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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts) Wed Oct 14, 2020, 01:04 AM Oct 2020

Mayor Lori Lightfoot: The Constitution didn't even recognize me as a human being... [View all]

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Tweet text: Mayor Lori Lightfoot
@chicagosmayor
The Constitution didn't even recognize me as a human being when it was first ratified. So, no, I am not a Constitutional originalist.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot: The Constitution didn't even recognize me as a human being... [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2020 OP

Originalists are lazy thinking racists who want things how they were... brush Oct 2020 #1

Appeal to authority dansolo Oct 2020 #6

Right. chriscan64 Oct 2020 #8

We need more of this, Original thinking RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #2

Amazing....wonder what she imagines for her kids in that kind of constricted world? Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #3

Don't the women of her sect, People of Praise, obey the men in their lives? brush Oct 2020 #7

Not a theory I want my daughter to follow... RANDYWILDMAN Oct 2020 #9

Yep, her rulings don't affect her person. Those outside the privileged need not apply. brush Oct 2020 #11

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2020 #4

kick mucifer Oct 2020 #5

K&R for visibility. crickets Oct 2020 #10