Thursday, 15 March 2012

Daley Slams Demonstrators

Mayor Daley lashed out at supporters of mayoral challengerJoseph Gardner on Wednesday for protesting a Daley fund-raisingbreakfast co-hosted by two of Chicago's most prominent blackbusinessmen.

"No one is gonna threaten anybody. It's over with. You cansupport anybody you want. . . . No one is selling out. It's anaffront to everyone," the mayor said.

Calling the demonstration a return to Chicago's polarizingpolitics of the 1980s, Daley said, "People don't want racialpolitics."

About 40 demonstrators chanting, "Dump Daley," and carryingsigns that read, "For Sale: Elzie Kiss-in-bottom," stood outsideTrattoria No. 10 restaurant as fund-raising …

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