Gov. Pritzker has been working battleground states with the election now one week away

Posted on October 29, 2024
Gov. JB Pritzker spoke with reporters Monday in Springfield. (Dave Dahl/WJBC)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has been working the battleground states to try to keep Donald Trump out of the White House.

One of the many things the governor dislikes about Trump is his stance on immigration. “I think what Donald Trump represents is something that is a throwback to days when there was mass discrimination, racism across the country, and, by the way, (he) forgets that this is a nation mostly of immigrants. Indeed, one of the people that he invited to stand on that stage and speak is an immigrant.”

And a “joke” that Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage” is, said the governor, only one offensive part of Sunday’s Trump rally in New York. “It was a shameful show of what the Republican Party has become and what Donald Trump represents,” said Pritzker. “We saw racism, sexism, directly by Donald Trump, so it should show America what is at stake in this election and why people need to get out and vote and make sure they are voting for democracy.”

The election is Nov. 5.

Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]

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