Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says President Donald Trump’s threat to cut federal funding for districts that teach ‘1619 Project’ is ‘more hot air’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back at President Donald Trump’s weekend threat to cut federal funding for public schools that teach the 1619 Project, calling it “more hot air.”“We’re a democracy,” Lightfoot said. “In a democracy, we do not hide or erase our history.”