Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot met with pushback on the best after declaring that the Supreme Courtroom’s leaked draft opinion on abortion was a “name to arms.”
“To my buddies within the LGBTQ+ group — the Supreme Courtroom is coming for us subsequent. This second needs to be a name to arms,” mentioned Ms. Lightfoot in a Monday tweet.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, responded Tuesday by tweeting: “Insurrectionist.”
“Lori Lightfoot simply issued a ‘name to arms’ to her fellow radicals instantly on Twitter,” tweeted Ms. Boebert. “Whereas individuals are being slain in her streets every day, all she will be able to fear about is endangering extra lives along with her reckless phrases. Disgrace on her. She ought to resign.”
The mayor, a Democrat, swung again with: “Excuse me. Rebel is your factor. Not ours.”
The back-and-forth was spurred by final week’s leaked draft majority opinion exhibiting that the Supreme Courtroom has the votes to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade determination, which established a constitutional proper to abortion.
Insurrectionist. https://t.co/G7l4LuARnj
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) Could 10, 2022
George Washington College Legislation College professor Jonathan Turley mentioned Ms. Lightfoot’s remark got here as proof of the Democratic “double commonplace.”
“The Lightfoot feedback solely spotlight the double commonplace utilized by Democrats over free speech,” mentioned Mr. Turley. “Whether or not it’s ‘disinformation’ or violent speech, the Democrats have typically excluded themselves from such requirements.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, accused Democrats of being the “get together of violence.”
“Name to arms? Are you declaring an rebel? Civil battle? What’s unsuitable with you?” tweeted the congresswoman. “Your metropolis has the best homicide charge within the US with the strictest gun management legal guidelines. Now you’re making issues up and calling for battle? Not a good suggestion.”
