Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot used a racial slur when she called White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany a “Karen.” This happened on Thursday afternoon when the mayor responded to McEnany’s comments about her earlier in the day. During a White House press briefing earlier in the day, McEnany criticized Lightfoot for not doing enough to protect the residents of her city from being killed by violent criminals.

“I’ve listed for you the names of these kids who have died across this country. It is unacceptable, and under this President, he’ll take action. And the derelict mayor of Chicago should step up and ask for federal help because she’s doing a very poor job at securing her streets,” McEnany said.

Lightfoot responded to her by tweeting, “ “Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth.”

The name “Karen” has gained prominence lately as a reference to women who are difficult and who tend to talk down other people and ask for a manager when dealing with businesses. Because the term is used for white women, it has become a form of a racial slur. The context in which Lightfoot used the term also does not match the situations in which the term can be applied, so she is just using it as a racial slur against McEnany.

Lightfoot is facing growing criticism for her failure to address the increasing rate of violent crime in her city. Most of the crime and the violence happening there are happening in African American and Latino neighborhoods. Shootings have become so common in some parts of Chicago that people have come to expect them to happen. Unfortunately, children have fallen victim to the shootings that have happened in the city. A leaked recording of her meeting with local leaders revealed that she was ignoring the complaints of her local leaders.

It seems that Lightfoot does not have any concrete response to the criticisms being thrown at her. She also responded to President’s Trump warning regarding looting with: “I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words: It begins with F and ends with you.”

The disastrous way that Lightfoot has been handling her city will lead to even more crime. It seems that she has no solid plan for handling all the criminality. Instead of working with the White House to solve the problem, she will blame everyone else except herself for all of her city’s problems.