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Chicago's mayor donned a lime green cowboy hat and announced she'd send around a 'Census Cowboy' to remind communities to fill out the 2020 Census
Jul 14, 2020
In a strange video announcement, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that a "Census Cowboy" will now be going to the ten communities in the city with the lowest census completion to urge residents to fill out the form.
"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 http://my2020census.gov ," Lightfoot said in a tweet of the video.
Lightfoot started her speech by comparing Chicago to Gotham City from Batman.
"When I was a kid, I loved the Batman TV show. And when the city of Gotham had a real difficult challenge one of the things the mayor there did is he called out and he sent out the distress signal to Batman. So, we are doing something similar for the census," Lightfoot said.
Picking up and putting on a green cowboy hat, Lightfoot announced: "And I'm happy to report I'm calling out the Census Cowboy."
A man dressed as a cowboy then came into the frame as Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" played. Local outlet WLS-TV reported that the man is Adam Hollingsworth, who is known to ride his horse through the city and is known as Dreadhead Cowboy.
Lightfoot said that if residents see the Census Cowboy in their neighborhood, it's "not a good thing," and they need to "step up" and fill out the census. The mayor added that the cowboy will be stopping by the ten communities with the lowest response rate.
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