Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were absent from Chicago's 70th annual Columbus Day parade.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were absent from Chicago's 70th annual Columbus Day parade.Parades are known for drawing crowds, and with them, politicians looking for exposure and potential votes. But in this election season, they were few and far between at Chicago's 70th annual Columbus Day parade.
Columbus Day is among them. The controversy is tied to protests about the treatment of indigenous people that led to Mayor Lightfoot to order Columbus statues removed.For parade organizers, there was a sense of disappointment with those politicians who were not there - particularly if it's out of concern about the controversy.
"If that's why they're staying away, then they're cowards, that's what I would say," 38th Ward Ald. Nick Sposato said.Chicago Columbus Day Parade returns to Loop amid controversy; Indigenous People's Day events planned Governor JB Pritzker, who marched in the same parade along with numerous others this year, had a scheduling conflict.
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