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The Chicago Way

Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ald. Reilly on the ‘failed experiment’ of Lightfoot, Evans, and Foxx

The Chicago Way

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4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Chicago Way w/John Kass (02/21/23): Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly (42nd) joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss why he isn’t endorsing Lori Lightfoot for re-election, the bad numbers behind the deal Mayor Lightfoot rammed through City Council, and why State’s Attorney Kim Foxx & Chief Judge Tim Evans need to go. Check out more […]

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0:00.0

Just days before the city decides whether it's going to be a viable city or a wasteland of corruption and

0:09.4

mob action. Here we are on the Chicago Way, Jeff Carlin, John Cass, and

0:15.8

joining us soon, Alderman, Brendan Riley, but first, I have to say something. In the last few days

0:22.2

we've learned that Paul Bellis is not happy about

0:26.1

Ron DeSantis, Governor Florida, coming out to the suburbs to talk to the

0:31.9

Internal Order Police, and you know who else is not happy? Every Democrat

0:37.2

office holder in the state, they're all screaming like, how dare you? How dare you? How dare you? How dare you not rip

0:44.6

DeSantis's skin off and burn him alive, burn him, burn him alive like a witch?

0:51.0

Here's the thing everybody.

0:53.0

Paul Bellis's obligation is not to be the Republican, you always wanted to be.

1:00.0

DeSantis Republican, the Trump Republican, he's a Democrat, and his obligation is not anything like,

1:08.0

I want you know what, my good friend Dan Proff to be happy, because he doesn't want

1:13.6

Dan Proff to be happy. And I want Dan Proff to be happy because he's a friend of mine.

1:18.4

Even though we may disagree on this, with the obligation of Paul Bellis is to get elected.

1:24.6

And how do you lose the runoff by engaging in rhetorical traps set by Democrats like Pritzker,

1:32.5

who's doing this, I think for Lori Lightfoot or for his own design. If Paul Bellis engages in it,

1:39.8

he'll lose. He should stand above it. And remember that his only obligation is to the people of

1:46.8

Chicago. The people of Chicago are his tribe. Not the Republicans, not the Democrats, not Black

1:54.3

Democrats, not LaRassa, not Chewing Garcia or Brandon Johnson or Lori Lightfoot, who's proven to be

2:02.3

a racist. The people of Chicago are multicultural, and they must be heard too, because that's the

2:10.2

tribe that counts. That's the tribe that will decide the next election for mayor of Chicago.

2:18.5

And where are you when the tribes are telling candidates what to do and how to stand and where,

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