Politics & Government
'Bruh, You're from Evanston!' Fox Panel Debates Chicago Bona Fides
Chicago versus suburb debate inflamed by Fox News contributors, as Republican Caldwell calls out Evanstonian Democrat Fowler.
EVANSTON, IL - In a Fox & Friends debate over solutions to Chicago's gun violence epidemic and President Donald Trump's (apparently Fox News Channel-inspired) tweet on the subject, Republican consultant Gianno Caldwell arguably de-legitimatized the point being made by fellow consultant and Democratic Fox News contributor Richard Fowler.
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The exchange has renewed the age-old debate over who can plausibly claim to be "from Chicago," which surfaced earlier this month when the Chicago Tribune published a letter from an Indiana man who pledged to leave and never return to Chicago, bidding farewell to a city in which he did not live.
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I feel like the Evanston dude and the Bruh dude could maybe have a Beer Summit in Rogers Park? #thehealing
— Seth Bockley (@sboke) February 2, 2017
"Bruh bruh bruh you're from Evanston!" When Fox News panelist gets called out for lying about being from Chicago... #BRUH... pic.twitter.com/J6dMp2HNUr
— Karen L (@IknwKaren) February 2, 2017
Richard Fowler (whose own website bio makes no mention of either Evanston or Chicago) responded on Twitter:
I might be from Evanston, but I still say #BlackLivesMatter, Bruh!!! https://t.co/nE9sPsYVzR
— Richard A. Fowler (@Richardafowler) February 2, 2017
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