Chicago’s political leaders have left the city’s people leaderless, Fox News host Lawrence Jones declared on Saturday.
Jones partners on Fox with Gianno Caldwell, whose younger brother, Christian, 18, was the victim of a fatal shooting in June — just one of the dead in the epidemic of bloody anarchy in the Windy City.
Over Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend, eight people were shot to death and 68 wounded, according to CNN.
In biting commentary Saturday on “Lawrence Jones Cross Country,” Jones said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx bear a chunk of the blame:
“What’s going on in Chicago right now is unacceptable and everybody knows it. Families deserve answers and they deserve action,” he said.
He said those who should be solving the city’s problems are ignoring the bloodshed — and he called out Lightfoot personally.
“Unfortunately, the city’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, is preparing to flee the scene of the crime. Lightfoot is spending her city’s taxpayer funds to travel to London and Paris to promote the economic prosperity of her state. But the mayor doesn’t understand there is no pursuit of happiness without life.
“Meanwhile, the county D.A., Kim Foxx, may have a domestic violence case,” he said.
Jones noted that the issue is not race, because Lightfoot and Fox, like him, are black.
“We are being let down by people that look like us, that say they care about us. But when we need a hero, they are nowhere to be found unless it’s election time. These kids that are being slaughtered every day won’t get the chance to vote. So the big question is: When will it end?’ he said.