On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez responded to the shootings in the city by stating that “We also have had many, many instances where the administration has really escalated, exacerbated the violence in our country, in our inner cities.” And “what we have not seen is really a systemic investment that will actually address the core issues.”

Host Boris Sanchez asked, “And how do you respond, Alderman — I heard you sort of allude to it there that there’s more work to be done — how do you respond to the argument that there were something like 50-plus shootings — 53 people — 52 people, I should say, were shot in Chicago, 30 different shootings over the holiday weekend, seven people killed, aren’t numbers like that still a problem that your city need

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