Lori Lightfoot Shakes Down a Chicago Car Dealer

• 39:25Lori Lightfoot walked out of a meeting with a luxury car dealer after he publicly complained about a million-dollar smash-and-grab robbery.
• 39:58Joe Perillo, owner of Gold Coast Exotic Motors, had one million dollars in luxury watches stolen and went on local news demanding the city curb crime.
• 40:36Days after the robbery, Lightfoot showed up at Perillo's showroom unannounced and the conversation did not go well—she got into a fight and walked out.
• 41:00A city inspector from Business Affairs arrived at the dealership the next day with a ticket book, citing public health violations.
• 41:13Tim admires Chicago's corruption for not even trying to disguise itself.
• 41:26Tim imagines Lightfoot confronting Perillo, mocking his complaint about watches while he has Bentleys and Lamborghinis outside.
• 42:02Lightfoot allegedly called one of her people to issue the inspector's citations as retaliation after the meeting.
• 42:16The violations appear fabricated, with only health-related charges that Tim notes are clearly fake.
• 42:32Lightfoot's approval rating dropped sharply from 48 percent in June to lower numbers by July.
• 43:01Tim compares Lightfoot to Gavin Newsom, saying she's at least fun whereas Newsom is just an indifferent good-looking douchebag.

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