Breaking News Rahm Emanuel Won’t Seek Reelection As Chicago Mayor

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rahm-emanuel-wont-seek-reelection-as-chicago-mayor

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) won’t run for reelection, he announced in a surprise press conference Tuesday morning.

“This has been the job of a lifetime but it is not a job for a lifetime,” he said.

The decision comes after a tumultuous two terms as mayor for the former Democratic congressman and powerhouse operative in which he drew sharp criticism for his handling of race relations, education and policing.

Emanuel faced especially pointed criticism from all sides for his handling of the fatal 2014 police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the subsequent attempt at a cover-up by the department.

The killing enraged many in the city’s black community who had already been furious over Emanuel’s handling of other police violence in the city as well as his decision to shutter schools in a number of black-majority neighborhoods earlier in his tenure.

His subsequent decision to fire Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy after the attempted cover-up was revealed had subsequently enraged the city’s police union.

A number of recent polls had suggested Emanuel was in for a tough reelection fight next year. McCarthy had already announced he would challenge Emanuel from the right, and a number of politicians were seriously weighing bids against him from the left.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

heavy lies the crown

 

[Chi-Town B]

Good, fuck that clown

 

[DMorgan]

Chicago posters what do yall really think of Rahm Emanuel? Was he elected just because he was Obama's homie? Is he from or did he ever live in Chicago before becoming mayor?

 

[AP2.5]

@Shotta

 

[Chi-Town B]

He literally did nothing in his tenure as mayor. Taxes rose and the only thing it was spent on was downtown. Schools are broke and he could care less about education, it's been a record amount of school closings in his tenure. The killings in the city seem to go up every year. To top it all off he tried to sweep the Laquan McDonald killing by police under the rug, this was the nail in his political coffin.

He's not going away because he wants to, he's going away because he knows there isn't a chance in hell that he's winning another election

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Chicago posters what do yall really think of Rahm Emanuel? Was he elected just because he was Obama's homie? Is he from or did he ever live in Chicago before becoming mayor?

Brand recognition....besides the Obama shit, ppl mostly voted for him cuz his comp were clowns that no one knew

 

[ChicagoFigure]

He did a lot for bikers. Cant go anywhere without not tryna run these mfs over.