CHICAGO - A candidate running to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago has rejected tweets by President Donald Trump's lawyer in which he offers his support and sharply criticizes Emanuel.
Former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy issued a statement Monday distancing himself from Rudy Giuliani's views and what McCarthy calls "the misguided, divisive tone and policies of Donald Trump."
McCarthy was responding to earlier tweets by Giuliani in which he blamed a wave of deadly shootings in Chicago over the weekend on what he called decades of "one party Democratic rule." Giuliani also called McCarthy a "policing genius."
In McCarthy's response, he describes himself as a "proud Democrat" but does criticize Emanuel for what McCarthy says has been his "weak leadership."
Emanuel didn't immediately respond to McCarthy or Giuliani.
