Lightfoot presidential endorsement: Likely not Sanders, Warren or Biden

[brooklynite]

Chicago Sun-Times

WASHINGTON — Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democratic progressive, is going to make a presidential endorsement before the March 17 Illinois primary, and after talking to her on Thursday, I’m pretty sure it’s not going to go to progressive rivals Sens. Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

“Apparently not progressive enough for them,” Lightfoot said.

I asked her to tell me more.

“It is what it is. They haven’t reached out. They’ve been to Chicago. They were very supportive of the Chicago Teachers Union strike but didn’t feel it was necessary to talk to the new black LGBTQ mayor.”

Warren, from Massachusetts, and Sanders, from Vermont, sent Lightfoot a message with their lack of reaching out about an endorsement when they were in Chicago. The attitude coming from them was “Why bother?” Lightfoot said.

[Hortensis]

1. Mayor of Chicago's pretty big. Seems strange that staffs

wouldn't set up a meeting, or at least a call. Is this the whole story?

That said, cutting people from her list of who to endorse for president based on that seems strange also. I can have a snit, and it makes no difference to anyone but my husband, who'll either tease me out of it or find somewhere else to be. Not so for her, and forget excuses about the supposed disqualifying flaws it reveals in the candidates.

[UniteFightBack]

2. Ummm her endorsement should not be based on who she feels slighted by. Jesus H. Christ1 nt

[Cha]

5. That's kinda what I was thinking.. what the heck.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. Pete. 100 %

[lunasun]

4. My bet is Bloomberg but who knows what conversations she has had in private with any of them

The Bloomberg Illinois campaign is staffing up and opened its first office at 325 N. LaSalle St., the building where Lightfoot housed her transition team

He went to olive Harvey college to speak when he came to Chicago , in the 2nd Congressional District.

Very uncommon location for national politicians usually visiting for photos, votes , or $$. That area would be passed over in most of those cases

Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., who is close to Lightfoot, represents it.

A Bloomberg anti-gun super PAC spent heavily in Kelly’s first primary, helping her win

He met with Lightfoot while in town to speak