"And the notion that you don't have a responsibility — and the reason he doesn't think he can is that very institution, Illinois Policy Institute is what he chose to staff his entire administration with," the mayor added. "And he's showing more loyalty to the people from that foundation and quote-unquote think tank than he is to speaking to the moral requirements of his office, which is to condemn bigotry, to condemn stereotypes, and to also ... to play one type of person against another. He's abdicated his responsibility as a leader, not only in this cartoon, but for bringing the state together." (John Byrne)