chicago <u+2018>hits back,<u+2019> strips trump of honorary street designation fran spielman, chicago sun-times, october 25, 2016 




chicago aldermen on tuesday hit republican presidential nominee donald trump where it hurts<u+2013>in his formidable ego<u+2013>for using a spike in homicides and shootings to paint a <u+201c>distorted caricature<u+201d> of the city. 




the city council<u+2019>s transportation committee unanimously agreed to strip trump of a recognition he covets: <u+201c>trump plaza,<u+201d> the honorary designation for the east side of wabash avenue between illinois street and the chicago river, outside the 96-story trump international hotel & tower. 




<u+201c>we can actually use his own words against him: <u+2018>when you hit us, we hit back,<u+2019> <u+201d> said transportation committee chairman anthony beale (9th). 




<u+201c>you<u+2019>ve hit chicago numerous times. . . . when you hit chicago, chicago hits back.<u+201d> 




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as for the honorary street designation, one of the trump plaza signs already has been stolen. so only one more needs to be removed. that will be done post-haste, if the full city council approves the punishment, thanks to a so-called <u+201c>pending passage<u+201d> letter that beale promised to sign. 




reilly said trump no longer deserves the honor after making political hay at chicago<u+2019>s expense in a way that has damaged the city<u+2019>s reputation on the global stage. 




trump<u+2019>s decision to portray chicago as a <u+201c>war zone<u+201d> that needs stop-and-frisk during the first presidential debate was the final straw. 




<u+201c>he was comparing us to a war-torn, third-world country. that was a set of comments that didn<u+2019>t just insult me. it insulted anyone who loves this great city,<u+201d> reilly said. 




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chicago <u+2018>hits back,<u+2019> strips trump of honorary street designation
henry wolff