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Mayor To Trump: 'Keep Chicago Out Of Your Lying Mouth'

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot took to Twitter in reaction to President Trump's performance during Tuesday night TV debate with Joe Biden.

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted to President Trump during Tuesday night debate: "Keep 'Chicago' out of your lying mouth."
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted to President Trump during Tuesday night debate: "Keep 'Chicago' out of your lying mouth." (Mark Konkol/Patch)

CHICAGO – Some people affectionately call Chicago's mayor "Auntie Lori."

And Tuesday night, Mayor Lori Lightfoot's tweets during presidential debate landed like the sharp-tongued zingers Chicagoans might expect from the popular parody Twitter account: "Chicago Party Aunt."

After Trump made a disparaging remark about her city, Lightfoot issued the President a Twitter demand: "Keep 'Chicago' out of your lying mouth."

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Lightfoot chimed in from the Twitter peanut gallery after Trump claimed to be the strongest advocate for Black Americans to serve as commander-in-chief.

"Donald Trump has helped Black Americans more than any president? If he were Pinocchio, his nose would be drooping on the floor," the mayor wrote.

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In July, for example, Lightfoot called Trump's press secretary a "Karen" — a pejorative term for a rude, insufferable, middle-age white woman — after Kayleigh McEanany referred to Lightfoot as the "derelict mayor of Chicago."

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