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Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Liberal Cities DESTROYED by WOKE Policies | 4/19/23

Pseudo-Intellectual with Lauren Chen

Lauren Chen

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0

The sharp decline of liberal cities continues, and it looks like an increasing number of

0:16.0

them will no longer be able to keep stores open thanks to their terrible, terrible policies

0:21.6

specifically on crimes such as shoplifting.

0:25.2

Now Chicago is just the latest in a long line of cities, which we will get to, where stores

0:29.5

like Walmart have announced that they will no longer be operating due to the fact that

0:33.6

people keep stealing their stuff.

0:35.6

Walmart announcing the closure of four Chicago stores effective on April 16th. The news

0:41.5

delivering a big blow to many who've come to rely on those stores. Devastated by this news.

0:46.9

Now, this Chatham Super Center store is just one of four stores set to close on April 16th of

0:53.6

this year, 2023 coming up real fast. And for more about this closure, we turn to this article

0:58.3

from WTTW News, where they explain that Walmart announced it would shutter locations in Chatham,

1:03.1

Kenwood, Little Village, and Lakeview, giving shoppers and employees just a few days notice.

1:07.5

It seemed like the ones they're closing are in the black and brown communities had activists

1:11.0

in Chatham Walmart customer, Pam Bosley. This one is busy, so I don't know what the issue is.

1:15.3

So why exactly are these Walmart's closing? Is it because as this one shopper seems to imply,

1:19.8

they perhaps just don't want to serve black and brown communities because of racism?

1:25.3

On the other hand, is it as previous Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tried to explain

1:30.0

just that businesses don't want to take responsibility for the security of their own stores?

1:35.7

I'm disappointed that they're not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. But we still

1:41.6

have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in your stores,

1:47.2

making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational. There's a thing, it's not racism

1:52.4

that's causing Walmart to close, and it's not Walmart's lack of security, either. That's a

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