By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD–It’s not often U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and President Trump agree. Revoking “birthright citizenship” is not an exception.

“It is just breathtaking that this president is so ignorant of our Constitution as well as the laws of the land,” Durbin told reporters in Springfield Wednesday. “President Trump’s musings about the Constitution should not be taken seriously. When he makes these statements about how he, by executive order, can somehow defy the Constitution of the United States — let me tell you, he took an oath to uphold the Constitution, and he ought to live by that oath.”

How much do the President’s words inspire people to mail bombs to Democrats or shoot up a synagogue?

“There are people who are unstable, there are people who are bigoted and hate-filled,” Durbin said. “What I am worried about is a permission slip that may be given by the President with some of his rhetoric, in terms of people reacting and overreacting. That’s why I think we all ought to be careful, every politician, starting with the President, with the language that we use.”

Durbin remarked after participating in early voting. He said he voted for JB Pritzker for governor and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan for Congress.