García seeks to rebuild momentum in the campaign’s final five weeks.
Mayoral candidate U.S. Rep. Jesús"Chuy" García speaks with members of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board and staff at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center on Jan. 23, 2023.
The commercial, called “Home,” features García narrating as a camera pans over downtown Chicago and neighborhood houses before focusing on police evidence markers.“This has always been home. But like many Chicago neighborhoods, too many nights we hear gunshots and face the reality of rising crime,” García says in the spot. “I’m Chuy García, and enough is enough. It’s time to get back to a safer Chicago now by getting more cops on our streets and illegal guns off of them.
Earlier this month, García unveiled a plan for public safety that he said would include a “fully funded” Chicago Police Department and calls for hiring 1,600 more officers amid a spate of vacancies during the pandemic. His plan has drawn criticism from rival candidates Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and Lightfoot herself, who accused García of copying Lightfoot’s plan for public safety.
Lightfoot’s initial TV commercials attempted to address crime in Chicago and soften her image of combativeness as it showed clips from her inaugural address nearly four years ago talking about her upbringing and her parents, including her mother who attended the event.
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