‘That’s An Attack On Police!’ JB Pritzker Flames Trump For ‘Hurting Law Enforcement’ After ‘Reckless’ Pardon Of Jan. 6th Rioters

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker flamed President Donald Trump for issuing his massive pardons for January 6th Capitol rioters, calling the decision an “attack” on police and law enforcement.

Pritzker joined MSNBC’s The Weekend Saturday to discuss the barrage of decisions made and actions taken by Trump and his administration since he took the oath of office in January.

The Democratic governor slammed Trump over his tariffs on Mexico and Canada as well as ICE raids in major cities across the country.

Moreover, MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez asked Pritzker about how Democratic governors can resist Trump especially in light of his recent pardons for his January 6th supporters.

MENENDEZ: We spoke before Donald Trump took office about how Democratic governors were going to be one of the final lines of defense. And we’re seeing that play out. We’re seeing it on immigration. We are seeing it on these tariffs. We’re even seeing it on the pardoning of these January 6th rioters. Those are just the things that are currently happening. What do you see as the challenges that are on the horizon?

PRITZKER: Well, my goodness. I mean, first of all, the attacks by the Trump administration on law enforcement. Now, let me repeat that. They’re attacking law enforcement. How are they doing that?

Well, pardoning January 6th riders who injured and provided injuries that ultimately killed police officers. That’s an attack on police. When you take away funding like they did this week from police departments across the state of Illinois and across the country, we have task forces that are working on fighting drugs and violent crime and taking out the drug cartels and and gangs, right. When you take away funding from those things, you’re hurting law enforcement and frankly, ultimately leading to more crime, not less.

So I think Donald Trump – it’s a reckless set of policies that he’s engaging in. And he you know, ultimately he promised that he was going to lower costs for Americans. He promised that he was going to make us safer. And he’s done none of that. And I realize he’s only been in office two weeks, but it’s gotten worse, not better.

You think your prices at the grocery store have gone down in the last ten days? No, they’ve gone up because of what he is threatening or what he’s already put in place.

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.