# Lori Lightfoot (Chicago mayor) goes off on Twitter **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 18, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262 "2021-04-18T19:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/1 "2021-04-18T19:14:49Z")
Lori Lightfoot woke up in a bad mood today apparently. [https://twitter.com/lorilightfoot/status/1383805879200354312?s=21](https://twitter.com/lorilightfoot/status/1383805879200354312?s=21) There’s been a bunch of rumors about Lori having an affair and then domestic violence between Lori and her wife. Now, that’s just rumors although there’s an awful lot of smoke there. But this series of tweets shows that the mayor has gone stark raving mad. She’s remarkably thin skinned, and is rightly criticised for the enormous police protection she has had around her home for almost a year. This isn’t going to end well and I predict she will resign. Here’s another media report covering it [https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/lightfoot-addresses-resignation-rumors-sunday-morning-on-twitter-will-serve-today-tomorrow-and-into-the-future/?fbclid=IwAR1D2jwdt5CQE5bRfHnY-x223LnS\_Grk6Ww7YAcIhrVrD5LH7jOzE1WeCWE](https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/lightfoot-addresses-resignation-rumors-sunday-morning-on-twitter-will-serve-today-tomorrow-and-into-the-future/?fbclid=IwAR1D2jwdt5CQE5bRfHnY-x223LnS_Grk6Ww7YAcIhrVrD5LH7jOzE1WeCWE) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/2 "2021-04-18T19:37:17Z")
Those tweets are hardly stark raving mad. The accusations were pretty vile. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/3 "2021-04-18T19:38:30Z")
Same reaction here. If there is something to put this in context, it would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/4 "2021-04-18T19:44:48Z")
My opinion is you simply ignore rumours about affairs and don’t go off on a Sunday morning rant about it. She’s been a disaster as mayor. I’d rather she address all her giveaways to the Chicago Teachers Union, what she’s doing to prevent more riots and how’s she’s finally going to speed up Covid vaccinations. All of those topics are more deserving. She can have all the affairs she wants to, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/5 "2021-04-18T19:47:07Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > She’s been a disaster as mayor. If that series of tweets is your example of “stark raving mad”, then I’m afraid I will have take your above statement with a grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/6 "2021-04-18T19:48:07Z")
Whether she’s been a good or poor mayor doesn’t make those tweets stark raving mad. Whether it was prudent to reply or not reply still doesn’t make those tweets stark raving mad. Attacking those tweets because you don’t like her governing policy seems like a back door way to discuss her leadership. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/7 "2021-04-18T19:48:31Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > She can have all the affairs she wants to, I don’t care. Not that you are saying she has had a bunch of affairs, right? 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/8 "2021-04-18T19:51:24Z")
“Now, some people are saying my esteemed opponent is a puppy-raper, but I refuse to comment on whether that may or may not be true. I am taking the _high_ road!” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/9 "2021-04-18T20:02:15Z")
Yeah, I’m not quite seeing the big deal here, but I like Lori fine. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/10 "2021-04-18T20:19:27Z")
Nothing in those tweets struck me as anything more than a rebuke of spreading rumors. What was the crazy part? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/11 "2021-04-18T20:39:31Z")
I wonder if the OP has ever read a tweet from Little Donnie Loser and applied the terms “stark raving mad” and “remarkably thin skinned” to it and its author. Lightfoot’s tweets seemed to me exactly the way a public official should respond to rumors, the anti-Trump. A better story with context is available here: > **[Lightfoot dispels ‘rumors’ about her resignation: ‘I will continue to serve...](https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/4/18/22390685/mayor-lori-lightfoot-rumors-resignation-chicago)** > > The claim that Mayor Lori Lightfoot planned to step down Sunday was apparently fueled by a now-deleted tweet sent by Ja’Mal Green, an activist and former mayoral candidate, who continues to call for her resignation. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/12 "2021-04-18T20:42:08Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > My opinion is you simply ignore rumours about affairs and don’t go off on a Sunday morning rant about it. Disagreeing with your fully uninformed opinion about how to handle PR is not the same as “stark raving mad.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/13 "2021-04-18T20:52:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > She can have all the affairs she wants to, I don’t care. I’d prefer that she did not. Has she? That ain’t cool. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/14 "2021-04-18T21:17:33Z")
I don’t care either way. Why should we, and why is it preferable? It’s none of our business, plus we have no idea what the inner workings of her relationship is. For all we know, they’re non-monogamous. It’s none of our damned business. (It may be newsworthy if it pointed out some sort of hypocrisy, I suppose, but otherwise, there’s no reason for me to care.) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/15 "2021-04-18T21:40:01Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > For all we know, they’re non-monogamous. Well then I guess it wouldn’t be cheating. I don’t know what her situation is, but it’s my personal belief that cheating is for cheaters, and it’s not cool. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/16 "2021-04-18T21:42:51Z")
Oh, I don’t think it’s cool, either. I just don’t think it’s relevant unless I’m in a relationship with her. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/17 "2021-04-18T22:32:56Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I wonder if the OP has ever read a tweet from Little Donnie Loser and applied the terms “stark raving mad” and “remarkably thin skinned” to it and its author. Yes I have. I’ve said it numerous times. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/18 "2021-04-18T23:37:41Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > There’s been a bunch of rumors about Lori having an affair and then domestic violence between Lori and her wife. Now, that’s just rumors although there’s an awful lot of smoke there Really? Because your post is the very first I’ve heard of any such rumor, despite living next door to Chicago and getting more Chicago news than my own local news. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/19 "2021-04-18T23:40:12Z")
Twitter is a cancerous growth up the anus of society, and I will never, ever, EVER use it. After years and years of it, I have yet to see anything good come from it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262/20 "2021-04-18T23:40:16Z")
Yeah, I live in Chicago itself and this was the first I heard of it, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-goes-off-on-twitter/940262.md?page=2)