'WE GOTTA SAY IT': Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot urges Democrats to 'speak the truth' as violent crime surges in major cities across the US.
called on Democrat mayors to"speak the truth" on violent crime in their cities amid the crime spike in Chicago.
"I come to this conversation as a former federal prosecutor. I come to this as a former defense attorney, I am the sister of a returning resident," Lightfoot continued."But I know that there are people in my city that are wreaking havoc every day and need to be off the streets. That’s reality." Lightfoot’s comments come as she heads toward the end of her time as Chicago’s mayor, becoming the first mayor in 40 years not to get re-elected.
Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson answers questions from the media outside the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.
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