Illinois Republican AG Nominee Likes To Sue His Critics

The Chicago Tribune reports:

While running for a downstate school board seat five years ago, Republican Illinois attorney general candidate Thomas DeVore complained in a Facebook post about students who struggled to make correct change at a concession stand during a basketball game.

“Lord help us with the window lickers, I mean special children,” DeVore, a civil attorney from Sorento, wrote.

People critical of DeVore’s post shared it more widely and in one case urged area residents to contact his law office. DeVore proceeded to file a libel lawsuit in Montgomery County against three people, including a local special education teacher, alleging they had falsely accused him of ridiculing “children with ‘special needs.’”

Read the full article. That’s just a start. In another case, DeVore is suing his girlfriend’s mother after representing her company in an anti-lockdown lawsuit.