CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Mayor Lori Lightfoot is defending a campaign attack ad that focuses squarely on challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.
Lightfoot’s campaign is running an ad that questions the company Congressman Garcia allegedly keeps.
Lightfoot told WBBM the ad questions challenger Garcia’s relationships with indicted crypto currency magnate Samuel Bankeman-Fried and indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
“We’re going to be educating the voters of course about what we’ve done, what are vision for the future is, but we’re also going to be educating the voters about others in this race who say one thing, claim that they’re something, but the record shows something very different,” Lightfoot said.
A spokesperson for Garcia’s campaign told the Sun-Times the mayor is resorting to more lies and desperate attacks but Lightfoot said the questions are justified.
“He can’t avoid answering the questions. He can’t just deflect and say, ‘oh, there she goes again, being the mean mayor.’ Answer the questions, Congressman Garcia. What was your conversation with now indicted ‘SBF’? What was your decades-long relationship with the now indicted former speaker?" said the mayor.
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