoot's coded message: FUCK YOU!
End message.
hot2na
(357 posts)murielm99
(30,730 posts)Would she even want the job?
notinkansas
(1,096 posts)After the Rahmfather, I think we deserve this mayor.
panfluteman
(2,065 posts)Johnnie Mae
(35 posts)Wow. "How I've waited for this moment"... to kick you aside. Thanks Madam Mayor.
murielm99
(30,730 posts)It will no doubt be racist, homophobic and sexist.
Our Illinois governor called trump a few things today in his presser. He was more polite in his phrasing, he let everyone know how he feels about our non-leader of a president.
Illinois is beginning to reopen now. We are making progress against the virus.
Chitowncutie
(11 posts)Do you & be you Lori Lightfoot! You are the absolute right person to be mayor of the City of Chicago at this moment in time and I'm so proud of you're my mayor. And to reaffirm... two of our favorite code words in Chicago are "F" and "You".
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)JustGene
(421 posts)Daley sr. to Emmanuel and was never impressed til now.
TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)peggysue2
(10,828 posts)You go, girlfriend!
This is exactly the right response from the rational among us, who we should remind ourselves are the MAJORITY in this country. And that majority is what we need to demonstrate in November to throw this deranged excuse for a human being and his odious, lickspittle enablers to the curb.
Never forget, never forgive.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)mopinko
(70,071 posts)thank ja this woman is my leader.
side note- i passed a big apt building today that had a full size cut out of her in the first flr corner window.
babylonsister
(171,054 posts)LaMouffette
(2,022 posts)You are saying what we are all thinking. So proud of you!
love_katz
(2,578 posts)I love you, Mayor Lightfoot!
Upthevibe
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