Pritzker Blasts Trump 'Rhetoric,' Trump Fires Back On Call

[sabra]

Source: IL Patch

ILLINOIS — Gov. J.B. Pritzker pushed back against President Donald Trump's "inflammatory" rhetoric on a call with state and federal officials Monday morning.

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"We've called out our National Guard and our state police, but the rhetoric that's coming out of the White House is making it worse," Pritzker told the president, according to audio obtained by the Washington Post. "And I need to say that people are feeling real pain out there, and we've got to have national leadership in calling for calm and making sure that we're addressing the concerns of the legitimate, peaceful protesters. That will help us to bring order."

"OK, well thank you very much, J.B.," Trump told Pritzker. "I don't like your rhetoric much either."

Rather than calling for calm or addressing the protesters' concerns as Pritzker asked, Trump referred to the protesters as "antifa," "radical left" and "professional anarchists."

Read more: https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-challenges-trumps-inflammatory-rhetoric-call

[ZenDem]

1. Child.

"I know you are, but what am I?"

Jackass.

This unwanted lump of orange gelatin has been given every opportunity to stand up and lead with compassion, reason, logic and courage. He's just a dumb, fake bully. As soon as someone stands up to him, he retreats into name calling and temper tantrums.

Dumbfuck. It's over for you. Take your damned ball and go the fuck home, already.

[C Moon]

2. Jesus! He's a fucking 9-year-old!

[SunSeeker]

7. I peg him as a 6 year old. By 9 most kids develop empathy. nt

[Star-Thrower]

8. Let's just agree

that the dotard in the Oval Office is a freak of nature. Something went horribly wrong when daddy's sperm hit mama's eggs. Out of the womb came nothing that resembled a normal functioning human being. He emerged as a whining, crying for attention little boy. Sad that he has never evolved. Get rid of him he's damaged goods and our lives depend upon voting him out. (I'm so angry!)

[abqtommy]

3. Message to tRUMP: Welcome to the push-back, Jack-off!

[global1]

4. Trump Is Jealous Of Gov. Pritzker Because.....

Unlike Trump - Pritzker is a real billionaire - not a fake one like Trump.

Resentment looms big here.

[beachbumbob]

5. Trump is way out of his league if he wants to take our governor on.

[murielm99]

11. Did you happen to watch JB's presser today?

I saw it, completely by accident. I was trying to watch Jeopardy!

Someone challenged JB on his comments to trump. He said he challenged him because trump's rhetoric was contrary to Illinois' values.

We often laugh, in an embarrassed way, about all the Illinois governors who go to jail. What we forget are all the great statesmen and politicians who came from this state. Not all of them were Democrats, either.

We had Lincoln, Obama, Paul Simon, Carol Mosley Braun, Adlai Stephenson, the steady Durbin and heroic Duckworth. Ogilvie knew we needed a state income tax. He knew he would lose his governorship if it passed, but he did it anyway. We had Dirksen. We had Paul Douglas. There have been so many others I cannot name all of them. I did not necessarily agree with everything they did, but they had positive values and tried to live up to them.

I put JB in the same class as these people. He signed on to fix our state's credit mess, left by Rauner. He had a good budget plan. He is still trying to get a fair tax passed and to fix the pension mess. Now he will have a terrible budget shortfall, burned cities, racial unrest and thousands of deaths from a pandemic. He is not letting any of that stop him from being courageous, speaking up and doing a great job.

[beachbumbob]

12. I would support and vote for Pritzker if he chose to run for president in a heartbeat.

he is the real deal in the FDR fashion, willing to make the hard decisions to benefit people.

[SunSeeker]

6. We have an obnoxious 6 year old as president. It's horrifying.

He is utterly incapable of doing his job.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Gov. Wolf here in PA didn't even bother joining the call

[tclambert]

10. If you are anti the anti fascists . . . help me with the math here . . .

two negatives make a positive, so that makes you pro fascist?