Illinois governor candidate stands by ad blasted as racist

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Washington Post

A Republican lawmaker trying to unseat Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is standing by a campaign ad that has been blasted as racist and homophobic, despite the state party chairman’s call for her to stop airing it and apologize.

State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a social and fiscal conservative, said the ad that began airing this weekend illustrates the GOP governor’s “chosen constituents based on the policy choices he made” and primary voters need to know about his record.

The ad features actors portraying, among others, a transgender woman, an African-American Chicago Teachers Union member and a woman wearing a pink hat associated with women’s marches. Each of them thanks Rauner for his policies. The ad is a take on a Rauner campaign ad in which GOP governors from neighboring states thanked Illinois’ Democratic House speaker for policies they say pushed people and jobs to their states.

The actor in Ives’ ad who is playing the deep-voiced transgender woman, wearing a dress that reveals chest hair, says “Thank you for signing legislation that lets me use the girl’s bathroom.” The woman in the pink hat says “Thank you for making all Illinois families pay for my abortions.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/illinois-governor-candidate-stands-by-ad-blasted-as-racist/2018/02/03/50716ee6-08fb-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

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Rauner is evil, but this ad is truly offensive at a tRumpian level. Here's a link for those of strong of stomach:

[hibbing]

1. "social and fiscal conservative"

Sigh.........this country has such a long long way to go. I'm sure self-proclaimed pussy grabber is fine with her.


Peace

[olegramps]

9. Trump has embolden the fascists. They are crawling out of the sewers like a plague.

[beachbum bob]

2. Ives is a batshit crazy republican, I truly enjoy the karma as Ives tears into worthless rauner

[AKing]

16. She tore him apart in front of the Tribune Editorial Board

[beachbum bob]

18. Illinois has their fair share of racists...where I have heard

"I'm not racist, I just don't like black people"..thats how fucked up some people are in thinking that aren't rotten bigots and racists

[orleans]

3. i've seen this fucking thing two or three times on the tv today

omg!
and it's only february!

[Judi Lynn]

4. You could call her ads "racist and homophobic" or simply "evil."

Rep. Jeanne Ives

Republicans can't function at all if they can't cheat and attack.

[Glorfindel]

10. She certainly has the self-satisfied smirk that seems to be required of Repukes

Maybe she'll defeat Rauner in the primary, perhaps opening the way for a Democratic victory. That would be nice!

[paleotn]

12. I absolutely hate people like her...

with every fiber of my being. I wouldn't piss on her if she were on fire.

[Ken Burch]

5. You'll notice they also depicted the transgendered woman as stereotypically "New York".

(and we all know what THAT is a euphemism for to Midwestern conservatives).

They knew they couldn't directly play to the anti-Semites yet(they're gonna roll that out if T___p gts a second term, when they're sure no one can stop them anymore), but they feel they can be a lot less subtle about it than they use to have to be.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Rauner is a button pusher himself.

[murielm99]

7. Let them tear each other apart.

I hope some other repiggies in other states go after each other, too. They all deserve each other.

[Kristofer Bry]

8. "Opposing Law Enforcement"

You mean like the Republicowards in Washington, Jeanne?

[Lucky Luciano]

11. Deplorables. nt

[PatSeg]

13. Whoa

That looks more like an SNL spoof of a political ad. She is as tone deaf as she is hateful.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. She's not from some backwater part of the state, either.

Her district includes much of the western suburbs of Chicago, including BillyGrahamland.

The scary thing is, this could get worse. Rauner is still going to have to wrestle Ives for the deplorable vote so he'll probably do some dog whistling of his own in response to this ad.

[MountCleaners]

15. Some of the worst racists in Illinois

...are in the suburbs, especially the far suburbs. They live there because of white flight and I see them on Facebook all of the time, making racist comments about Chicago.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. I grew up in DuPage county and have often called it here "the county white flight built."

I'm on the eastern edge of a federal congressional district that extends over much of this same territory Ives serves in the IL senate. When I go to Raja K's Facebook page I just cringe at some of the posts from folks out in the western area.