IL Governor Condemns Visit By “Hateful” DeSantis

NBC News reports:

In style, policy and substance, Pritzker has come to symbolize the anti-DeSantis governor. On Monday, those contrasts will be on full display as DeSantis is expected to speak to law enforcement in suburban Chicago.

Pritzker, who is also widely considered to be on the shortlist of Democrats interested in future presidential runs, has made it clear that DeSantis, a possible GOP presidential candidate, isn’t welcome.

Pritzker has taken direct aim at DeSantis on numerous occasions, including on a trip to speak before the Florida Democratic Party last year, when he said DeSantis was “just Donald Trump with a mask on.”

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Ron DeSantis’s dangerous and hateful agenda has no place in Illinois.

Banning books, playing politics with people’s lives, and censoring history are antithetical to who we are.

Every candidate hoping to hold public office in the land of Lincoln should condemn this event. https://t.co/cD8Uo3u8TG

— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) February 17, 2023