IL-Gov: Trump-backed Illinois candidate says 'let's move on' just hours after parade shooting

[Eugene]

Source: The Independent

Trump-backed Illinois candidate says ‘let’s move on’ just hours after parade shooting

Republican senator Darren Bailey is being backed by ex-president Donald Trump

Sravasti Dasgupta
6 hours ago

Hours after a mass shooting at a 4 July parade in Illinois left six people dead and dozens of others injured, state senator Darren Bailey asked Americans to move on and celebrate.

The Republican lawmaker said in a statement: “Let’s move on and celebrate the independence of this nation,” reported The Daily Beast.

“We have got to get corruption and evil out of our government.”

Mr Bailey is being backed by former president Donald Trump in the race for Illinois governor.

Mr Bailey who was speaking on a Facebook live from Skokie, a village around 20 minutes from Highland Park where the shooting took place, also praised law enforcement officials.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/darren-bailey-highland-park-shooting-trump-b2115809.html

Non-registration link: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-backed-illinois-candidate-says-081102468.html

[gohuskies]

1. Another callous deploreable Trumpanzee

These yokels sicken me with their false outrage and hollow offerings of sympathy for mass shootings that lay squarely at the feet of a-holes like Bailey.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Bailey's not ready for prime time.

But that whole sorry bunch of repubs who were vying for the nomination was the worst field I can remember. I'm not too worried about Pritzker's reelection.

[Bluethroughu]

3. +1

He has zero chance of a win.

[Bluethroughu]

4. The kind of people voting for him...

Write Jesus on orange cones for their drive way.

No joke.