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During a campaign speech over the weekend, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) detailed the challenges of running a state in Donald Trump’s America.
“I have to worry about whether people can eat lettuce or blueberries off a grocery shelf because Trump is doing away with food inspections,” he told a crowd in East Peoria, Illinois.
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“I have to track measles outbreaks because the president put a madman in charge of vaccine recommendations.”
“I have to monitor the movements of ICE agents because he handed guns to people who couldn’t pass a background check, frankly, to work in an animal shelter.”
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“I have to find money that we don’t have to fight problems that didn’t exist before Donald Trump. It’s the reality of being a governor in America today. I’m not the only one.”
Pritzker is currently running for a third term in the upcoming November elections. He has made it clear since Trump’s first term that he is not afraid of the former reality TV star. He has stood strong for his progressive values and expressed determination to protect marginalized communities in the state – despite how difficult it seems the president is making it for him.
Pritzker also recently trolled his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey, over his alleged belief that dinosaurs and early humans coexisted. The Pritzker campaign sent a group of people in inflatable dinosaur costumes to the State Fair’s Republican Day. The dinos held signs that read, “dinosaurs against Darren Bailey.”
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