What Pritzker once labeled as “unconscionable negligence” and “criminal” acts, he is now claiming “these things happen.” What a difference a few years makes for JB Pritzker.
Pritzker continues to refuse to take responsibility for his own fatal mismanagement of Veteran Affairs, leading to COVID-19 spreading rapidly through the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that took the lives of 36 Veterans.
The systemic failures at all levels of Governor Pritzker’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs is astounding and is a direct reflection on Pritzker’s inability to lead this state.
Governor Pritzker lied to the people of Illinois in 2018 and now is attempting to rewrite history by claiming the 2011 maps, that came out of the Democratic-controlled remap process, are fair.
Pritzker will side with Democrats in Springfield over the people of Illinois to create a partisan map that will continue the practice of politicians picking their constituents to further their careers and self-interests.
Rather than tackle the real drivers of Illinois’ financial crisis, Pritzker is looking out for his self-interests by advocating for tax code changes that even AOC criticizes.
While Mayor Lightfoot was using taxpayer dollars to make upgrades to her office and private rooftop garden, Chicagoans were being forced to pay higher taxes and fees in an attempt to address the city’s historic deficit
Now that Pritzker is in the position to follow through on his campaign pledge, he’s siding with Springfield Democrats to ensure Democratic politicians keep the power to draw legislative maps.
The repeal of the limit on SALT deductions would only provide relief for wealthy homeowners in high-tax blue states, like J.B. Pritzker, not middle-class citizens.
One of the cornerstones of Governor Pritzker’s campaign was a pledge to the people of Illinois to support fair and independent maps that would be created by an independent commission. The People’s Independent Maps Act would do just that.
After spending much of his gubernatorial campaign making promises to the veterans of Illinois that he’d protect them, Pritzker’s failure to enact infection prevention protocols to keep veterans safe is the ultimate height of hypocrisy.
