Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot may not be everybody’s cup of tea, and she’s just fine with that. She said so (again) on Twitter this morning after some people took offense to her unfiltered remarks about Clarence Thomas last weekend.
Quick recap: On Sunday, Lightfoot marched in her city’s Pride parade and gave an impassioned speech about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and Thomas threatening to go after federal protections for contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage next.
Related: Clarence Thomas wastes literally no time using Roe decision to attack gay rights
“We will not live in a world, not in my city, where our rights are taken from us or rolled back,” Lightfoot said, before declaring, “F*ck Clarence Thomas!”
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Video of the moment quickly spread on Twitter.
“Fuck Clarence Thomas” –@chicagosmayor @SCOTUSblog @chicago #prideinthepark #chicago #RoeVWade #lorilightfoot #scotus pic.twitter.com/F5GOESquuM
— Ricky (@RickyRakoon) June 26, 2022
Fox News immediately pounced, wheeling out pro-Trump civil rights attorney Leo Terrell to blast Lightfoot for creating a “distraction” from the problems in her city and sending a “coded message” that threatened Thomas’ safety.
“This is very, very upsetting,” said Terrell. “The profanity she used at Clarence Thomas justifies why the Supreme Court justices need protection 24/7. You know what she did? She sent a coded message by using the F-word.”
Leo Terrell slams Lori Lightfoot for ‘F Clarence Thomas’ remark: ‘She sent a coded message’https://t.co/IBFPjw1Gj3
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 28, 2022
We’d argue that Thomas created a bigger threat to his own safety when he voted to expand gun rights last week by overturning a New York law that restricted people’s ability to carry concealed firearms in public. But we digress.
This morning, Lightfoot let it be known on Twitter that she couldn’t care less if Terrell and others were offended by her choice of words over the weekend, tweeting: “If my language bothers you more than the destruction of our civil rights, then we don’t need to know anything else about you.”
If my language bothers you more than the destruction of our civil rights, then we don’t need to know anything else about you. https://t.co/ThXb9NI2xU
— Lori Lightfoot (@LoriLightfoot) June 28, 2022
Lightfoot, 1. Bigots, forced birthers, and homophobes, 0.
In an exclusive interview with Queerty last week, attorney Roberta Kaplan, who represented Edie Windsor in United States v. Windsor and successfully convinced the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, urged LGBTQ people and allies to stay focused.
“I obviously understand fear and depression, but I would urge people to overcome that,” she said. “One thing I can say that could help to buck people up is the fact that LGBTQ rights in our country evolved and developed at a faster pace than any other minority group in recent history.”
She added, “The number-one thing that LGBTQ Americans have to do is to vote and to make sure that every single person who knows and loves them votes for candidates who believe in our Constitution, who believe in equal protection, and who believe in the equal dignity of all Americans, regardless of who they love, the color of their skin, or who they marry.”
Related: Openly gay Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald is having none of Clarence Thomas’ B.S.
Mario
Lori Lightfoot, the failed mayor of Chicago. Thousands of black men have been killed on the streets of Chicago during her tenure.
Bosch
You already copy-pasted this comment, wario.
Mario
Bosch:
Just trying to bring some truth into this discussion.
johncp56
Sure blame her for the lax Gun laws, Chicago has always been unruly, ask the supreme court to help with your deaths by guns, lol
Mario
johncp56:
You should do your homework.
1. Chicago and the state of Illinois have very stringent gun laws.
2. The the vast majority of black men who have been murdered in Chicago were killed by criminals using illegal fire arms.
3. Due to liberal bail reforms, many criminals who have been arrested for possessing illegal fire arms have been set free by liberal jurists in liberal cities. These criminals then go out on the street, acquire another illegal fire arm, and murder innocent victims and terrorize their neighbors.
kevin57
Mario, are you a member of the LGBT+ community?
Mario
kevin57:
Yes I am. I am a gay man.
kevin57
Then, Mario, you need to do YOUR homework. The violence in Chicago is horrible, but per capita its murder rate is lower-much lower-than GOP led cities such as nearby Indianapolis. Many others are situated in the deep red south. Think Alabama where the entire place is pure Republican.
Since you’re a gay man, let me see your condemnation of the recent Texas GOP platform
Bosch
@Mario parts of your statement might be true, but it has no causality.
And I’ve seen enough of your messages to know exactly how good you are at thinking critically. Ahem.
jt1990
@kevin57 I was wondering the same. It is quite rare for an lgbt individual to have sensible views based on facts. Mario could very well be a hetero imposter!
Bosch
Omg JT, suck his dick why don’t you?
Mario
kevin57: Evidently, you didn’t do your homework. Indianapolis is led by a Democrat mayor, Joe Hogsett, and a Democrat-controlled city council. The city in Alabama with rising crime – Birmingham – is led by a Democrat mayor, Randall Woodfin, and a Democrat-controlled city council. In conservative “red” states, most of the crime occurs in Democrat-controlled “blue” cities. Look that up. It’s true. As far as Texas goes: I don’t live there and people are free to believe what they want, even if I disagree with them. That’s called freedom. Freedom for me and freedom for them.
Bosch: Once again you hurl ad hominem attacks at me while at the same time not refuting my statements. That speaks volumes about you, as you don’t have facts to rebut my statements.
jt1990: I’m a gay man who can think for himself. Facts are facts. Facts are not gay or straight, nor are they liberal or conservative. Regrettably, too many people – gay and straight – emote; they don’t think.
Bosch
Awww poor Mario’s feelings are hurt by “ad hominem attacks”? How come the biggest assholes always have the thinnest skin? You think we forgot you’re here trying to offend people every day? Grow some chest hair, you fkin dweeb.
Mister P
Gun violence is out of control so obviously you support gun legislation.
Mario
I do believe that criminals should not have guns. Nearly all of the murders committed in Chicago have been perpetrated by criminals using illegal fire arms. Furthermore, Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, but they don’t seem to have any impact.
Charlie in Charge
Hey it’s just locker room talk no need to get bent out of shape about it.
Jim
Until Republicans and SCOTUS allow guns in their offices everything they have to say on the subject is BS.
Mario
Until Nancy and all of her liberal colleagues – forego armed guards – everything they say is bs, too.
Hunter Biden’s laptop has emails he sent to his former sister-in-law/ex-girlfriend, which state that even Joe Biden has several assault weapons in his homes in Delaware and the Jersey Shore, and that was way before he was elected President.
Since all of of these liberal (anti-2nd Amendment) politicians have protection, average Americans citizens also have the right to protection too.
Bosch
Hunter biden’s laptop! Anyone got that on their Troll Bingo card today?
Mario
Bosch:
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post – liberal newspapers, by the way – have authenticated Hunter Biden’s laptop and emails.
Can you refute with evidence? No, of course not.
You’re as close-minded – and as ignorant – as Trumpsters who will not accept the 2020 presidential election results.
mailliw110
BINGO Bosch!
Diplomat
Her rhetoric is just a sign that things have reached a boiling point where Americans are going to rise up and squash injustice like never before. Hopefully at the ballot box, not with violence. Though I think violence to some degree will play a part in the future. I don’t challenge her speech, it’s well said and appropriate. Religious ignorance must go.
Mario
In November, pocketbook and kitchen table issues will prevail at the ballot box.
All of these issues are due to Democrat ineptitude:
Sky-high inflation
Rising crime rates
Open borders
Fentanyl overdoses due to the open border
Unchecked illegal immigration
Wage suppression for middle and working class workers because of the onslaught of cheap labor from Latin America and around the world
Food shortages
Baby formula shortages
Rising rent, home and automobile costs/prices
Energy costs rising
High gas prices
Supply chain deficiencies
The unresolved messes in Ukraine and Afghanistan
Parents angry over what their children are being taught in elementary school.
The American voters get this and they know who is at fault: Biden and the Democrats.
-Republican won the Governorship in liberal Virginia.
-A Mexican-born Republican woman just won a congressional seat in Texas that was in Democrat hands for 150 years.
-Liberal board of education members and district attorney in very liberal San Francisco were just recalled.
Kangol2
Whichever name Mario used to be posting under (James Hart, etc.), he’s back to his old tricks by going for his usual fixation on the November elections. Note that he’s blaming inflation (a global problem, due to the pandemic-induced slowdown and global supply chain problems), open borders (which are not open; the US apprehends tons of undocumented people weekly); rising crime rates (which spun out of control in 2020, under Don the Con); fentanyl overdoses (which were on the rise under Don the Con), etc. on “Democrats.”
It’s the usual right-wing claptrap. Meanwhile, “gay men” like him, or trans women, as one of his personas claimed to be, are under direct assault by his beloved GQP and I bet you he has neither written or called or directly confronted a single one of them about their anti-LGBTQ legislation at the state or federal level.
Bosch
“Sky-high inflation”
That’s happening all over the world; americans control the globe now?
“Rising crime rates”
Also happening all over the world, so clearly not an American problem.
“Open borders”
When you say “open”, you mean there’s no trump wall?
“Fentanyl overdoses due to the open border”
Of course, no one ever smuggled drugs before Biden.
“Unchecked illegal immigration”
That flimsy wall was sooooo effective.
“Wage suppression for middle and working class workers because of the onslaught of cheap labor from Latin America and around the world”
Hahaha middle class cheap labour? In other words, your cops and teachers aren’t white enough?
“Food shortages”
The government controls the weather.
“Baby formula shortages”
Biden is personally responsible for the baby formula supply chain.
“Rising rent, home and automobile costs/prices”
What? Costs go up over time??
“Energy costs rising”
Shut the front door! More costs rising with time?
“High gas prices”
It’s Biden who decides that. Not supply and demand.
“Supply chain deficiencies”
Also absolutely the president’s job; totally unrelated to two years of pandemic.
“The unresolved messes in Ukraine and Afghanistan”
Huh. Wasn’t it Trump who initiated the withdrawal from Afghanistan? Yes it was. Just in time to free up Russia’s military resources for an attack on Ukraine. Isn’t that just the craziest coincidence? Also a coincidence how Trump wanted to disband NATO. His buddy Putin would have liked that, huh?
“Parents angry over what their children are being taught in elementary school.”
*Bigots angry that their children are being taught basic human decency. Fixed it for you.
“The American voters get this and they know who is at fault: Biden and the Democrats.”
And yet, time after time, the democrats get the popular vote. I guess Americans aren’t as stupid as you make them seem.
Mario
Kangol2 & Bosch:
The American voters all know who to blame for the economic and cultural catastrophes affecting America: Joe Biden and the Democrats.
As of 06-28-2022: Reuters: Biden’s approval rating: 38%; disapproval rating : 57%.
As of 06-28-22: Cook Political Report: “It’s going to take more time to gauge whether the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will meaningfully narrow Republicans’ enthusiasm advantage. But early district-level polling and primary turnout continues to paint a bleak picture for House Democrats, with President Biden’s approval badly underwater in competitive seats and surprising opportunities for the GOP in places like Rhode Island and California’s Central Valley. This week we’re shifting six races in Republicans’ direction and two in Democrats’ direction. There are now 38 Democratic-held seats in Toss Up or worse compared to 10 for the GOP. We’re maintaining our fall outlook of a GOP net gain of between 20 and 35 seats.”
Mario
Bosch:
As you know: Trump was blamed for everything bad when he was president. Biden is now getting blamed for everything bad during his presidency. That’s the nature of politics.
Diplomat
Mario, do note,
Abortion, Jan 6 w Trump in cuffs, and a supremely corrupt republican Supreme Court, all blood on your hands, could easily make all your water cooler ideals spill all over your assertions. My hit on you is you’re a bit too alarmist and miopic to be credible.
Mario
Diplomat:
You have a very active imagination.
Diplomat
Mario,
Regarding abortion abolition and the Supreme Court: even Trump (your sloppy and dwindling furor) said he believes the abortion ruling will hurt the Rs in the midterms. Remember, “Never underestimate the fury of a woman scorned.”
Maybe you should take your imagination statement and look yourself in the mirror.
Mario
Diplomat:
A. I’m not an admirer of Donald Trump; although he did some great things, he also did many dumb things.
B. Abortion was not abolished; you are purposely peddling disinformation. The states will now address the issue. That’s called democracy and federalism. Having 9 justices in Washington impose their policy prescriptions on America is called fascism.
C. If you’re so certain that a majority of Americans support abortion-on-demand during all 9 months of gestation right up until birth, then why are you afraid to put this issue before the voters of each state? I’m not.
D. We’ll see what the results are in November; I still believe economic and social issues (massive inflation, the coming recession, gas prices, food prices, astronomical rent increases, soaring home prices, baby formula shortages, open borders, soaring illegal immigration, sky-high crime rates, parents controlling what their children are being taught in school, “drag queen” reading time in kindergarten, the transgender mafia running amok, etc.) trump abortion. Remember James Carville (Bill Clinton’s campaign manager) in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
E. Lest you forget: pro-life Americans – including millions upon millions of evangelical Christians, Mormons, Orthodox Jews, and Catholics – vote, too.
See you in November.
Diplomat
Ok cool. Don’t worry Mario, if you lose I’d still buy you a cup of coffee. I’m an equal opportunity voter.
Bosch
Mario, we already know you’re an idiot. You don’t have to prove it over and over.
Mister P
Illinois does not have the most stringent gun laws. We need them everywhere.
Hunter’s laptop is all you have? Really?
I don’t have time for all the rest of your drivel
Kangol2
Not only does Illinois not have the most stringent gun laws, but it borders on several states (Missouri chief among them) with some of the most lax gun laws in the US! Of course Mario seems clueless about geography and gun-trafficking, which is a major problem for cities like Chicago, New York, etc. But then he won’t share that the red states have higher crime rates than the blue ones, or that cities run by RepubliQans are also facing serious crime problems, because it is a NATIONAL problem that spun out of control in 2020, under the right-wing treasonous fascist Don the Con!
Mario
Mister P:
You are incorrect.
According to the World Population Review:
“California is the state with the strictest gun laws…Other states with strict gun laws include Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Some of these states require background checks and a waiting period before someone is allowed to purchase a gun; some require that they undergo training first.”
Mario
Kangol2:
The cities with the highest crime rates are Democrat-controlled cities both in the “blue” states and the “red” states.
Chrisk
Maria
“A new study says that eight out of 10 states with the highest murder rates all voted for Trump.”
h ttps://www.insideedition.com/red-states-have-higher-murder-rates-than-blue-states-according-to-new-study-74227
I know it sounds good in your conservative echo chamber but it just isn’t so.
Mario
Chrisk:
You didn’t do your homework.
In those “red” states, the crime rates are soaring in the Democrat-controlled cities, not in the small towns or suburban communities.
Democrats are bringing crime into red states.
Sad!
Sorry to burden you with the truth.
Bosch
Mario, you’re not going to convince anyone here with your stupid propaganda. Stop wasting time, and go find your bliss.
Mario
Bosch: I’m not cynical like you.
Truth and facts never go to waste.
I’m sure there are people here who will read what I’m writing, do some of their own research, and make decisions in the voting booth based on this newly acquired information.
Bosch
“I’m not cynical like you.”
No self-awareness, what a surprise.
bachy
I just wish all the loudmouth sh*t-talkers would redirect some that energy into actually coming up with a PLAN to FIX what they’re sh*tting on… versus b*tching & moaning and pointing fingers all the motherf*cking day long.
Mario
I thought that’s why Biden and the Democrats were elected: to fix things.
Diplomat
Unfortunately some things can be too damaged to fix. Hence the junk pile.
Mario
Diplomat:
Then in 2020 Joe Biden should have told us that he couldn’t fix things.
Rambeaux
I can always count on Looney Lori to express herself with real class.
Her physician might want to check her Synthroid dose. Getting a little too pop-eyed.
Mario
I hope she’s also taking her Latuda for her bipolar depression. Her mood swings are scary.
mailliw110
You two sure seem to know your drugs.
Chrisk
F&ck off Homocon. I’m sure you’re a real beauty.
ScottOnEarth
This comment thread shows how horrible and intolerant people have become. You people need to grow up and accept that people have opinions that are different than yours. You’re not the center of the universe.
Mario
On another article, commenters at Queerty were making fun of Clarence and Ginny Thomas’ appearances.
How about Lori Lightfoot? She’s truly one of the ugliest lesbians in America.
mailliw110
What article was that?
kacol69073
well said!!! megan has caused this turmoil!! she married into the family. has absolutely used harry and the royal family. she is ungracious !! also pushing american attitude on the naturally reserved british! harry needs to be home here >>> Copy Here > > > boosterstart.com
mailliw110
I heard Clarence is going to go after marriage and send that back to the states. Too bad for his interracial marriage!
frapachino
I am pro choice but can understand where the pro life people are coming from, they are not evil people because of their belief. Its too bad we can’t come to some compromises on the issue. That being said Lightfoot’s ridiculous attitude is certainly not helping the situation and is actually making it all worse.
sam83
I agree with her comments about Justice Thomas however as someone that lives in Chicago she is the WORST mayor in 30+ years. Crime is now everywhere and completely out of control, Lori fails to call out our corrupt and inept States Attorney Kim Foxx and she’s to demand Foxx prosecute dangerous repeat offenders and keep them off the street. Car jackings are you 400+%, major companies are leaving Chicago, there are literally shootings downtown by our top tourist destinations and police are now too confined to deal with out of control mobs of teens (many violent) gathering post pride Sunday and Monday night. I voted for Lori last time and never again. This city is a mess under her watch