Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is striking a different tone just days after cursing out Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas over his support for overturning Roe v. Wade.
Fox News contributor Ted Williams joined 'Fox News Live' to discuss the deadly Fourth of July weekend in Chicago.is attempting to strike a more civil tone just days after cursing out Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
"That says to me that the people who are acting so brazenly have no not only no respect for themselves, but they don't have respect for the institution like the police department, who men and women every single day on every watch, are literally risking life and limb for our safety," Lightfoot said. "But toxicity in our public discourse is a thing that I think we should all be concerned about, right?" Lightfoot added.
"That's the thing I think that concerns me the most about what we're seeing, really over the arc of these last two years- I get it. People are angry. They are frustrated. And they're fearful," Lightfoot said."But we can't let those things mean that we lose sight of each other's humanity. We've got to find a common sense and a purpose.""Every single person has a role to play in healing the wounds that are plaguing us in our country.
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021.
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