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Gov. JB Pritzker survives 'political circus' in Washington as GOP pins immigration woes on Democrats
Pritzker provided the committee with a five-page opening statement, in which he’ll highlight the state’s response to the migrant crisis and tout that crime is down in Illinois, in an effort to tackle the unproven rhetoric that immigrants who lack legal status are a major source of violence.
Rep. Brandon Gill dredged up the eight-year-old tweet from Pritzker during a heated House Oversight Committee hearing with sanctuary state governors.
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‘He’s Overstepping’: JB Pritzker Blasts Trump White House For Egregious Abuses Of Power In Heated House HearingIllinois Governor JB Pritzker blasted President Donald Trump's White House for its egregious abuses of the law during a House oversight committee hearing today.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) asks Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) if he has ever used a women's bathroom, after encouraging others to do so. REP. BRANDON GILL (R-TX): Do you think men should be allowed in women's restrooms?
Joining the governors of New York and Minnesota Thursday in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, asked the three governors for their response to threats of being arrested for allegedly impeding federal immigration enforcement with migrant sanctuary policies.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and suggested ICE shouldn't be abolished. Pritzker was also questioned about gender identity and donations to a Muslim advocacy group.
Though he wrote “both sides are to blame” for the nation’s immigration issues, Pritzker wrote “some border state governors and mayors” chose to “treat people as pawns.” Pritzker and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott frequently butted heads during the migrant surge.
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Mediaite on MSNPritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’Illinois Governor JB Pritzker did not appreciate the line of questioning he received from Rep. Mary Miller during a committee meeting on Thursday. The post Pritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’ first appeared on Mediaite.