The 2025 primary election is occurring as Charlotte finds itself in the national spotlight after a gruesome, fatal train stabbing.

Vi Lyles advances to Charlotte's mayoral general election after winning a Democratic primary overshadowed by a Ukrainian refugee's murder on a light-rail train.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is coming under fire for her woke comments calling for compassion for the deranged vagrant who is accused of viciously murdering a Ukrainian refugee on a train in the city last month.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles overwhelmingly defeated four challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary as she and other Democrats face backlash for the murder of a young woman on the city’s transit system.

Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed Aug. 22 while riding on a Charlotte Blue Line light rail train.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles took a strong stance Monday against the Mecklenburg County judicial system in the wake of the fatal light rail stabbing that occurred more than two weeks ago.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is now getting ripped not just locally, but on a national level, for her response to the deadly light rail stabbing.

President Trump and the nation's top transportation official condemned Charlotte on Monday, as backlash grew and spread following the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line light rail. The FBI director also said an investigation into the stabbing has been opened.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said Monday that the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on the city's light rail system was "a tragic failure by the courts and magistrates" and announced new steps to increase transit security.

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