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Philadelphia Mayor Walks Back Comments, Says He Will Stay in Office Until 2024

Emma Lee
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WHYY

Mayor Jim Kenney again walked-back his comments made after the shooting during the city's Fourth of July fireworks display. Late Monday night, Kenney told reporters he was looking forward to leaving office during a city hall news conference. WHYY's Tom MacDonald has more on Kenney's explanation of those comments.

(Original air-date: 7/7/22)

WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.