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http://wonkette.com/610938/chicago-to-trump-go-fck-yourselfChicago To Trump: Go F*ck Yourself
By Dominic Gwinn -
January 26, 2017 - 2:00pm
Donald Trump looks at Chicago and sees one thing: a war-torn post-apocalyptic hellscape. On the campaign trail he barked about the dismal homicide rate and claimed that he alone could stop Chicagos crime within three weeks. Just last month he tweeted that Chicago should ask for federal aid to fix its beleaguered police, a gesture that was met with pursed lips and blank stares. Then he had to send his latest 140 character tantrum into the ether, threatening to impose martial law.
By coincidence, the Chicago City Council was meeting the very next morning to do boring, procedural stuff that makes most high school civics classes wail in agony as they experience the raw excitement of local government. Nestled deep in the legislative agenda for the day was Resolution SRS2016-978, formally known as Affirmation of City of Chicagos support to honor and protect rights of all residents regardless of race, ethnicity, country of origin, religion, age, immigration status, criminal record, sexual orientation and gender identity. Informally, the resolution can be referred as, Dear sir, go fuck yourself. Yours truly, Chicago.
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Heres just a quick snippet one alderman who embodies the trifecta of Republican hatred (gay, liberal, and Latino):
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa: You see, when President Trump tweeted the other night that he wanted to bring the feds in to address violence in Chicago, we all knew what he meant. He didnt mean a flood of resources into our community to address violence. He didnt mean the resources of the federal government coming in to create jobs on the South and the West Side of Chicago to create jobs for people of color, to take the guns out of peoples hands and put them to work. No, we know what he meant. He meant locking up more black and brown folks, just like Republicans, just like right-wingers have always done
We need to stand up against Trump. We need to stand up against hate. We dont need more jails, we need more schools. We dont need more jails, we need more jobs.
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Chicago To Trump: Go F*ck Yourself (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2017
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irisblue
(32,980 posts)1. go alderman
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)2. MY kind of town!
Want to reduce gun violence in Chicago?
Keep the GOD DAM illegal guns from Indiana flowing to the South side, Gov. Mike Pence!
suegeo
(2,573 posts)3. Baby Jesus I love Chicago
Don't let these Nazi fucks mess with it.