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© Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at City Hall on April 15, 2021.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday blasted unsubstantiated social media chatter as “homophobic, racist and misogynistic rumors” and indicated she is not resigning.

“I will continue to lead a group of the willing all across our city who are about doing the people’s work,” Lightfoot said through her political account. “The people of Chicago elected me mayor, and I will continue to serve today, tomorrow and into the future. Back to work.”

Lightfoot, who has been trending on Twitter since Saturday night, posted five tweets around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Chicago Twitter is ablaze after rumors allege Mayor Lori Lightfoot was caught cheating on her wife, First Lady Amy Eshleman. While a public statement has yet to be released, Chicago civil rights advocate Ja’Mal Green posted a tweet-and-delete around the matter, “Lori Lightfoot is resigning tomorrow in a stunning end to her mayorship. .Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has clapped back at unsubstantiated reports claiming she’s about to resign after being caught having an extramarital affair. In a series of tweets posted on April.

“It’s shocking and disappointing to see some media members and verified Twitter handles are peddling this trash as truth,” Lightfoot said. “If people hadn’t noticed, we have major challenges in Chicago we need to address TOGETHER. This nonsense that some apparently have the luxury of indulging in has not fed one person, stopped the pandemic, housed anyone living on the street or saved one young person.”

On Saturday, Activist Ja’Mal Green, a frequent Lightfoot critic, posted — and then deleted — a tweet saying Lightfoot was going to resign. On Sunday, Green tweeted that he was “sorry” he helped spread the rumor that she was resigning.

Green launched a longshot bid for mayor ahead of the 2019 election, but dropped out after businessman Willie Wilson challenged the signatures on his candidacy paperwork, saying the dispute drained his resources. Green went on to endorse Lightfoot over Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in the mayoral election.

The mayor said she’s willing to work with anyone who loves the city and wants to make it better but added, “The rest of you, get out of the way.”

Rumors about politicians are nothing new, particularly on social media. But it’s rare for elected officials to publicly respond to unsubstantiated rumors unless reporters ask about them at a news conference. Lightfoot’s unorthodox decision to address the tweets opens the door to more of the public finding out about the rumors than otherwise would have.

Lightfoot took a different tack in summer 2020 when rumors persisted that she planned to move from the home she shares with her family in Logan Square to a mansion in the tony Far Northwest Side Sauganash neighborhood.

The mayor’s office denied those rumors when asked, but Lightfoot herself didn’t address them until asked by a reporter at a news conference, at which point she said she had no plans to move.

Lightfoot referenced the Sauganash rumors in her Sunday tweet chain, saying, “Good morning from my mansion in Sauganash” before criticizing people for spreading the latest story.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she will 'continue to lead' the city, following online comments circulating Saturday night

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday slammed unspecified “rumors” circulating online as “trash” as she vowed to “continue to lead” the city.

In a five-part Twitter thread posted Sunday morning, Lightfoot called the virtual chatter 'homophobic, racist and misogynistic' as she warned anyone not willing to work with her on problems facing the city to “get out of the way.”

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Lori Lightfoot Twitter

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Here are the combined contents of Lightfoot's thread:

Good morning from my mansion in Sauganash. Seriously, though—our city doesn’t have any time for homophobic, racist and misogynistic rumors, today or any day. It’s shocking and disappointing to see some media members and verified Twitter handles are peddling this trash as truth. If people hadn't noticed, we have major challenges in Chicago we need to address TOGETHER. This nonsense that some apparently have the luxury of indulging in has not fed one person, stopped the pandemic, housed anyone living on the street or saved one young person. Anyone who wants to work with me to make progress, I'm ready. Even if we don't always see eye to eye, if you actually love this city and want to be part of making it better, let's do the work. The rest of you, get out of the way. I will continue to lead a group of the willing all across our city who are about doing the people's work. The people of Chicago elected me mayor, and I will continue to serve today, tomorrow and into the future. Back to work.

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Lightfoot swatted down the “rumors” as “trash” as tensions ran high in the city following the release of body camera video on Thursday showing a Chicago police officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo in the Little Village neighborhood last month.

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Thousands of protesters gathered in Logan Square Friday night, moving toward Lightfoot's home as they called for change amid an ongoing investigation into the shooting that has again put Chicago at the forefront of a nationwide debate on policing and racial justice.





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