Mayoral challenger U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García took direct aim at Mayor Lori Lightfoot Friday, blasting her for failing to prevent a wave of crime and turning back on efforts to reform the beleaguered Chicago Police Department.
U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García appears on Chicago Tonight” on Nov. 22, 2022.
García used his City Club speech to unveil his first official campaign policy, more than two months after entering the race to deny Lightfoot a second term in office. Also running are activist Ja’Mal Green, Ald. Sophia King, state Rep. Kam Buckner, businessman Willie Wilson, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Ald. Roderick Sawyer.
Lightfoot’s campaign immediately responded to the fusillade of criticism from García, accusing him of aligning himself with calls to “defund the police” during the summer of 2020 after the police murder of George Floyd but now likening him to “opportunists who stick their finger in the wind and pander to the crowd” and calling him “a second-time mayoral candidate who lacks even five minutes of executive experience.”García promised to fire Chicago Police Supt.
The specifics of García’s plan are not significantly different than the policies pursued in recent months by Lightfoot. García said he would redeploy officers from citywide units to patrol neighborhoods, and assign nonsworn members to administrative tasks while freeing up officers to fight crime, all efforts backed by Lightfoot.
“Instead of moving us forward, she calls us `haters.’ Really? `Haters.’ That’s what she calls everyone who does not think the city is doing all it can to make us safe,” Garcia said. “She’s not serious. I am serious. And it’s time to stop blaming everyone and to start doing the job.”
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