After Illinois’ richest resident Ken Griffin slams governor over Chicago violence, Pritzker claps back – Chicago Tribune (via YahooNews)

“Let’s remember that Ken Griffin brought you Bruce Rauner,” Pritzker said. Still, “we are nearly at a state of emergency in our need to address crime...We are very concerned about it at the state level and providing resources at a local level, not just to Chicago but to Rockford and other places around the state. But we need local leadership, including the corporate leadership, to step up and help our cities.”
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NoHope4Illinois
4 years ago

Pritzker is the Gov., who was handed EO authority by the supermajority Democrats. Griffin is a private citizen. Pritzker needs to stop bloviating about the crime wave he helped to excacerbate, and lead in stopping it! Otherwise step down – resign!

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