I am disappointed, my dead relatives were ready to vote for Karen over the former ballerina.
…Lewis had long been determined to oust the mayor who had pushed her members to a launch a historic strike, cut schools’ budgets and once cursed her out over dinner. After searching in vain for a candidate, she was taking steps to take him out herself.
But her own body betrayed that wish, she said Wednesday, the first time she has publicly discussed her health and the treatment she’s undergoing for it.
“There was a moment where I was like really angry that I couldn’t do it,” Lewis said at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters.
“Yes, I wanted to be in this race, I’m not gonna. . . . But at this moment in time, no, I don’t miss not being in it at all,” she said. “What happened was, it was clear to me it wasn’t my time, this wasn’t for me.
“I tell people all the time, there’s an old Jewish joke, ‘If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.’[..]
Lewis’ meanest critics who mocked her weight may not recognize her now. After weight-loss surgery in March, she was already down 100 pounds by October. She has since lost much more and said she enjoyed buying new clothes in regular stores rather than in the plus-size department.