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Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Billionaire Wife Reportedly Skips Out on State’s Lockdown Orders
Breitbart ^ | April 29, 2020 | Hannah Bleu

Posted on 04/30/2020 5:14:03 AM PDT by PBRCat

M.K. Pritzker, the billionaire wife of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), is reportedly skipping out on her husband’s stringent lockdown orders, jetting off to their $12.1 million equestrian estate in South Florida — a state that has refused to implement what Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) described as “draconian” measures as a response to the coronavirus pandemic.

While Pritzker finds himself in the middle of a legal battle over his extension of the his lockdown order, extending it until May 30 and promoting his All-in Illinois initiative, his wife is nowhere to be seen, at least in the Prairie State.

[T]he governor’s wife has “no obligation to sequester herself in their Astor Street mansion in the Gold Coast when her family can hop on a private plane to stay-at-home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the family estate in the Bahamas (close to the governor’s off-shore bank accounts) and, of course, their place in the ‘winter equestrian capital of the world’ in Florida,” it admits that the optics are less than ideal, particularly as the governor extends the state’s stay-at-home order and begs residents to abide by his stringent orders to “get through this difficult time”

But there’s no getting around the ironic, political intrigue of Illinois’ first lady quietly spending time out of the public eye at one of the family vacation homes while so many non-billionaires financially and emotionally struggle under her husband’s newly extended coronavirus stay-at-home order, the second-longest in America.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: covid19; pritzker; quarantine; shutdown
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Leading by example.
1 posted on 04/30/2020 5:14:03 AM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

Quarantine for thee, but not for me.

Suckers.


2 posted on 04/30/2020 5:15:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: mewzilla

Maybe she got tired of cooking for her husband.


3 posted on 04/30/2020 5:16:08 AM PDT by laconic (President)
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To: PBRCat

Lockdown for thee but not for me.::


4 posted on 04/30/2020 5:16:40 AM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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To: laconic

More likely got tired over fighting over the food.


5 posted on 04/30/2020 5:17:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: PBRCat

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is like Michigan’s Whitmer. He wants this lock down to continue right up to Nov. 3rd election day.

The liberal fascist totalitarianism is close to the surface with them both, and now the public is seeing them exposed.

Both of these tin pot dictators are going down.


6 posted on 04/30/2020 5:17:12 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama Fascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: PBRCat

1. DNC rulers are better/different than the rest of America.

2. the Adrenochrome must flow.


7 posted on 04/30/2020 5:17:34 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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Suckers.

Illinois... what do you expect?!

8 posted on 04/30/2020 5:17:38 AM PDT by plsvn
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I live in NYS.

Most of NYS’s counties are red.

See where I’m going with this...


9 posted on 04/30/2020 5:18:54 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: PBRCat

Florida should quarantine her for 14 days.


10 posted on 04/30/2020 5:20:08 AM PDT by raybbr (The left is a poison on society. There is no antidote. Running its course will be painful. You)
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To: PBRCat

I would be in Captiva if I could. If I win the lottery, I am buying a place there and never coming off the beach.


11 posted on 04/30/2020 5:24:07 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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[T]he governor’s wife has “no obligation to sequester herself in their Astor Street mansion in the Gold Coast when her family can hop on a private plane to stay-at-home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the family estate in the Bahamas (close to the governor’s off-shore bank accounts) and, of course, their place in the ‘winter equestrian capital of the world’ in Florida,” it admits that the optics are less than ideal, particularly as the governor extends the state’s stay-at-home order and begs residents to abide by his stringent orders to “get through this difficult time”

Their lifestyle, and more importantly, their arrogance and disregard for the average man, makes this ruling class even more arrogant and disconnected from reality than Marie Antoinette.

12 posted on 04/30/2020 5:24:32 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The real virus is the MSM)
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To: raybbr

Last I knew that was still the policy in FL for people coming from certain states. Wonder if IL is on that list...


13 posted on 04/30/2020 5:24:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: laconic

Cooking for that fat pig is probably a herculean job.


14 posted on 04/30/2020 5:26:16 AM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: laconic
Maybe she got tired of cooking for her husband.

Based on the fat bastard's size, cooking for him would be a Sisyphean task.

15 posted on 04/30/2020 5:27:07 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The real virus is the MSM)
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As in the Tale of two ciries, let us review the tale of two billionaires:

One serves as Pesident for no pay as President and the other uses their money to do things that we cannot do.

Conservatives with a moral compass vs. the Left with no compass at all.


16 posted on 04/30/2020 5:32:23 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: tom paine 2

This may be doctor ordered marriage therapy.


17 posted on 04/30/2020 5:34:17 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: PBRCat

The World Equestrian Center is Ocala, FL. Not exactly the Redneck Riveria but Ocala is definitely where I would want to have a multi-million dollar vacation home. Central Florida is a pretty area but a long way to the beach from there.


18 posted on 04/30/2020 5:39:23 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Afterguard

“definitely where” = definitely NOT where


19 posted on 04/30/2020 5:40:30 AM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Flick Lives

Just having to LOOK at that PIG would be enough punishment.


20 posted on 04/30/2020 5:51:34 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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