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Lori Lightfoot

American Politician

Born: Aug 4, 1962

Chicago Community Me People Think You

Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm

I think he's a great talent, Stephen Colbert. Lori Lightfoot

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Our children... deserve to grow up in an environment where fear is not their constant companion. And I'm determined to do everything I can to make sure every kid - in every neighborhood regardless of zip code, economic status and race or ethnicity - is able to live a life of safety. Lori Lightfoot

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I am an independent reform candidate. I do not represent the past. Lori Lightfoot

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I'm not affiliated with Ed Burke, Joe Berrios or anyone else who represents the old, corrupt Chicago way. I am offering voters a complete break from that past and pushing us forward in a way that brings people together and makes government more inclusive. Lori Lightfoot

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It's not enough to be anti-Trump. Lori Lightfoot

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I have to explain to my daughter what it means when adults lie. I have to explain to my daughter what it means when adults are bullies. I have to explain to my daughter what it means when an adult says something that's not true just to try to score political points. Lori Lightfoot

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If you look at the number of aldermen who have been prosecuted and found liable of federal crimes over the years... the common thread among all of them is doing something in the exercise of aldermanic prerogative or privilege. Lori Lightfoot

I am a lesbian. I am married to a woman. We have a child. We have a family. Lori Lightfoot

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It's true that not every day a little black girl in a low-income family from a segregated steel town makes the runoff to be the mayor of the third-largest city in America. Lori Lightfoot

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When I was in my 20s and kind of going through my own coming out process, I feared that I would lose my family. I feared that I would grow old alone. And that was a real part of my struggle. Lori Lightfoot

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I grew up in a small town in a low-income family and was the only black kid in my elementary school. I felt like an outsider, and since I didn't know of LGBT people - much less LGBT black women - living happy, healthy, and successful lives, I didn't believe I could ever marry or have a child. Lori Lightfoot

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When I hear stories about the number of kids that have been lost to violence, where families grow up teaching kids 'duck and cover' long before they learn their ABC's or their colors, I know there is something profoundly wrong in our city. Lori Lightfoot

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What I'm saying is that government doesn't work for people. There is a perception of it and a reality of it. Lori Lightfoot

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