♪ NO, SIR, NO, SIR.
NO, SIR.
YOU WILL STOP SPEAKING.
YOU’RE -- YOU’RE FULL OF CRAP.
>> Steve: OH, MAN.
IN MAY, EMBATTLED CHICAGO MAYOR
LORI LIGHTFOOT BERATING A
JOURNALIST SAYING HE IS FULL OF
CRAP WHO PRESSED HER ABOUT THE
RHETORIC OF THIS TWEET.
QUOTE: TO MY FRIENDS IN THE
LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, THE
SUPREME COURT IS COMING FOR US
NEXT.
THIS MOMENT HAS TO BE A CALL TO
ARMS.
A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT THAT
REPORTER WAS STRIPPED OF HIS
PRESS CREDENTIALS AFTER MAYOR
LIGHTFOOT ACCUSED HIM OF
ASSAULTING HER SECURITY DETAIL.
WILLIAM KELLY IS NOW SUING THE
DEMOCRAT MAYOR AND THE REPORTER
HIMSELF JOINS US RIGHT NOW FROM
CHICAGO.
WILL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME, STEVE.
>> Steve: SO, TO REMIND PEOPLE,
DURING THE PANDEMIC, SHE
SUSPENDED ALL IN-PERSON PRESS
CONFERENCES.
WHEN THEY STARTED HAVING THEM
WHERE YOU GUYS WERE BACK IN THE
PRESS BRIEFING ROOM WITH HER,
YOU WERE THE ONE ASKING THE HARD
QUESTIONS.
SHE DIDN’T LIKE IT.
>> I WAS ASKING THE OBVIOUS
QUESTIONS, AND AS SHE LOST HER
TEMPER, EVERY SINGLE TIME, THE
VIDEOS WENT VIRAL, MILLIONS OF
COMMENTS, LIKES AND SHARES, BUT
NOW MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS IN RE-ELECTION MODE AND SHE DOESN’T
RE-ELECTION MODE AND SHE DOESN’T
WANT ANY MORE QUESTIONS TO GO
VIRAL.
SHE REVOKED MY CREDENTIALS.
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO.
AND SHE WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, WIN
THIS CASE AGAINST ME AND THEN
EXPAND THIS ATTACK ON THE FIRST
AMENDMENT TO ALL THE REPORTERS
WHO ASK HER REAL QUESTIONS OR
ANY REPORTER DARE TO ASK A REAL
QUESTION OF A POWERFUL
POLITICIAN WE HAVE SOME OF YOUR
EXCHANGES WITH THE MAYOR.
WE WANT TO SHOW FOLKS THE KIND
OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK.
WATCH.
>> THE REAL REASON WE DON’T HAVE
THE TOURISM OR THE CONVENTIONS
IS BECAUSE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
YOU ISSUED A VIOLENT TWEET, CALL
TO ARMS.
WILL YOU RESCIND YOUR CALL TO
ARMS TWEET?
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MASS
SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, AS
STUPID AS YOU THINK THAT MAY BE?
>> NO, SIR, I WILL NOT -- I WILL
NOT STAND DOWN.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TALK OVER
ME.
THAT’S NOT THE RULES HERE IN
THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO ABIDE BY
THOSE RULES CAN YOU TAKE YOUR
NONSENSE SOME PLACE ELSE BECAUSE
I’M ABOUT FULL UP WITH YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WALK UP
AND DOWN.
>> NO, SIR.
>> NO, SIR, NO, SIR, NO, SIR,
NO, SIR.
YOU WILL STOP SPEAKING.
>> MICHIGAN AVENUE.
>> YOU ARE FULL OF CRAP.
>> Steve: OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
VERY POINTED.
SHE’LL DIDN’T LIKE YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SO, HOW -- WHY DID THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CHICAGO
POLICE THEN REVOKE YOUR
CREDENTIALS?
>> WELL, THAT IS THE WAY THE
SYSTEM IS SET UP IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO, SURPRISE.
THE POLITICALLY APPOINTED POLICE
SUPERINTENDENT ISSUES THE MEDIA
CREDENTIALS.
SO, ESSENTIALLY, HE DECIDES WHO
IS A REAL REPORTER AND WHO
ISN’T.
THE PROBLEM IS, THAT, YOU KNOW,
HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE ME A
LETTER TELLING ME HE WAS
REVOKING MY MEDIA CREDENTIALS
WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
DOWN 1500 OFFICERS.
WE HAVE OUT-OF-CONTROL CRIME
EPIDEMIC.
POLICE SUICIDE IS AT AN ALL-TIME
HIGH AND HE IS, YOU KNOW, HE IS
TAKING TIME OUT OF HIS DAY TO
WRITE ME A LETTER TELLING ME
THAT HE IS REVOKING MY MEDIA
CREDENTIALS.
I THINK THE PRIORITIES ARE
COMPLETELY OUT OF WHACK HERE,
STEVE.
AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT,
THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, ELON MUSK
RESTORED THE FIRST AMENDMENT ON
TWITTER, IN CHICAGO, THE FIRST
AMENDMENT IS ON LIFE SUPPORT IF
NOT DEAD.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY YOU
CAN’T FIGHT CITY HALL, BUT, WE
NEED TO FIGHT CITY HALL TO
RESTORE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
IF WE’RE GOING TO HAVE AN HONEST
ELECTION.
>> Steve: AND YOU ARE FIGHTING
CITY HALL.
THIS IS IN FEDERAL COURT.
WILLIAM, KEEP US POSTED ON WHAT
HAPPENS, ALL RIGHT?
>> 100 PERCENT YES, THANK YOU.