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   From: Davecross@kremlin.ru   
      
   Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended getting a haircut over the weekend   
   even though barbers and stylists were shut down under the   
   state’s stay-at-home order, saying she’s the face of the city   
   and the woman who cut her hair wore a mask.   
      
   Asked about photos on social media showing her with a stylist,   
   Lightfoot acknowledged getting a haircut, then said the public   
   cares more about other issues.   
      
   “I think what really people want to talk about is, we’re talking   
   about people dying here. We’re talking about significant health   
   disparities. I think that’s what people care most about,”   
   Lightfoot said.   
      
   In response to a follow-up question, she said, “The woman who   
   cut my hair had a mask and gloves on so we are, I am practicing   
   what I’m preaching.”   
      
   A reporter asked the mayor about one of her “stay home, save   
   lives” public service announcements where Lightfoot admonishes   
   an off-screen person by saying, "Getting your roots done is not   
   essential.”   
      
   Asked about that, a visibly annoyed Lightfoot said, “I’m the   
   public face of this city. I’m on national media and I’m out in   
   the public eye.   
      
   “I’m a person who, I take my personal hygiene very seriously. As   
   I said, I felt like I needed to have a haircut,” Lightfoot said.   
   “I’m not able to do that myself, so I got a haircut. You want to   
   talk more about that?”   
      
   Socialist Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, 35th, criticized Lightfoot’s   
   explanation for the haircut.   
      
   “She is under no obligation to look good on national TV. She is   
   under no obligation to book national interviews. But she is   
   under an obligation to follow and promote social distancing in   
   order to save lives,” Ramirez-Rosa, a frequent Lightfoot critic,   
   tweeted. “This is a bad example for our city.”   
      
   Asked about Lightfoot’s haircut, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he   
   couldn't speak to the mayor's situation but hasn't had a trim   
   since the stay-at-home order.   
      
   “I’m going to turn into a hippie at some point,” he said.   
      
   https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-   
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