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Pritzker has to bid adieu to Springfield if he's serious about the White House
The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | April 14, 2025 | Andy Shaw

Posted on 04/14/2025 1:58:31 PM PDT by PBRCat

By taking himself out of the running for a third term as governor next year, Pritzker could position himself as a leader with big ideas rather than an official forced to explain why Illinois keeps losing taxpayers and businesses.

"He’s a bold presence in a party that often seems hesitant to wield power as aggressively as the GOP. But his record in Illinois is also a liability. If he runs again, he’ll be forced to defend an ugly reality: Illinois remains a state with some of the highest taxes in the country, a poor business climate, anemic job creation and an ongoing exodus of companies, wealthy residents and middle-class families. That’s not the kind of resume a presidential hopeful wants."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: elections; illinois; presidency; pritzker
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Illinois is circling down the drain and Pritzker has to decide to seek reelection for a third term in 2026. If reelected his lack of solutions to pressing problems that are crippling the state economy will not be beneficial during the primaries.
1 posted on 04/14/2025 1:58:31 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

The dilusional continue to march on.


2 posted on 04/14/2025 2:00:01 PM PDT by albie (U)
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If they can make maxi-size diving gear, Prickster could be useful as a plug to prevent Lake Michigan from draining into the subsurface.


3 posted on 04/14/2025 2:06:57 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: albie

Waddle, not march.


4 posted on 04/14/2025 2:07:59 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: PBRCat

He reminds me of Chris Christie. Can’t control his appetite. yet wants to be President of the US and tell us how to live our lives.


5 posted on 04/14/2025 2:08:23 PM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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Problem is today we have television. President Taft probably wouldn’t have been elected if people had seen exactly how obese he was.


6 posted on 04/14/2025 2:09:38 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: antidemoncrat

I’d say that he needs to bid adieu to about 3500 calories a day first.


7 posted on 04/14/2025 2:10:43 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, it is near the end of the day.)
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I’d forgotten that the capitol of Illinois is Springfield. That explains a lot. The dude is like a cartoon character.


8 posted on 04/14/2025 2:10:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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If they both showed up at a Golden Corral at the same time it would look like Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.


9 posted on 04/14/2025 2:11:32 PM PDT by MachIV
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You’ll still see “Pritzker Sucks” signs all over the red part of Illinois. Even the democrats don’t bother stealing them.


10 posted on 04/14/2025 2:16:14 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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makers fleeing and takers flooding in puts increasing tax burdens on the remaining makers, thus causing even more makers to flee: the very definition of an economic death spiral ...


11 posted on 04/14/2025 2:19:51 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: albie

No kidding. Fat slob white guy to get the rat nomination? I think not. Now if he was at least gay, that would be different. If Mrs Pritzker is willing to make an accommodation, he’d be in


12 posted on 04/14/2025 2:21:18 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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Sure… the American left wants an oligarch for president. A jumbo elephant who can’t even manage one state, or his appetite, to be in the most important office in the world? Not gonna happen.


13 posted on 04/14/2025 2:31:45 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Not to mention his illegal financing of two of Illinois' Supreme Court justices makes him subject to indictment at any time by the Feds.

He's one more for the long list of indictments Bondi should be looking into.

14 posted on 04/14/2025 2:32:41 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Yeah him and kamala on the ticket

Puke


15 posted on 04/14/2025 2:38:12 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 Be Kind.)
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I think Tim Walz has a better shot that Prickster.


16 posted on 04/14/2025 2:45:49 PM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: bigbob

He has been a miserable governor who hiked taxes on gasoline and spent like mad. Pritzker also used his wealth to buy both of his gubernatorial elections. He massively outspent his opponents.


17 posted on 04/14/2025 2:48:15 PM PDT by PBRCat
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He paid 46 million of the family fortune to buy the governorship. Since then our state has been a disaster. If he ran for president he may not have enough money.


18 posted on 04/14/2025 2:57:05 PM PDT by pawpawrick (I had a life once but my job ate it)
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To: albie

Vote for Pritzker, might as well vote for Harris. I’m not certain which would be worse. Voting for Pritzker would give Illinois residents a break, maybe. With Harris, it would give California residents a break, maybe. It’s pretty much a loser either way, except for Illinois maybe. If either of them got elected president it’s a sure loser for the whole country.


19 posted on 04/14/2025 3:14:25 PM PDT by oldtech
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With a militant tranny cousin? This fat f-ck couldn't get arrested outside of Illinois.

Pritzger is classic billionaire bubble money delusion.

The truth is, Gruesome wouldn't throw Chubby so much as a Dept of Transportation (whatever is left of it) bone.

20 posted on 04/14/2025 3:19:32 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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