Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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Audio and summary linked here.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
It’s easy to understand downstaters frustration. Democrats and Chicago/Cook County are the problem. Almost every state official, except the treasurer, is from Cook. Through the unions, they have gerrymandered the Republicans out of legislative existence. Supposedly, IL is 40+% Republican and the vast majority of counties vote Republican in presidential elections, yet, you’d never know it looking at state and federal congressional offices. Pritzker and his supermajorities pass progressive laws to eliminate Republicans. The majority of Illinoisans do not support late term abortions, yet Pritzker brags about IL being any time abortion central. How you break this stranglehold in the… Read more »
Of course the Republican Party in Illinois want secession. They can’t convince the majority of the state to vote their way so they would rather whine about something that will NEVER happen. Why would the majority ever allow the minority to leave just so the minority could gain 2 senate seats? That would be political malpractice and won’t happen any time soon.
Of course it’s about ‘convincing’ LOL. The Bolsheviks convinced about 25% of Tsarist Russia to reform into communism too. There are massive structural hurdles for the IL Republican Party to overcome. Are you aware that the Democrat Party passed a bill in the middle of election season denying Republicans the right to slate candidates for upcoming elections? I bet you weren’t aware of that (/snark!!!). And the gerrymandering; and the mail in voting, and of course, the fact that only 45% of the state is Republican. But these problems aren’t unique to Illinois, our Democrats neighbors to the east in… Read more »
TRUMP 2024
“Let’s rebuild the state’s Republican Party into a formidable opposition instead of a superminority. And let’s champion statewide candidates who can truly compete across Illinois, win and implement change, not just perform well in local enclaves. ”
Let’s also snort fairy dust and harvest unicorn horns too.
That’s just the right attitude to turn it into fantasy. How about not shoving out Republicans who don’t want to join the personality cult?
LOL – I don’t heed or listen to any Democrat’s advice on how to reform the Republican Party….
How about shoving out the Communist Democratic Party who only cares about Black/Brown, LGBTQ+, criminals, and Illegals. They don’t care about working class