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7. Tulsi aside, it was certainly terrible optics for Lightfoot

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Tue May 25, 2021, 06:48 AM

May 2021

You just cant do stuff like that without it looking bad regardless of whatever point you're trying to make

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Tulsi Gabbard accuses Black lesbian Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot of "anti-white racism" [View all] Behind the Aegis May 2021 OP

I HAD forgotten 😄 about her....STFU, Tulsi! electric_blue68 May 2021 #1

Tulsi Who? Is that Gen. Gogol's Agent Sux? TheBlackAdder May 2021 #52

Is Gabbard still trying to convince us she is a Dem? ExciteBike66 May 2021 #2

No...she's just an attention whore... diverdownjt May 2021 #13

Yikes! Mike Nelson May 2021 #3

Tulsi has a sad that the Boeberts, MTGs are getting too much attention and she hasn't been hlthe2b May 2021 #4

Ho-hum! NurseJackie May 2021 #5

LOL, the person who said Hillary Clinton was "queen of the warmongers, embodiment betsuni May 2021 #6

While she and Nina Turner are such long and "dear friends." Hortensis May 2021 #57

Tulsi aside, it was certainly terrible optics for Lightfoot oldsoftie May 2021 #7

Agreed Maine Abu El Banat May 2021 #10

Agreed, was foolish and a gift on a silver platter to right-wing hotheads Amishman May 2021 #14

She could have gone on for years not calling on them in press conferences.... diverdownjt May 2021 #15

You can always tell who doesn't read the article. nt RandiFan1290 May 2021 #20

For One Day? ProfessorGAC May 2021 #51

i'd like to see someone on du catsudon May 2021 #54

Silly! ProfessorGAC May 2021 #56

Lol oldsoftie May 2021 #60

yep see how fast catsudon May 2021 #62

LOL. /nt tonedevil May 2021 #63

Yes, thats why i said regardless of the point she was trying to make oldsoftie May 2021 #59

To Quote A Movie Line... ProfessorGAC May 2021 #66

Totally agree! nt Raine May 2021 #65

I tend to agree Skittles May 2021 #71

Mayor Lightfoot's move has been seen by most on the left and the right as a mucifer May 2021 #8

Don't care at all Bullfeathers May 2021 #9

Hopefully that term won't stick bucolic_frolic May 2021 #11

Who? 2naSalit May 2021 #12

That was my knee-jerk response too. NEOBuckeye May 2021 #16

Shit-stirring for attention. 2naSalit May 2021 #17

Just the facts!!!!! 40RatRod May 2021 #18

'cringe' ... marble falls May 2021 #19

We saw a "Tulsi 2020" billboard mountain grammy May 2021 #21

Tulsi Gabbard and the journalist interviews aside frazzled May 2021 #22

That's So Culture Blind colsohlibgal May 2021 #23

And why the need to point out that shes a Lesbian? oldsoftie May 2021 #24

The source is LGBTQ Nation. TwilightZone May 2021 #27

Because Tulsi Gabbard is a well-known HOMOPHOBE tenderfoot May 2021 #28

That, too. TwilightZone May 2021 #31

Tulsa's nuts and the mayor is hopelessly bad at politics. BannonsLiver May 2021 #25

She thinks she is prominent enough? LiberalFighter May 2021 #26

Gabbard is correct. Devil Child May 2021 #29

Huh, her one DU fan is still around. TwilightZone May 2021 #32

Yes. Devil Child May 2021 #34

You think Gabbard is right in calling Mayor Lightfoot a racist? What else is she right about? marble falls May 2021 #36

Yes, I agree with Gabbard's characterization of Lightfoots proposal Devil Child May 2021 #38

So you agree with Gabbard: Mayor lightfoot is a racist. marble falls May 2021 #39

Hell if I know, I'm not a mind-reader. I'll give Lightfoot the benefit of the doubt Devil Child May 2021 #40

Taking one day to only take questions from minority reporters in a room with reporters from ... marble falls May 2021 #41

Post removed Post removed May 2021 #42

Where does the "fuck-off white reporter day" come from? You. How does that make Lightfoot ... marble falls May 2021 #43

Yes, it came from me. Devil Child May 2021 #44

So explain how Mayor Lightfoot's one day afirmative action program was a racist. marble falls May 2021 #48

I love how the same people who insist people of color should never accuse white people of racism StarfishSaver May 2021 #50

+1 rogue emissary May 2021 #58

Who? nt Tommy Carcetti May 2021 #30

Lightfoot certainly upset the WHITE SUPREMACISTS among us. tenderfoot May 2021 #33

And how! See above. marble falls May 2021 #47

Same hackneyed complaints about no_hypocrisy May 2021 #35

And as always, conservatives lie to pump up the outrage. Solly Mack May 2021 #37

Tulsi white again? Iggo May 2021 #45

In this case she's correct Polybius May 2021 #46

Oh yeah? It's not racist. Calling it racist trivializes racism. A whole class of reporters? marble falls May 2021 #49

And if the opposite happened, it wouldn't be racist? Polybius May 2021 #68

Specifically, are you speaking of an actual occurrence? How are both that the same? As a "class" ... marble falls May 2021 #70

She didn't exclude an entire race of reporters. StarfishSaver May 2021 #53

Can you name one Mayor over the last 40 years that publicly called for the opposite? Polybius May 2021 #67

If you knew anything about institutional racism, you'd never ask such a question StarfishSaver May 2021 #69

A black male in his 40's in NY doesn't know about institutional racism? Polybius May 2021 #72

Lots of Black people don't understand institutional racism StarfishSaver May 2021 #73

I know what racism is when I see it Polybius May 2021 #74

Nobody cares what you think Tulsi mcar May 2021 #55

In her final days in office Gabbard tried to push through anti lgbtq legislation JI7 May 2021 #61

Tulski? Toddle on back to your cult leader & tell him you're not The One... Hekate May 2021 #64

No such thing. Caliman73 May 2021 #75

Enlightnen me if I'm wrong The Mouth May 2021 #76

There are a lot of terms that have become "interchangeable". Caliman73 May 2021 #77

Thanks The Mouth May 2021 #78