A hot mic captured Mayor Lori Lightfoot muttering an f-bomb during Wednesday’s City Council meeting.
As Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, 33rd, was finishing her remarks about Black History Month, Lightfoot could be heard saying, “you got to be f—— kidding me.” The mayor could be seen covering her mouth while speaking.
Lightfoot later reached out to her and said she was reacting to something her staff brought to her attention, Sanchez said.
The embarrassing incident mirrors a similar moment from a 2019 City Council meeting, when a live microphone captured Lightfoot calling a Fraternal Order of Police vice president an “FOP clown.”
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As Fraternal Order of Police Vice President Patrick Murray approached the microphone available for people to speak during public comment, Lightfoot was overheard on the dais saying, “Back again. This is this FOP clown.”
Murray had approached the microphone to express support for the officers involved in the killing of Laquan McDonald who were fired by the Chicago Police Board.
Asked afterward if she’d apologize, Lightfoot repeatedly said, “I’m sorry that I said it out loud.”
Lightfoot’s predecessor as mayor, Rahm Emanuel, was famously foul mouthed, but Lightfoot can be similarly profane. During a private meeting with aldermen, she delivered a warning not to oppose her budget, telling them, “don’t come to me for s— for the next three years.”
She also told Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th, that he’s “full of s—” during a different meeting.
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Typical Democrat filthy, fowl mouthed pig.
Hey …hey.. watch who you’re calling “filthy”…. L.O.L. Lightbrain herself is an “F” bomb. One good thing… when I’m disgusted with whats happening here in Michigan (90% of the time) … I think of what the people of Chicago have to endure with this useless waste of air and space at the helm and it makes feel a little better.
Since their heroes (RAPPERS) Speak that way, i am not surprised one bit.
Isn’t it funny, that any females that are liberals, have no clue on how to act like a lady. The pro murder of babies in the womb, I do not know what gender I am, females. Ah, liberalism at its finest and Lori Lightfoot is the gold standard.
Wow… you just shook me to the core… it’s female? … it’s got to be transgender. If my dog looked like that… I’d shave it’s butt and make it walk backwards!
Lady like? HOW ‘sexist’ of you to ever demand leftist females, be ladylike..
You voted for Lori and JB, so now you need to suck it up buttercup. It’s all about them and their deep pockets supporters, not about your welfare and safety.
Big deal. My ears have heard a lot worse. I’d much rather she swear out loud and show people just who she really is.
I’ve heard worse, from KIDS…
That’s Beetlejuice carrying on as usual, a whacko!