The mayor's opponents are now weaponizing the remarks, and it has led to a firestorm of criticism on social media too.
"I'm going to say it again – if you look at what I've consistently said, everywhere that I've gone, I encourage people; I frankly beg them to participate in our democracy – to vote," the mayor said."So if I misspoke, then I misspoke, but I'm very clear – everywhere, and again today – people need to vote, no matter who they're voting for. Our democracy depends upon participation. That is clear. We need everybody to vote in every neighborhood, in every ward.
A reporter went on to point out that Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson – another Black candidate for mayor – is not polling at the bottom. The reporter noted that Mayor Lightfoot has been putting out ads against Johnson. "I think it was probably unfortunate wording," said University of Illinois Chicago political science professor and former alderman Dick Simpson."What she was trying to express is that she is the only African American likely to make it into the runoff."
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