Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was criticized on Twitter for calling out the fatal shooting in Colorado, while her own city suffers from shootings every week.
Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell says American voters are ‘scared’ of crime in cities like Chicago and New York and are ‘fed up’ with being ‘ignored’ by both political parties.is plagued with rampant gang violence and fatal shootings.
at a gay nightclub in Colorado, where five people were killed and dozens of others were injured, by saying that it made her"sick." "I’m sick of this s---. How many people need to be murdered? How many lives torn apart? Until it actually stops? We don’t have to live like this. And we don’t have to die like this," she wrote on Twitter on Sunday. This past weekend at least 20 people were shot and three people were killed in gang-related shootings in the Windy City, according to local news outlet ABC7. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was ridiculed on Twitter for tweeting about gun violence in Colorado after a deadly mass shooting.Lightfoot's tweet was quickly ratioed, with Twitter users calling on the mayor to address her own city's problems with violence. Conservative radio host Dan O'Donnell tweeted,"I'm not sure, but it seems like you might be in a position to do something about murders in Chicago."Conservative pundit and talk show host Dave Rubin called her a clown. Chicago student London Strong, right, holds up images of victims of gun violence that are part of the Faces Not Forgotten project during the National Rally to End Gun Violence on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Sept. 25, 2019, in Washington, D.C. CHICAGO WEEKEND GUN VIOLENCE SEES MORE THAN 30 SHOT, INCLUDING OFF-DUTY COP, 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IN DRIVE-BY Journalist Siraj Hashmi reminded the mayor,"My sister in Islam, you’re literally the mayor of Chicago." Former ESPN sportscaster Jeannine Edwards also wondered where the Democrat's outrage was for the murders in her own city. "Where is your outrage at the dozens of murders in our city every week? Gangs and criminals are running the place…not you," Edwards tweeted. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot posted a TikTok of her singing karaoke amid a citywide 37% increase in violent crime when compared to 2021. Conservative writer for The Federalist Chad Felix Greene likewise reminded the mayor,"Chicago, girl. There were 9 shootings yesterday."Homicides in the deep-blue city rose to theirKristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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