Citing Trump Factor, Former House GOP Leader Jim Durkin Takes Himself Out of Cook County State's Attorney Race

Chicago Tribune ^ | November 29, 2023 | Rick Pearson

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“One, it’s difficult enough as a Republican. But more importantly, having Trump, who seems like he is the probable nominee of the party, is going to be even more, I would say, destructive on any Republican running in Cook County based on his performance four years ago,” Durkin said.“If I’m gonna get in the race, I have to know I can win it. I can’t run to compete. I can’t run to make a statement. And I just see no pathway to success under the circumstances in this environment in Cook County,” he said.

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A pathetic RINO blames Trump for his inability to get his campaign for Cook County prosecutor to launch. He resigned from the General Assembly after being reelected in 2022, but failing to increase GOP numbers in the legislature. When he quit, he blamed Trump. Oh, yes, he was a John McCain man all the way.

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Loser.

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Coward.

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Typical Chicago “Republican”.

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But Ronna McRomney is doing a great job right loser?

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Durkin is an absolute POS! Even voted for Pritzker’s “assaulf weapon/magazine” ban! FOAD.

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Compare Durkin’s anti-Trump comments to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Not a dime’s worth of difference.

CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: It has to be better coordination. What we have seen is a raggedy form instituted by right-wing extremism. Everyone knows that the right-wing extremism in this country has targetted Democratically-ran cities and quite frankly, they’ve been very intentional about going after Democratically-ran cities that are led by people of color.

Their whole motivation is to create disruption and chaos because that’s what this particular party has been about. This is the same political party that did not want to accept that President Obama was actually an American. It’s the same Republican right-wing extremism that stormed the Capitol. It’s the same right-wing extremism that refuses to accept the results of the Civil War. It’s raggedy. It’s disrespectful it’s mean-spirited. It’s an unclean spirit, quite frankly.

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