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.
Thomas DeVore, GOP candidate for Illinois attorney general, has a record of suing critics — including Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his girlfriend’s mother. https://t.co/4HCCXKgWt3
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) September 12, 2022
These “window lickers” comments from the Republican nominee for Attorney General, Thomas DeVore, are vile and disgraceful. Sadly, they’re not surprising anymore coming from the Party of Trump. #twill https://t.co/Vb1oGyyTfP
— Lake County Democrats (Illinois) (@LakeCountyDems1) September 12, 2022