One of the things you’ll come to realize if you pay attention to politics long enough is that progressives — overwhelmingly Democrats — ruin everything they touch. Everything.
Public grade schools and high schools? Check.
Universities and colleges? Check.
Music and visual arts? Check.
Religion? Check.
Race relations? Check.
Sports? Check.
The Miss America pageant? Check.
The Boy Scouts? Check.
The military? Check.
Late night comedy? Check.
Classic books? Check.
Marriage and family? Check.
Free speech? Check.
Light bulbs? Check.
This is especially true of cities that haven’t elected a Republican or a conservative (there is often a difference) in years. Think of Detroit, Baltimore, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. All basket cases resembling third-world hellholes with homelessness, violence, urban decay and vacant city centers.
Enter Lori Lightfoot, the FIRST BLACK FEMALE LESBIAN mayor of Chicago, and now the FIRST BLACK FEMALE LESBIAN MAYOR of Chicago to lose reelection. According to the Daily Mail,
Following her concession speech, a reporter asked her if she was treated unfairly because of her race and gender, with Lightfoot answering: ‘I’m a black woman in America. Of course.’
The race card. And the misogyny card. And probably the unapproved sexuality card, too. If that’s all true, then how did she get elected four years ago? Did Chicago replace all its voters?
Under Lightfoot, Chicago has seen soaring crime rates, which became a theme of her opponents’ criticism. In 2021, homicides in Chicago rose to their highest numbers in 25 years, outpacing other crime-ridden cities like New York City and Los Angeles.
Throughout her tenure, the mayor has been blasted for her poor relationship with law enforcement, as the city’s police department lost a significant number of officers in recent years amid the rise in crime.
Vacancies in the city are up to 30 percent as businesses flee the crime, along with other disastrous metrics.
Ultimately, there was a 59 percent increase in murder citywide when comparing the 9th week of 2023 to the same time-period four years ago, which is right when Lightfoot was heading to a runoff with Toni Preckwinkle.
The four-year change also shows a 27 percent increase in robbery, 31 percent increase in theft and a massive 270 percent increase in the number of motor vehicle thefts.
In addition to rising crime – Lightfoot has overseen vacancy rates of nearly 30 percent after flagship stores on the Magnificent Mile bailed.
Huge brands like Macy’s, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Gap, Uniqlo and Timberland have all fled large premises since Covid shutdowns and ensuing riots.
Some of the stores were also victims to the series of mass looting incidents that plauged major cities in 2021 and 2022.
Many were driven away by soaring crime and violence, with the vacancy rate on the once tony shopping strip rising 10-fold since 2016, when it sat at just 3.6 percent, to the current 30.1 percent vacancy rate.
The Magnificent Mile’s vacancy rate was under five percent just six years ago, according to NBC Chicago.
So, ackshully, furreal!, Lightfoot getting the boot wasn’t due to any of these metrics but the fact that there are tens of thousands of racists and misogynists and homophobes in the city.
This really is MAGA country.
Leftists ruin everything they touch, then blame everyone but themselves when they suffer for it.
Have a good weekend.