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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot blames Republicans for gun violence in her city

I strongly suspect that Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot has discovered that her city was in far worse shape than she had realized, so instead of solving her city’s formidable problems, she is looking to scapegoat Republicans. Which makes no sense, given the political powerlessness of the GOP in the Windy City. It’s been 88 years since a Republican served as mayor, and there is exactly one Republican serving on the 50-member City Council(compared to 5 Democratic Socialists, 4 independents and 40 Democrats).

Yet, despite this utter political dominance, Mayor Lightfoot is blaming Republicans for her city’s horrendous murder rate. Laughter would be appropriate if the subject were not so grim. William Davis reports for the Daily Caller:

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