Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called for civility after a waitress at an upscale bar spit on Eric Trump earlier this week.
“Civility matters. We may not agree and, in my case, I don’t agree with a lot of the things that President Trump stands for. Our values are different. But you cross the line when you assault someone. And you absolutely cross the line when you intentionally target someone for that kind of treatment. No one deserves that. No one,” Lightfoot said Thursday.
“This is America. People have a right to have their views, no matter if we agree with them or not. But we can not countenance people who go out of their way to express themselves in such a repugnant fashion,” she continued.
An employee of the Aviary was taken into police custody after the incident Tuesday. She was released after Trump declined to press charges.
Lightfoot said she hopes the restaurant takes “appropriate” action against the waitress.
“Mr. Trump decided he wasn’t going to press charges, which I think was very gracious of him under the circumstances. This isn’t about politics. This is about civility. And we have to have that in our city,” she said.
