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On the recordAugust 7, 2019
Conflating all of that and getting the facts wrong and getting - saying the playground, which it wasn't near a playground, and suggesting that children were at risk was dangerous and unhelpful.
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Lori Lightfoot
Democratic · Illinois

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Lightfoot criticizes Ivanka Trump's tweet for misrepresenting the facts about gun violence in Chicago.

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