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Irresponsible Chicago Mayor Blames Mississippi for Her City’s Violence

Last weekend, five people were killed and 46 others were wounded after a spree of gun violence took place in Chicago per a report from ABC 7. Massive looting transpired in downtown Chicago during the last weekend. Of those injured, 6 were teenagers and another was a 12-year-old boy who is the son of a Chicago firefighter.

Y’all Politics reported on Lightfoot’s appearance in an interview on MSNBC, where she cast the blame on Mississippi for Chicago’s current violence spree.

“Sixty percent of the illegal guns that come into Chicago every year are from out of state, from Indiana, from Mississippi, from other states that have lax gun laws,” she declared.

Y’all Politics reached out to Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves for his take on Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s comments.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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