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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Politics
Gregory Pratt, Alice Yin and A.D. Quig

Chicago mayoral candidate Vallas’ Twitter account liked offensive, racist posts, which he denies doing himself

CHICAGO — Since losing the 2019 mayor’s race, Paul Vallas has been a prolific poster on social media.

On his official Facebook and Twitter accounts, Vallas, who’s again running for City Hall’s top job, frequently drops detailed manifestos on crime, schools and more, many of which assail Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s record and push his own ideas for how to lead the city.

But a Chicago Tribune review of his social media found his Twitter account @paulvallas liked a series of tweets that used racist language, supported controversial police tactics like “stop-and-frisk” or insulted the mayor in personal terms.

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