Posted on 01/09/2018 10:32:19 PM PST by stars & stripes forever
Calling incumbent Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner a “failed governor,” conservative State Rep. Jeanne Ives says she cannot leave the GOP field to a man who broke countless promises and ended up doing the bidding of Chicago Democrats.
Ives, a West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran, was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2012. The GOP primary in Illinois is March 20.
Rauner was elected in 2014 on a platform of reforming government in Illinois and seriously addressing the state’s looming fiscal crisis. Instead, he is branded now by National Review as the worst Republican governor in America, after raising taxes instead of cutting them, signing a bill that forbids law enforcement from checking the immigration status of people they stop, and enacting taxpayer-funded abortion in the state.
“Let’s be clear. Gov. Rauner is a failed governor. He’s specifically a failed Republican governor, which is why I’m challenging him,” said Ives.
She says one issue in particular triggered her primary challenge...
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We need a competent Governor who will support LIFE, as well as, Traditional Family Values
Rauner will be a one-termer, anyway you look at it: He either loses to a primary challenge, or he loses in the election. Rauner is toast.
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