Guest post by Bright Start News
Chicago made history by electing their first gay black female mayor.
https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/1113249790408548352
And it wasn’t even close!
Not even close. Lori Lightfoot won every ward. All 50 Chicago wards. pic.twitter.com/JjXFnukZFT
— Tahman Bradley (@tahmanbradley) April 3, 2019
Among all of the people celebrating, you might think the Progressive left in Chicago would be doing backflips of joy right now.
You’d be wrong!
The progressive left is coming unglued. Turns out, Lori Lightfoot is pure evil in a black lesbian’s body, diabolically sucking resources and harming communities.
She loves and has worked to protect the very systems that suck resources and harm our communities.
Do Chicago a favor and save all excited posts and articles about our next mayor being Black lesbian.
You’re not helping. She loves and has worked to protect the very systems that suck resources and harm our communities. #stoplightfoot #LGBT
— Charlene A. Carruthers (@CharleneCac) April 3, 2019
As Black, Brown, and Indigenous queer and trans residents of Chicago, we are in solidarity with all efforts to #StopLightfoot in the days leading up to the runoff elections and beyond. Read our full statement here: https://t.co/Fa80ssbTFj pic.twitter.com/vjAEGD7tim
— Chicago Dyke March (@DykeMarchChi) March 31, 2019
Chicago Dyke March took a jab at the Jews while attacking Lightfoot
Lightfoot continues to weaponize her identity as a Black lesbian to paint herself and her terrifying platform as “progressive,” a tactic we similarly see in Israel’s pinkwashing efforts, and we cannot afford to fall into this trap. Policing, gentrification, housing, immigration, schools, and mental health are all issues that disproportionately impact queer and trans people of color, and Lightfoot’s stances in these areas have been heinous.
Chicago DSA stands in solidarity with #StopLightfoot
Read our statement below and visit https://t.co/IuCNdJd7bh for more information 🌹✊https://t.co/P1iG71zUlY
— Chicago DSA 🌹 (@ChicagoDSA) March 28, 2019
From the DSA statement:
Chicago DSA supports the call to #StopLightfoot being led by young queer organizers of color, the very same who have be leading the fight against racist policing and police violence in our city for the last several years.
As laid out in detail on StopLightfoot.com, Lori Lightfoot is not the progressive she claims to be; she is a career defender of the carceral state and the interests of powerful corporations. It is this same career that has led Lightfoot to accumulate immense individual wealth.
They’re OBSESSED with Lori Lightfoot and sucking:
She is going sucking resources out of marginalized communities and build cop academies.
She is going sucking resources out of marginalized communities and build cop academies. This is not a good thing! Representation isn’t always going to save us! #stoplightfoot https://t.co/qvg5HGTpWZ
— Clarissa Brooks (@ClarissaMBrooks) April 3, 2019
This is the nightmare…when the elite is someone who looks like you and knows your lingo but is still an imperialist at the end of the day. I want out of this simulation! #stoplightfoot
— Clarissa Brooks (@ClarissaMBrooks) April 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/JaxRosa/status/1111993413816209408
https://twitter.com/reblgrrlraechel/status/1113246623289704449
All this means is that organizers and movements have to beat Lightfoot at her own game for the next 4 years.
She won by co-opting the stories and frames that Chicago organizers created — but Chicago organizers tell those stories better. #StopLightfoot
— H Kapp-Klote (@hkappklote) April 3, 2019
There are exactly ZERO Republicans in elected office in Chicago now, and that’s not far enough left for the left.
