A Republican who's challenging U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in November decried “silence” on a recent spate of deadly gun violence in Chicago amid the media focus on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “Within a 48-hour period in Chicago last week there were 82 shootings with 23 deaths,” GOP candidate Lacy Johnson tweeted. “Silence.”In all, 24 people were killed and 61 others injured in Chicago gun violence last weekend -- in what the Chicago Sun Times described as city's most violent weekend of 2020. AFTER GEORGE FLOYD DEATH, OMAR WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO INVESTIGATE ALL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, USES OF FORCEMore than half the victims were shot last Sunday after a night of violent protests over Floyd’s death, the outlet reported. Johnson’s tweet did not mention Omar specifically, although he has criticized the congresswoman for her response to the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis.

Source: Fox News June 07, 2020 03:56 UTC