I'm the mayor of the city, but I'm also black woman. And I have had numerous conversations this week with my sisters, with my black girlfriends. And I know that, if I wasn't mayor, that could be me.

I'm deeply sorry. It simply should not have happened. And I will make sure that there is full accountability for what took place.

What happened to Ms. Young should not have happened. I watch that video in absolute horror.

This is serious business and what happened to Ms. Young should not have happened. I watch that video in absolute horror.

Equity isn't part of our COVID-19 strategy. It is our strategy.

We need federal government support, there's no question about that.

It is my great honor as the Mayor of the City of Chicago, but a proud of Illinoisan to cast my vote, and humbly doing so, for President Joe Biden and former Vice President, our sister, my friend, Kamala Harris.

Dear god, stop the nonsense. Get something done.

It would be an absolute travesty if something happened in Congress and there was not any kind of accommodation for state and local governments.

It's an absolutely the ugly side of politics. And we have got to do better in this country.

It's reckless and irresponsible. ... It is frightening. ... It's an absolutely the ugly side of politics. And we have got to do better in this country.

Amid spikes in cases, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a curfew for nonessential businesses and is prohibiting indoor service at bars that don't serve food.

No. I mean, again, it's the absolute absence of leadership.

It's reckless and irresponsible. You showed that headline that indicated how many lives are going to be lost out from the failure to wear a mask. It's fundamental to our COVID-19 response. People absolutely have to wear a mask.

What I think we're seeing manifest in our cities is not just decades of disinvestment, decades of not giving people a seat at the table.

We need our country back. I think the majority that is growing day by day of people and voters all across our country want a return to the greatness of the United States, and not the divisive nastiness that this President rambles in every…

This is straight out of Richard Nixon's 1968 playbook, except the demographic and our time to change mightily.

If people are lifted out of poverty and they are given an opportunity to feel a stake in their own future, that goes a long way.

He is going to make the same mistake against Kamala Harris and he is going to be pushed back on his heels.

And they always underestimate us to their peril. And they are going to do the same thing with Kamala.

Kamala Harris represents a true American story -- the daughter of immigrants, a black woman fighting for justice and making sure that people who have been left behind have a path forward and a fire in an advocate.

This is not a woman to be trifled with. She is tough. She is fearless.

Well, look, we know that Donald Trump is hostile to women. He is a misogynist. He doesn't regard us as being worthy. He has attacked women all summer long.

But Kamala Harris and Joe Biden together are tough. They are determined, they're experienced, and this is going to be, I think, an amazing campaign all the way through November 3rd.

We've got to start by licensing police officers and I call for that today. We've got to change state laws so that we have a baseline of conduct that's acceptable and that we eliminate the problem of so-called past the trap where an officer…