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>>>A holiday for the Kenyanesian Usurper, signed by a Republican<<<

It was a unanimous Vote in the Legislature.

If he didn’t sign it there would be hell to pay and it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway, it would have gone through over his Veto.

Being labeled a Bigot would have been the least of his problems.

You have to know when to hold them and when to fold them.

>> It was a unanimous Vote in the Legislature. If he didn’t sign it there would be hell to pay and it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway, it would have gone through over his Veto. Being labeled a Bigot would have been the least of his problems. You have to know when to hold them and when to fold them <<

It's an "honorary" holiday, so no one will notice it and it won't affect anything (schools and government offices will still be open, etc.) An earlier version passed last year would have made it an "official state holiday", and thankfully that version died.

Still, I still zero excuse for any Republican to vote for this or for the Governor to sign it.

If I were Governor, I would have vetoed it and noted that there are FOUR Presidents from Illinois and its wrong to honor only ONE of them and snub the earlier ones ("especially since Abraham Lincoln is considered our greatest President and he is from Illinois"). There is plenty of precedent for that, since the federal level now honors "Presidents Day" instead of "George Washington's Birthday". I would inform the legislature that if they want to amend the legislation to set aside a day to honor all four Presidents from Illinois (and that the bill would retroactively include any FUTURE President from Illinois), I would be happy to sign it. I would also note Indiana has a similar arrangement to bring attention to the fact they have more Vice Presidents than any other state, and a state museum honoring ALL of them.

Let them cry over that and call me a racist, I don't care. I doubt Illinois citizens would care, either.

And while I'm at it, I would issue an executive order changing the current "official state holiday" from "Casmir Pulaski Day" to "Polish American Heritage Day". Casmir Pulaksi has no ties to Illinois whatsoever and never even set foot in this state. While he was a great revolutionary war figure, he doesn't deserve a state holiday.