Mayor Lori Lightfoot came out swinging Thursday against the candidate who may pose the greatest threat to her reelection bid.
ABC7 Political Reporter talked with Mayor Lightfoot in an exclusive one-on-one interview about the race and the key issues in her fight to win aMayor Lightfoot has said on a number of occasions that she is not concerned about who's running against her. But in her conversation with ABC7, her tone seemed to change regarding Garcia, suggesting she considers his campaign a significant challenge.
Lightfoot also called for Garcia to answer questions about money his congressional campaign received from theLightfoot welcomed the company to Chicago during a ribbon cutting in May and touted the company's plan to help fund a guaranteed income program. But four months later, FTX moved to Miami. Garcia's campaign said he had nothing to do with the independent expenditures by FTX's founder and has advocated for tighter regulation as a member of the house committee that regulates crypto currency.Lightfoot talked with ABC7 as she was touring the Plumbers Local 130 training facility, getting the endorsement from the union, who was first to support her four years ago.
Lightfoot said her top priority is public safety and she dismissed rivals who have recently been touting their own safety plans.
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