Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It’s a reminder there’s a lot broken. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Representative Willis has introduced a bill, modeled after a Chicago law, to hold gun stores accountable for flooding our streets with weapons. Thousands of guns recovered by the Chicago Police Department can be traced back to just a handful of stores. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There’s a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn’t exist. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
I remember my father, when I said I was going down to Little Rock to work for Governor Clinton’s run for president, he thought maybe somebody needed to check the medication cabinet. He thought somebody was playing around with it. He had never heard of him, he said. I said, ‘Well, I think he’s going to be the next President of the United States.’ Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Today, because of President Obama’s courage, kids can stay on their parent’s plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off your policy because you have hit your limit. They will not be able to deny you because you have a pre-existing condition. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
Everybody knows they’re on the Obama team: There isn’t vice presidential vs. presidential division, there’s not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy… We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the economy, and I have rejected some corners that have called for a slash-and-burn approach, and I’ve rejected others who have called for raising taxes and leaving government as is. Rahm Emanuel Read Quote
