Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) spoke out on Monday to blast police officers who are against her city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, claiming that they are trying to “induce an insurrection” by “spreading misinformation.”
When asked the Fraternal Order Of Police union refusing to endorse Chicago’s vaccine mandate, Lightfoot said, “What we’ve seen from the Fraternal Order of Police, in particularly leadership, is a lot of misinformation, a lot of half-truths, and, frankly, flat out lies in order to induce an insurrection. And we’re not having that.”
“Urging members of the department to ignore the chain of command?” Lightfoot said. “Let me be clear, [Fraternal Order of Police President] John Catanzara has destroyed his police career. Destroyed it. He is not fit. And he is never going to go back in any kind of active position. I don’t want him to lead these young officers astray and have them destroy their careers like he has destroyed his.”
Lightfoot has effectively been at “war” with Catanzara and the police union over the past few days. Last week, Catanzara specifically encouraged officers to file exemptions to receiving the vaccine but not to enter any information into the vaccine portal that is mandated by the city,
“Do not fill out the portal information,” Catanzara told union members in a video that he posted to social media last Tuesday. “I’ve made my status very clear as far as the vaccine, but I do not believe the city has the authority to mandate that to anybody, let alone that information about your medical history.”
Lightfoot fired back by telling Catanzara to “bring it.”
“We’ll see what happens,” she added. “You know, John Catanzara says a lot of things, and a lot of it offensive and racist and foolish, but we’ll see what happens. We’ll be prepared for any eventuality.”
It remains to be seen how this will all play out, and we will update you further as this story develops.
This piece was written by James Samson on October 18, 2021. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.
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why would anyone listen to this incompetent racist?
She is as ignorant as they come. She leads her constituents to slaughter. She can deflect but can’t hide her stupidity or lack of ability to lead.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH goody goody , Ma ! I learned a new word. What does it mean?
Dems= Insurrection, see 1-6 Video shows otherwise
Mayor Lightfoot needs to change her name to Lighthead!
Lightfoot is still delusional. It is a sad fact that she inhabits another planet as displayed daily in her anti-police antics. This is not a clear thinking person, but a strictly “Off the beaten track” nutcase pretending to be a “Mayor”. What excuse will she propose when her administrations’ “Mandates” are finally exposed as the unlawful, anti-Constitutional nonsense that all Thinking Americans clearly already recognise ? Go back to your house Lori and have a nice cup of whatever-juice – it may make you a tad sweeter !
Hey Mayor LightFoot, How many kids did you save this weekend from getting shot? How many people? Do you know what Insurrection even means? I know you are a Democrat, so you just use their talking points. They have no idea what it means either. They keep talking about January 6th and the Capitol Building but that was not an Insurrection either. That really makes you seem dumber than you are. I believe the FOP President will be able to present his case much more efficiently than you will. You should really resign and take that sorry AG with you. Chicago needs real leaders.