'America's worst mayor': Tucker Carlson slams Lori Lightfoot for 'caring more about radical socialism and raising the Juneteenth flag than tackling violent crime in Chicago'
Tucker Carlson ripped into Lori Lightfoot for seemingly focusing more on Juneteenth and radical socialism than trying to tackle the violent crime gripping Chicago.
The Fox News host took aim at the Chicago mayor during his opening remarks on Wednesday night's broadcast, complete with a graphic labeling her 'America's Worst Mayor.'
'Since the death of George Floyd last May, Chicago's mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has embraced every part of the equity and inclusion agenda,' Carlson opined.
He noted that 'nearly 200 more people have been murdered this year than last' in Chicago, including four in a mass killing on Tuesday.
Carlson said Lightfoot 'blames firearms and demands more money from the federal government' in response to the city's crime wave.
The Fox News host took aim at the Chicago mayor during his opening remarks on Wednesday night's broadcast, complete with a graphic labeling her 'America's Worst Mayor'
Carlson said Lightfoot (pictured) 'blames firearms and demands more money from the federal government' in response to the city's crime wave.
He then launched into Lightfoot's desire for 'radical social change,' linking it to the legislation set to make Juneteenth a national holiday.
The holiday - which marks the anniversary of when the last African Americans learned they were freed from slavery - was aided by the passing of legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives this week.
'Lori Lightfoot is thrilled by this,' Carlson said. 'Unlike John Cornyn, she understands the power of symbols. They're immensely important, that's why we have them.
'For Flag Day on Monday -- a holiday designed to honor the American flag -- Lightfoot is flying something called the 'Pan African' flag. It's now up in city hall. That, and the Juneteenth flag.'
Earlier this week, Lightfoot declared Juneteenth an official city holiday, a year after saying it was too expensive to do so, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
'I, like many others, didn't even know anything about Juneteenth until I was an adult. And that's because it has never been treated with the reverence that it should be,' Lightfoot said during her announcement.
'If you look at the... history books that are used to teach our children, you may only see a passing reference, if at all. We must change that.'
Carlson played a clip of Lightfoot, where she said, 'We must also recognize that freedom has been illusory for far too many American residents, including black people. So we must embrace all American history and today on Juneteenth, we will be raising another flag: the Juneteenth flag.'
Carlson launched into Lightfoot's desire for 'radical social change,' linking it to the legislation set to make Juneteenth a national holiday
Pictured: The Juneteenth flag being raised at Daley Plaza in Chicago on June 14, 2021
''Freedom has been illusory.' Really? What's she saying?' Carlson asks. 'Well, she's saying your old Independence Day, and the nation it celebrates is a lie.'
Carlson proceeded to seize on the recent revelation of some of Lightfoot's emails, which were obtained by the Chicago Tribune in an open records request.
'Turns out she's every bit the person you thought she was,' Carlson said.
Lightfoot has been slammed for sending a 'deranged' email to one of her female staffers berating her for failing to scheduled enough 'office time.'
The condescending message was sent by Lightfoot to her then-scheduler Taylor Lewis on January 28, but was only obtained by the Chicago Tribune this week. The paper was investigating reports of high staff turnover at City Hall when they uncovered the 'unhinged' email.
The message included sentences which Lightfoot repeated more than a dozen times - apparently in order to really get her point across.
'Since my prior requests are routinely ignored, I am now resorting to this: I need office time everyday! I need office time everyday! I need office time everyday!' Lightfoot raged in the e-mail.
The message in an email sent by Lightfoot included sentences which Lightfoot repeated more than a dozen times in order to get her point across
She repeated the same sentence a further 13 times, before writing: 'Not just once a week or some days, but everyday!'
Office time apparently refers, according to Lightfoot, to open time set aside for thinking on big-picture type issues that isn't clogged up with meetings or other obligations.
In the email, Lightfoot continued to patronizingly repeat each sentence she subsequently wrote.
She signed off her message by writing: 'Have I made myself clear?!' 13 times times in a row.
'She needs help. But not as much helps as her staff needs. Someone ought to stage a hostage extraction for their sake,' Carlson added.
Carlson then went on to decry Lightfoot for putting effort into those emails while Chicago is faced with violent crime.
'So, as the bodies piled up, hundreds more under her tenure as mayor, you have to wonder, how long did it take Lightfoot to write all of that?' Carlson asked.
There were 282 homicides in Chicago as of June 13, compared with 269 during the same period last year. In 2021 alone, 1,640 people in Chicago have been shot – a 19 percent increase from the same time period last year, according to city records.
He concluded, 'Somehow, this person remains mayor of America's third-largest city. How long can that continue?'
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