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The Fox News Rundown

Chicago's Mayor Lightfoot Is Sent Packing. Will Soft-On-Crime Policies Be Next?

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid on Tuesday, becoming the first Chicago mayor to lose their re-election campaign in 40 years. Crime became the top issue for voters in this race, and as residents grappled with safety concerns due to rising crime rates in Chicago, the incumbent Mayor Lightfoot lost a great deal of confidence and support. But what led this progressive Democrat, who won the mayor’s office by massive margins in 2019, to suffer a historic defeat in her re-election attempt? Axios Chicago’s Justin Kaufmann joins the Rundown to discuss how the primary vote became a referendum on the city’s violent crime and breaks down Lightfoot’s fraught legacy and tenure. Later, Co-founder and President of RealClearPolitics Tom Bevan joins the podcast to explain how a very Democratic city came to prioritize crime on the ballot and the showdown to come between the two remaining candidates and their policies on policing and education. Many Americans celebrated when President Biden announced his plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt for each borrower. As a result of the HEROES Act, the Biden administration was able to provide relief to student loan recipients during the national emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, others are challenging the President's promise by bringing the issue to the Supreme Court, arguing that the law does not give the President legal authority to cancel the debts. Chief Legal Officer at the Job Creators Network Foundation Karen Harned joins the Rundown to discuss how the two plaintiffs she's representing have been excluded from the President's debt relief program and why the plan would not solve the root cause of unaffordable tuition in higher education. Plus, commentary by General Counsel for NetChoice, Carl Szabo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Shannon Bream.

0:01.0

I'm Tom Shalou.

0:02.0

I'm Maria Bartorromo, and this is the Fox News rundown.

0:05.0

Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, only subradi.

0:12.1

The mayor of America's third largest city is on her way out, his voters send a message

0:17.2

about crime.

0:18.2

I think all, all mayors around the country are grappling with it on a day-to-day basis

0:23.1

and need to make it a priority because it's certainly a priority of voters.

0:27.0

I'm Dave Anthony.

0:29.0

Millions of Americans hope the Supreme Court lets President Biden save them thousands

0:35.0

of dollars.

0:36.0

Others do not, challenging his plan at the Supreme Court.

0:40.2

Congress didn't have a voice, and neither did the American people, and that is illegal.

0:45.8

We all should have had a chance to weigh in on this before they just pulled the checkbook

0:50.5

out.

0:52.5

I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.

0:58.5

Chicago will soon have a new mayor after voters on Tuesday decided not to give Lori Lightfoot

1:06.0

a second term.

1:07.0

You better believe I am grateful that we took on the machine and entrenched forces that

1:12.6

held this city back for far too long.

1:15.2

In her concession speech, Lightfoot telling fellow mayors to never fear being brave

1:20.0

and bold.

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