Just two days after President Trump pronounced that churchs and other houses of worship are "essential," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot authorized a raid on a black South Side church.
President Trump's announcement was not to force churches to open.
Rather, it was to make clear that as "essential," churches and houses of worship have the right to exercise their religion, even during the coronavirus lockdown.
Lightfoot, however, took matters into her own hands.
On Sunday, she authorized police to raid the Chicago Cornerstone Baptist Church, which is attended primarily by black worshippers.
If President Trump did this, the media would incessantly call him a "racist."
But does Lori Lightfoot get a pass because she's black and is Chicago's first openly gay mayor?
It certainly appears that way.
However, Chicago residents were extremely unhappy with the raid.
See some of their reactions below:
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