Lightfoot posted her advisory to Twitter in which she added that Chicagoans should “avoid travel” and must “not have guests in their homes”:
The mayor’s attempt to cancel Thanksgiving came as part of her stay-at-home orders for November aimed at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus.
The mayor also discussed her moves against Thanksgiving in a Thursday press conference where she insisted, “You must cancel the normal Thanksgiving plans. Particularly if they include guests that do not live in your immediate household,” she said.
