Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's re-election campaign was criticized for sending an email to Chicago Public School teachers, encouraging them to give students 'credit' for volunteering on the campaign.
The ACLU also said the campaigns actions"harken back to the worst days of the Chicago political machine."
"To be clear, this is now Mayor Lightfoot’s responsibility. It cannot be swept away by statements from subordinates in her campaign," the group continued."The Mayor should personally and publicly renounce this infraction in strong, explicit language, making clear that no one in Chicago should feel compelled to participate in her re-election campaign. That is what is necessary in this moment.
Lightfoot’s campaign said it was"common practice" to give high school and college students the opportunity to volunteer on campaigns for credit, but that all staff had been reminded that contacting city employees is"off limits," Fox 32 reported. Kelsey Koberg is an Editor with Fox News Digital. 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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