Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Insults Italians
in Epic, Obscene Rant
Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/3/2022 2:07:10 PM
A former Chicago Park District Attorney is seeking damages from Mayor Lori Lightfoot after an obscene, insulting rant against the attorney and the Chicago Italian-American community came to light. The Park District was responsible for the statue of Christopher Columbus in Arrigo Park that Lightfoot had ordered removed during protests in 2020. They were negotiating with the Joint Civic Committee of Italian-Americans to have the Columbus statue displayed during the annual Columbus Day parade. The statue wasn’t displayed in the Chicago parade but did make an appearance at a suburban event. Ron Onesti, president of that Italian-American group, was in on the negotiations along with two park district attorneys
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Fiona Hill Blames Trump for Putin’s
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Were ‘a Sign of Weakness’ 26 replies
Ukraine Invasion — Political Divisions
Were ‘a Sign of Weakness’ 26 replies
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Hill argued that Trump’s request for a “personal favor” set the wheels in motion for the invasion.
“[I] think there’s just the one point that sums everything up that you yourself touched on is that President Trump at a pretty critical period, withheld military assistance to Ukraine that was desperate for it at that particular junction, basically to get Volodymyr Zelensky to do him a personal favor,” Hill said.
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