Friday, October 25, 2024

Hasan Minhaj: Illinois' billionaire Gov. J.B. Pritzker

 

[VIDEO] Pretty good interview. 

They even touched upon the corrupt reputation of the office of IL governor. Pritzker even joked that he told his son there's a good chance of him going to prison.

Eh, Pritzker's a Democrat but dude, c'mon. You got to set the standard for the office it already has a terrible repution from past Governors, especially the more recent ones. From Otto Kerner, Daniel Walker (what he did had little to do with what he did as Governor to be fair), George Ryan (really same thing it kept him from running for a second term & what did him in was what happened when he was our Secretary of State), and of course our most recent example a man named Rod Blagojevich.

Gov. Pritzker espouses "progressive" values. He spoke about this often in this interview. I'm not a progressive and a lot of his policy agenda I don't agree with, however, unlike some of his more recent predecessors he's actually governing and for that I give him credit. Now if only we could find a Republican who can espouse conservative values for this state.

He did sort of touch about his progressive income tax (a graduated income tax) which failed in front of voters in 2020. He attributes this in part to the pandemic I would agree however he would state that the pandemic didn't enable him to knock on doors. I would say because of the economic downturn as a result of the pandemic probably caused voters to say no.

Also his 2018 election. He said he needed to defeat the then incumbent governor Bruce Rauner who had enough money to self-fund. And to be honest Rauner was terrible and of course he wasn't governing. Two years without a budget with social service agencies forced to shut down because of it.

I suppose the question I wish was asked. Will Pritzker run for a third term? Or is he eying a White House run?

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