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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants you to stay inside. But if she didn’t make that clear enough in her press conferences, there are several memes showing you just what she means. “Where’s ...
An Instagram account dubbed "Where's Lightfoot" has been photoshopping images of a stern-looking Lightfoot standing guard all over the city; standing at a barricade on the Lakefront Trail, perched ...
Chicago may be getting a new mayor on Monday, but it's unlikely Brandon Johnson will be as meme-able as his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot.Lightfoot, Chicago's first mayor to lose reelection in 40 ...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has seen the internet memes that depict her enforcing the state’s stay-at-home order and clearing citizens from the public way. And she’s a fan.
Even the City of Chicago’s Twitter account shared a cardboard Lightfoot watching from behind the curtains of a Portage Park bungalow. For a new mayor, memes sold her authority.
The mayor herself called a meme tweeted by the Chicago Teachers Union “clearly racist”; it showed Scooby-Doo and friends unmasking a white police officer and finding Lightfoot.
When the pandemic took hold, Chicago was awash in affectionate memes featuring Lori Lightfoot, the city’s stern, no-nonsense new mayor. Since then, the joke has worn off.
Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed racism and her gender for losing her re-election bid, as Chicagoans wary of the rising crime of her watch celebrated her landslide defeat.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection loss should serve as a “wake-up call” for other mayors who prioritize similar policies or actions, according to some political insiders.
They will be fighting for Chicagoans whose sympathies lie somewhere in between—voters who supported outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who finished third with 17 percent of the vote.
Chicago Democrat Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday became the Windy City’s first incumbent mayor in 40 years to lose re-election as rising crime in the city steered voters away from the embattled leader.
It was a stunning rebuke. On Tuesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, the first Black woman and first openly L.G.B.T.Q. person to lead the city, failed to advance to a runoff, earning just 17 ...