Did Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Refuse To Give Interviews to White Journalists?

On May 19, 2021, during a segment on his Fox News show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson compared Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to the Nazis.

“If some day the Chicago police round up the entire population of the city, Lori Lightfoot would have no trouble pulling the right ones out of line for punishment,” Carlson stated. “By the way in case you’re wondering, yes, that was a Nazi reference. It was deserved. Lori Lightfoot is a monster.”

How did Lightfoot, Chicago’s first female, Black, and openly gay mayor get compared to the Nazis by Carlson, a media figure who has been criticized for promoting racist conspiracy theories on his program?

Carlson’s comments represented hyperbolic outrage over a decision made by Lightfoot to only do one-on-one interviews with journalists of color for one day, a symbolic gesture to highlight the lack of diversity in newsrooms.