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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Johnson’s City Council floor leader portrays Lightfoot as sore loser undermining smooth transition

Chicago’s new mayor, Brandon Johnson, hugs his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, at his inauguration on Monday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Lori Lightfoot was described Thursday as a sore loser whose “wholly inappropriate” decision to sign 10 executive orders on her final workday in office has forced Mayor Brandon Johnson to “clean up the mess.”

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), Johnson’s City Council floor leader and hand-picked Zoning Committee chair, said the first elected Chicago mayor in 40 years to be denied a second term had no business issuing any executive orders on her way out the door, let alone 10.

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