Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Gov Pritzker seems to be lacking in integrity – He’s been in the sewer of Chicago politics for so long he doesn’t know any different it seems. What a disgrace!
He give his mealy-mouthed blind trust defense, as if that insulates him from any conflict of interest. His people awarded the contracts and that puts him very much in a potential conflict of interest based on that. There are ways to deal with that issue, such as to show that the companies obtained the contracts under open-bidding, but just arguing he has a blind trust doesn’t answer whether they are still being shown favoritism.