JB Pritzker Calls for ‘Mass Protests’ Against Trump While Hammering ‘Do-Nothing Democrats’
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) spoke at a Democratic Party event in New Hampshire on Sunday night and called for “mass protests” against President Donald Trump and the administration, arguing that Republicans “cannot know a moment of peace.”
“It’s time to fight everywhere and all at once. Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now,” Pritzker said to loud applause, adding:
These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.
Pritzker spoke at the annual New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen dinner and sparked immediate speculation that his appearance in the early primary state is a sign he’s eyeing a presidential run.
“What I find ironic about the current conversation surrounding our party is that the voices flocking to podcasts and cable news shows to admonish fellow Democrats for not caring enough about the struggles of working families are the same ones who, when it comes to relief of the struggles of real people have been timid, not bold,” he added during his remarks.
“They didn’t want to fight the health insurance companies and the drug manufacturers. They didn’t want to demand an increase in the minimum wage or require paid family leave. They gave in to the powerful hedge fund managers and tech bros whose blind pursuit of profits is now destroying everything that matters to middle-class families,” he said, adding:
From home ownership to care to veterans’ benefits. They told us to ignore the fact that most Americans can’t afford a vacation while they’re young or retirement once they’re old. Here’s the problem with the do-nothing crowd now telling us what to do. While they spent their years watching Republicans illegitimately pack the Supreme Court, take away voting rights from people of color, systematically chip away at the constitutional order.
And all the while, they offered, in response, a simple defense of norms and decorum and a blind hope that one day soon, Republicans would wake up to find their better angels. Well, that got us exactly where we are today. So, folks, the reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on full display, those same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants, instead of their own lack of guts and gumption.
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