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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Illinois governor fuels 2028 talk with fiery speech blasting Trump and Musk: ‘It's time to fight, everywhere, all at once'
Democrats are looking for a fighter. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is determined to be one. Will others in his party take notice? The governor of the state last represented in the White House by Barack Obama, Pritzker's term is set to expire January of 2027, just a few months before candidates are likely to begin announcing their plans to run in the respective party primaries. He is not term limited, having won re-election in 2022 and with no restrictions on a third term in the state constitution. And so it appears that the governor is laying his groundwork for a potential presidential bid already. He headlined a Democratic Party event in the early primary state of New Hampshire on Sunday and delivered remarks that were simultaneously a rebuke of the White House and a war cry for his base. 'It's time to fight, everywhere, all at once,' Pritzker told the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner in Manchester. 'Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,' he sternly added, according to NBC News. In his remarks, Pritzker blamed his party's defeat in November on voter mistrust in party leadership. Democrats, he argued, do not believe that their own leaders' actions match the urgency of the moment, or their own rhetoric. 'Voters didn't turn out for Democrats last November not because they don't want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don't want to fight for our values,' said Pritzker. He also spoke with NBC News demanding that the next Democratic administration vow accountability for members of the Trump administration accused of breaking the law or violating the Constitution. 'We're going to hold people responsible. They can't just get away with what they're doing right now. Anybody that's breaking the law, anybody that's breaching the Constitution as a regular matter of the way they run their offices, those people all should be investigated,' Pritzker said. Last year's speaker at the dinner was Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz, who at the time was raising his own national profile but was not yet under consideration for the spotlight — that elevation to prominence would take place months later, with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the race. Now, Kamala Harris's old running mate is just one of several Democrats, including Harris herself, under consideration as possible 2028 contenders. The former vice president is also weighing a run for governor of California. The current governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is another one of those Democrats seen as potential 2028 fodder. But unlike his fellow Californian, Newsom seemed to be in Pritzker's crosshairs over Newsom's assertion that the political battle over the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a distraction for the Democratic Party. The federal government continued into this week to refuse to order his return to the United States after handing him over to the government of El Salvador. Democrats including Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who represents Garcia's home state and met with him under Salvadoran supervision during a visit this month, have demanded his return to the US. He also aimed a clearer shot across Newsom's bow: "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 relieving the struggles of real people, have been timid, not bold." Newsom launched his own podcast in late February. Pritzker singled out the Trump administration's deportation program — and especially the government's use of El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison to house Venezuelans and others accused of being gang members — in his speech. 'Let's start with something that should be easy to say: It's wrong to snatch a person off the street and ship them to a foreign gulag with no chance to defend themselves in a court of law,' said the governor. His remarks are just the latest example of comparatively younger leaders in the Democratic Party attempting to capture the energy and desire for action which voters have voiced at town hall-style events around the country since January, when Donald Trump took office and his DOGE cuts, led by Elon Musk, began at a rapid pace. Pritzker, who alleged that DOGE may have broken privacy laws by accessing sensitive data at the Social Security Administration and other agencies, spoke to NBC News the same day that Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to NBC's Meet the Press about his 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour, which has turned out tens of thousands of Americans over the past month. Sanders will be in Pennsylvania next week continuing that tour; other Democrats in the northeastern battleground state that flipped for Trump last year have taken to hosting 'empty chair' town halls in Republican districts as they respond to the same groundswell of voter anger against DOGE cuts. Harris is set to give her own speech touching on the actions of Trump's second administration on Wednesday — her first such address since her defeat in November.
The Independent
28-04-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Illinois governor fuels 2028 talk with fiery speech blasting Trump and Musk: ‘It's time to fight, everywhere, all at once'
Democrats are looking for a fighter. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is determined to be one. Will others in his party take notice? The governor of the state last represented in the White House by Barack Obama, Pritzker's term is set to expire January of 2027, just a few months before candidates are likely to begin announcing their plans to run in the respective party primaries. He is not term limited, having won re-election in 2022 and with no restrictions on a third term in the state constitution. And so it appears that the governor is laying his groundwork for a potential presidential bid already. He headlined a Democratic Party event in the early primary state of New Hampshire on Sunday and delivered remarks that were simultaneously a rebuke of the White House and a war cry for his base. 'It's time to fight, everywhere, all at once,' Pritzker told the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner in Manchester. 'Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,' he sternly added, according to NBC News. In his remarks, Pritzker blamed his party's defeat in November on voter mistrust in party leadership. Democrats, he argued, do not believe that their own leaders' actions match the urgency of the moment, or their own rhetoric. 'Voters didn't turn out for Democrats last November not because they don't want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don't want to fight for our values,' said Pritzker. He also spoke with NBC News demanding that the next Democratic administration vow accountability for members of the Trump administration accused of breaking the law or violating the Constitution. 'We're going to hold people responsible. They can't just get away with what they're doing right now. Anybody that's breaking the law, anybody that's breaching the Constitution as a regular matter of the way they run their offices, those people all should be investigated,' Pritzker said. Last year's speaker at the dinner was Minnesota's Governor Tim Walz, who at the time was raising his own national profile but was not yet under consideration for the spotlight — that elevation to prominence would take place months later, with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the race. Now, Kamala Harris 's old running mate is just one of several Democrats, including Harris herself, under consideration as possible 2028 contenders. The former vice president is also weighing a run for governor of California. The current governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is another one of those Democrats seen as potential 2028 fodder. But unlike his fellow Californian, Newsom seemed to be in Pritzker's crosshairs over Newsom's assertion that the political battle over the wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a distraction for the Democratic Party. The federal government continued into this week to refuse to order his return to the United States after handing him over to the government of El Salvador. Democrats including Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who represents Garcia's home state and met with him under Salvadoran supervision during a visit this month, have demanded his return to the US. He also aimed a clearer shot across Newsom's bow: "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 relieving the struggles of real people, have been timid, not bold." Newsom launched his own podcast in late February. Pritzker singled out the Trump administration's deportation program — and especially the government's use of El Salvador 's notorious CECOT prison to house Venezuelans and others accused of being gang members — in his speech. 'Let's start with something that should be easy to say: It's wrong to snatch a person off the street and ship them to a foreign gulag with no chance to defend themselves in a court of law,' said the governor. His remarks are just the latest example of comparatively younger leaders in the Democratic Party attempting to capture the energy and desire for action which voters have voiced at town hall-style events around the country since January, when Donald Trump took office and his DOGE cuts, led by Elon Musk, began at a rapid pace. Pritzker, who alleged that DOGE may have broken privacy laws by accessing sensitive data at the Social Security Administration and other agencies, spoke to NBC News the same day that Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to NBC's Meet the Press about his 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour, which has turned out tens of thousands of Americans over the past month. Sanders will be in Pennsylvania next week continuing that tour; other Democrats in the northeastern battleground state that flipped for Trump last year have taken to hosting 'empty chair' town halls in Republican districts as they respond to the same groundswell of voter anger against DOGE cuts. Harris is set to give her own speech touching on the actions of Trump's second administration on Wednesday — her first such address since her defeat in November.
NBC News
28-04-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
JB Pritzker implores Democrats to fight Trump as the potential 2028 candidate visits New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday took a stage commanded by past presidential hopefuls and implored Democrats to forcefully resist the Trump administration, while panning leaders in his own party for acting too timid for too long. As Pritzker denounced President Donald Trump's actions in a speech to New Hampshire Democrats, he also accused Democratic politicians of embracing a 'culture of incrementalism' that has led the party to be run over by Republicans, who are now implementing an agenda that is counter to the left's value system. 'It's time to fight, everywhere all at once,' Pritzker said. 'Let's start with something that should be easy to say: It's wrong to snatch a person off the street and ship them to a foreign gulag with no chance to defend themselves in a court of law.' Cheers rang out in the audience at that comment at the annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club state party dinner, which brought in the largest crowd New Hampshire Democrat s have seen since 2020, organizers said — more than 800 people. The presidential race is three years away, but animated Democrats who jumped to their feet several times on Sunday signaled a hunger to hear about challenging the Trump White House. It was the first event in a historic early presidential primary state to host a potential 2028 presidential candidate — and in Pritzker, it featured a politician who has thrown down an early marker on how best to challenge Trump and the GOP, as different Democrats seek out different lanes in the early days before the next national election. In an interview with NBC News, Pritzker batted away the notion that he's considering running for president, saying he has yet to decide whether he will seek a third term as governor in Illinois. But the billionaire Democrat has long been seen as a member of the short-list of 2028 contenders, and as someone who has self-funded his political campaigns in the past, Pritzker is well-positioned to launch a campaign. The state party dinner in New Hampshire is a traditional stop for potential presidential candidates in the years before a campaign. He has also been an early and consistent voice of opposition to Trump. In his state of the state address earlier this year in Illinois, Pritzker shifted to issue a warning about the administration's actions, saying, 'If you think I'm overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.' New Hampshire has long been the first-in-the-nation primary state in Democratic presidential contests. That changed under former President Joe Biden in 2024, but Democratic leaders have said they would likely revamp the calendar again before 2028. Pritzker told the Democrats he had never called for protests in the past but he was now calling for 'mass protests' 'mobilization' and 'disruption.' 'Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.' Pritzker said. In an interview, Pritzker went even further, saying if Democrats reclaim a majority in the House, they should investigate the actions of Trump administration officials, including who accessed sensitive taxpayer data. 'We're going to hold people responsible. They can't just get away with what they're doing right now,' Pritzker told NBC News. 'Anybody that's breaking the law, anybody that's breaching the Constitution as a regular matter of the way they run their offices, those people all should be investigated if they are breaking the law …. think about the privacy of Social Security and Medicaid records and all of that DOGE went in and just breached, as if that's okay. How about IRS records, right? I mean, all of that.' Back in his speech, Pritzker said Democrats should blame their losses last November on a 'lack of guts and gumption,' not because the party defends Black people, transgender kids and immigrants. 'Voters didn't turn out for Democrats last November not because they don't want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don't want to fight for our values,' he said. He also took a shot at other Democrats "flocking to podcasts." Though he did not single out anyone, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently launched his own podcast, which has generated some controversy inside the party. "What I find ironic about the current conversation surrounding our party," Pritzker said, "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 relieving the struggles of real people, have been timid, not bold."
Boston Globe
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, headlines NH fundraiser
The second-term governor has yet to say whether he will run for that office again in 2026, but the billionaire Hyatt heir has been laying the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign for years. Advertisement Pritzker drew national attention in February when he used part of his joint budget and State of the State address to argue for a parallel between Trump's rhetoric and the rise of Nazi Germany. Since then, the governor has spoken at the Human Right Campaign's Los Angeles dinner and is scheduled to headline a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party dinner in June. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Pritzker has carved out a distinct position among Democratic governors viewed as potential 2028 candidates. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has sought common ground with Trump, appearing alongside him multiple times early in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a podcast featuring friendly conversations with Trump loyalists, including Steve Bannon. Lou D'Allesandro, who retired from the New Hampshire state Senate last year after five decades in public service and met Pritzker in Chicago years ago, said the Illinois governor 'has all the ingredients to make it to the big time.' Advertisement 'He's very quick on his feet, very gregarious,' he said. But any Democrat who wants to win in 2028 has their work cut out for them, he said. 'They've got to reintroduce themselves to the grass roots,' he said. 'They've got to let people know Democrats care about them, or they're gonna be in big trouble.' Pritzker was a keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's 2022 convention, which at the time also fueled speculation he was looking toward a national post. He was elected to his second term as governor that year. Last year's featured speaker at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who went on to become the vice presidential nominee. The first 100 Club dinner was held in 1959 to promote the presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy. In 2020, speakers included 10 Democratic candidates for president. Cappelletti reported from Saugatuck, Michigan.
Chicago Tribune
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, headlines New Hampshire fundraiser
CONCORD, N.H. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will headline a major Democratic fundraiser in New Hampshire on Sunday as the potential 2028 presidential contender builds his national profile and positions himself as a leading voice opposing President Donald Trump. Pritzker has given several high-profile speeches this year criticizing Trump, but the keynote address at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner could be the most prominent. The annual event stands out among state Democratic fundraisers thanks to New Hampshire's role in holding the nation's first presidential primary. Pritzker will 'address rising authoritarianism and the need for Democrats to fight back,' according to a statement from his spokesperson, Jordan Abudayyeh. The second-term governor has yet to say whether he will run for that office again in 2026, but the billionaire Hyatt heir has been laying the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign for years. Pritzker drew national attention in February when he used part of his joint budget and State of the State address to argue for a parallel between Trump's rhetoric and the rise of Nazi Germany. Since then, the governor has spoken at the Human Right Campaign's Los Angeles dinner and is scheduled to headline a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party dinner in June. Pritzker has carved out a distinct position among Democratic governors viewed as potential 2028 candidates. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has sought common ground with Trump, appearing alongside him multiple times early in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched a podcast featuring friendly conversations with Trump loyalists, including Steve Bannon. Pritzker was a keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's 2022 convention, which at the time also fueled speculation he was looking toward a national post. He was elected to his second term as governor that year. Last year's featured speaker at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner was Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who went on to become the vice presidential nominee. The first 100 Club dinner was held in 1959 to promote the presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy. In 2020, speakers included 10 Democratic candidates for president.
