THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS. ‘I’m rarely speechless:’ With violence spiking in Chicago, city’s mayor deploys ‘cowboy’ to enforce… an accurate Census count:

Giddy up, Chicago. I'm calling on the Census Cowboy to help improve our Census response rates across Chicago. Make the Census Cowboy proud by filling out the Census today at https://t.co/tt2S9ojTmW. pic.twitter.com/eT2e6V74uk

— Mayor Lori Lightfoot (@chicagosmayor) July 13, 2020

Related: Shootings up 76% in Chicago over last year.

Chicago’s last Republican mayor left office in 1931.