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( >> Harris: CRITICS ARE SLAMMING >> Harris: CRITICS ARE SLAMMING CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT OVER HER RACE-BASED INTERVIEW POLICILESS. AFTER DEMOCRAT SAID SHE WOULD PRIORITIZE REQUESTS FROM REPORTERS OF COLOR. SHE’S NOT BACKING OFF THAT DECISION, IN FACT, SHE JUST DOUBLED DOWN TELLING CHICAGO JOURNALIST IN A LETTER, VIBEEN STRUCK SINCE MY FIRST DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN 2018 BY THE OVERWHELMING WHITENESS AND MALENESS OF ALCOHOL MEDIA OUT 89S EDITORIAL BOARD, POLITICAL CORPS AND CITY HALL PRESS CORPS SPECIFICALLY. HARRIS, COMING TO YOU, I LOVED YOUR TWEET ON THIS LAST NIGHT. I RETWEETED IT, VERY SIMPLE, BUT GOT TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER. YOU SAID, WELL, THIS JOURNALIST KNOWS ANY DISCRIMINATION HURTS ALL, WE ARE AMERICANS FIRST. >> Harris: ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THE RETWEET. I DO BELIEVE THAT FOR HER TO SAY THOSE -- THAT IT RACIALLY DIVIDES US IN ALL NEW WAYS. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT SKIN COLOR, SHE IS ASSUMING WHAT WE THINK BASED ON SKIN COLOR AND ETHNICITY. SHE’S THINKING IN A CITY WHERE WE’VE SEEN BLACK VICTIMS AND BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE MIGHT NOT BE A QUESTION A PERSON OF COLOR WOULD ASK. I WANT TO GET DEEPER WITH HER, THAT IS MY PERCEPTION BASED ON HER ONLY WANTING TO SIT WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE AND SO MANY TOPICS HAVING TO DO WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR, MAYBE SHE MIGHT GET A PASS ON THINKING SHE KNOWS US. WE REACHED OUT TO HER. WE HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK. I WAS WORKING THE PHONES UNTIL 10:00 LAST NIGHT. I BELIEVE THIS DIVIDES US IN ANOTHER WAY. IF YOU THINK YOU ARE OME GOING TO GET CERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY AND NOT OTHERS, YOU DON’T GIVE YOURSELF OR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY. WE GET TO SEE YOU TREAT US IN A RACIST WAY. AND LET’S CALL WHAT IT IS. YOU ARE DIVIDING US BY SKIN COLOR AND ETHNICITY AND NOT GIVING US EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND EQUAL ACCESS TO DO OUR JOB, TO HOLD THE POWERFUL ACCOUNTABLE. YOU ARE TEACHING PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU, THAT IS HOW YOU ROLL IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU DON’T APPROVE OF. I WILL NOT ARGUE AND SAY THERE SHOULDN’T BE MORE DIVERSITY, AS SAID LAST HOUR, LOTS OF WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT. HIRE GOOD HUMAN RESOURCES OR LEGAL ADVISORS LIKE YOURSELF TO MAKE SURE YOU DO IT IN THE PROPER WAY, BUT IN THIS WAY, AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, TO SAY SOME PEOPLE ARE VALUED MORE THAN OTHERS IN THE CIRCLE OF MEDIA AND YOU’RE GOING TO BASE IT ON THE THINGS WE WERE BORN WITH THAT WE CANNOT CHANGE. I CAN ONLY GET DARKER. I CANNOT BECOME A NONBLACK WOMAN. ONLY CHANGE THAT. SHE’S ASSUMING I WILL THINK A CERTAIN WAY, I DON’T KNOW IF I’LL EVER HEAR BACK. >> Kayleigh: PROBABLY DON’T, I’LL PLACE A BET, YOU WILL NOT HEAR BACK, IT IS UNFORTUNATE. >> Harris: SHE KNOWS WHAT I ASKED NOW. >> Kayleigh: I THOUGHT IS THIS UNCONSTITUTION UNCONSTITUTIONAL? THOUGH WAY THIS PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. SHE IS IN GOVERNMENT POSITION. THIS WEEK, A FEDERAL JUDGE GRANTED AN ORDER IN JOINING THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM CONTINUING TO PARSE OUT THEIR GRANTSS, 2.6 BILLION IN GRANTS BASED ON RACE AND GENDER AND THE ARGUMENT ESSENTIALLY WAS THAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHICH DIRECTED THE SBA, AND INFINITE WISDOM TO PRIORITIZE RESTAURANTS ON BASIS OF RACE OR GENDER, THERE WAS UPROAR. AN INJUKTIVE ORDER, IT IS EXTRAORDINARY REMEDY. IT IS A HIGH BURDEN, AND ONE REQUIREMENT IS SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS. MEANING THE JUDGE GETS THIS ON HIS DESK, HE SAYS THE MOVEMENT SAYS WE WANT THE SBA TO STOP PRIORITIZING PEOPLE BASED ON RACE OR GENDER LIKE THIS MAYOR WAS DOING, THERE IS LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCEED OG MERITS IT VIOLATES EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. >> Harris: BREAKING THE LAW? WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. SHE BROKE HER OWN RULES AND LAWS IN THE PANDEMIC, WHEN SHE GOT THAT HAIRCUT THAT SHE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO GET. OTHERS COULDN’T DO THAT. >> Emily: PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING WHERE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS LAY TO YOUR POINT ABOUT WHAT IS MAKING US MORE DIVIDED, STEPS BACKWARD WE ARE TAKING, IGNORING PROTECTION PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR AND DIED FOR. >> Kayleigh: I THINK HARRIS HIT ON SOMETHING IMPORTANT, SHE WANTS TO IGNORE THE CRIME IN HER STREETS, 46 INDIVIDUALS WERE SHOT LAST WEEK ALONE. I CALLED HER OUT FROM THE PODIUM, SAYING SHE WAS DERELICT MAYOR OF CHICAGO, SHE REPLIED, SHUT YOUR MOUTH, KAREN. THIS IS HER NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIME NUMBERS. >> AGAIN, TO HARRIS’ POINT, SHE’S ASSUMING AS HARRIS POINTED OUT, PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, MIGHT NOT ASK DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY, SHE TWEETED SHE WANTED DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND GOING ABOUT IT BY EXCLUSION, INTERESTING SHE BELIEVES SHE COULD THROW THAT OUT THERE LIKE IT WAS EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET TO WHAT SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO GET TO. ANOTHER THING THAT BOTHERED ME, IT IS LIKE SHE WAS DISGUSTED WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHITENESS. HOW DO WE COME TOGETHER AS A NATION AND HAVE TRUE EQUALITY IF WE LOOK TO CERTAIN PEOPLE AND DISGUSTED BY THEIR SKIN COLOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARACTER, NOT COLOR OF SKIN. FURTHERMORE, TALK ABOUT JOURNALISM, NOT DIVERSITY OF COLOR, DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT MIGHT HELP A JOURNALISTIC PROCESS, SOMETHING WE KNOW A LOT OF JOURNALISTS AND FOLKS IN THE MEDIA AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, DON’T PRIORITIZE MUCH. >> Kayleigh: SHE SAID WATCH YOUR MOUTH, KAREN, NOT AS BAD AS SHUT YOUR MOUTH, COMING TO YOU, THOUGH, CRIME NUMBERS SHE WANTS TO IGNORE, ONE CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPORTER TO HIS CREDIT STEPPED UP AND SAID I’VE BEEN GRANTED AN INTERVIEW BY HER OFFICE, I’M REJECTING AND STAND NOTHING SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER REPORTERS AND NOT TAKING THE INTERVIEW. >> YEAH, THAT IS FANTASTIC AND THAT IS WHAT JOURNALISTS, WE DON’T HAVE MANY JERNLOURNALISTS LEFT, IN AIR QUOTES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE HARRIS DOESN’T HOLD HER BREATH WAITING FOR THE INTERVIEW. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY, SHE DOESN’T WANT TO BE CHALLENGED BY A GENUINE JOURNALIST. I WILL GO A STEP FURTHER AND SAY LORI LIGHTFOOT IS A RACIST, SHE IS NOT A REVERSE RACIST, SHE IS A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED RACIST. SHE BELIEVES THAT SKIN COLOR IS THE PRIMACY OF LIFE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING F. A JOURNALIST WERE TO WALK INTO A ROOM, SHE WOULD TREAT ONE JOURNALIST DIFFERENT BASED ON SKIN COLOR THAN ANOTHER JOURNALIST TOCHLT GO FURTHER, THIS HAS TAKEN OVER THE MODERN DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IF YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO STOP WITH LORI LIGHTFOOT, JUST WAIT, JUST WAIT TO WHAT COMES WITH THE REST OF THEM. THEY ARE TELLING YOU THAT THEY VIEW RACE AS ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS AND WE MUST CALL IT OUT FOR WHAT IT IS. NOT HALF ANSWERS. LORI LIGHTFOOT, IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS, YOU ARE A RACIST. >> Harris: QUICKLY TO ADD TO WHAT DAVID WAS SAYING, TAKE AWAY JOURNALIST AND PUT IN THE WORD PEOPLE. IS SHE PREFERRING, THAT IS QUESTION, ARE YOU PREFERRING NONWHITE PEOPLE? FORGET WHAT WE DO, THAT IS THE PROFESSION I HOLD, I’M A MOM, A LOT OF THINGS.
