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Hours After July 4 Shooting, GOP Guv Nom Calls On Everyone To Move On Already
Get Over It, People
Darren Bailey, the Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for Illinois governor, put out a video about the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park which urged people to “pray for justice to prevail,” and “then let’s move on and let’s celebrate the independence of this nation.”
The alleged shooter was still at large at the time Bailey posted the video, something the candidate himself noted in his message immediately before saying everyone needs to get over the shooting (which left six people dead): “The shooter is still at large so let’s pray for justice to prevail, and then let’s move on and let’s celebrate the independence of this nation.”
Link to tweet
Bailey put out a statement (we’re not gonna call it an apology) later saying he apologized “if” he “diminished the pain being felt across our state today.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hours-after-july-4-shooting-gop-guv-nom-calls-on-everyone-to-move-on-already/ar-AAZdsWT