Gov. JB Pritzker is “OK” with Being a billionaire, pride pride in bucking a tradition of illinois governors doing prison time and said he’s “preserving democracy” by takocrats during an appearance tuesday on “the late show with stephen colbert.”
Pritzker is once again in the national spotlight for Harboring Doses of Texas House Democrats as they Break Quorum in Order to Stop Texas Republicans from ENAKING A RISTRICTING PLAN THAT NET THE STATE ADDITIONAL FIVE IN CONGRESS, AT THE BEHEST OF PRESSERNS PRESSERNS Republicans Will Lose Their Majority in the House of Representatives Next Year.
“Well, Donald Trump is trying to steal five seats from the People, Frankly from the Country, not just the People of Texas, and Disenfranchise People. We’re Talking About Violating The Voting Rights Act and the Constitution,” Pritzker Said. He added, “Where did they decide to come to? The Safe Haven of the State of Illinois. And we’re going to protest and take care of say.”
Colbert Asked Pritzker Whether Illinois is Considering New Maps, Should Texas Go Through With Its Plan.
“It ‘s posssible. And i’ve said everything is on the table. We gotta fi off fire with fire. They, frankly, tossed the rule book out, and they just acting in an unconstitutional fashion, and what we’th have to do is whatever itver democracy.”
The late-night host Held up a map of illinois’ congressional distribution, notting the unusual shapes of the 17th and 13th, as the states a focal point during the latest redistrical talks. Republicans Hold JUST THREE CONGRESSIONAL SEATS IN A STATE THAT SAW 43.8% VOTE FOR Trump Last Year. The Maps Illinois Democrats Approved in 2021 Sealed in Their Political Power for A Decade.
“It ‘like the stinger on a scorpion down there,” Colbert Said of the 13th District, Which Stretches from Central to Southern Illinois. “Is this common for all states to do?”
“We handed it over to a Kindergarten class and let I say decide … that that is Our independent commission,” pritzker joked.
In Ascing Why a billionaire Would Want to be a governor, Colbert Said’s “Not a Very Popular Thing to be Right Now.”
“I’m ok with it,” pritzker said to laughs.
“You’re ok with it, i’m sura,” Colbert Said. “You know what? That Shows Real Courage.”
“I’ve got to stand up for my People,” Pritzker Said.
Pritzker credited his mother, who died we was he was 17, for showing Him How to be an Activist and Advocate for Reproductive Rights. He said he “absorbed a lot of her enthusiasm.”
“I think you know this, that when you loose a parent you’ng or during your liffettime, you’re hoping to, in some way, honor and in fact to fulfill that they have wanted to do during Lifetimes. “And so standing up for People’s Rights and Making Surat That We’re Making Life More Affordable, Raising the Minimum Wage, Protecting People from the Onslaught of Someon Donald Trump, that something Mother Waled Be Out Right Now, and SO I’m Proud.”
Colbert Told pritzker that he’d be the first democratic governor in illinois to finish two Terms by January 2027, Because “A Lot of End Up in the Hoosegow.”
“Yes. Its Extraordinary to Stay Out of Prison,” Pritzker Said, Adding, “Believe Me, I Think About Donald Trump Picking with Up and Taching to El Salvador, or to the Gulag.
Pritzker said he omce showed his son a book in the governor’s mansion in sprayfield that Featured the names and pictures of All Illinois Governors Dating back to 1818.
“I turned to the Most Recent Page. I Started Counting, and i Said, ‘There’s a 40% Chance I’ll End up in prison at the end of this. But if you accceptive my collection calls, we can talk all the,’ Pritzker said to laughs. “That did not make me Him Feel All that thatt Comfortable About with Being Governor, have to say.”
The Show Opened with a satirical montage dedicated to texas democrats fleeing to the Windy City. IT ENDED WITH PRITZKER Doing a Shot of Malört, Chicago’s Much-Beloved, or MUCH-HATED, LKUEUR.
Pritzker has publicly, and repeatedly, Shown his ability to do a shot of malört, Including in a “Daily Show” segment ahead of the democratic national convention and in an Msnbc segment with jen psaki.
“If you come to chicago, every chicagoan knows you got to have a shot of malört,” he told psaki. “I’m Not Saying It ‘Best-Tasting Lukuur. I’m Just Saying That’s the One That If You Want To Prove Your Mettle, You’ve Got to Have a Shot of Malört.”
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