Political Quotes

J.B. Pritzker

The Public Record

J.B. Pritzker is the 43rd Governor of Illinois, having taken office on January 14, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Pritzker has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development during his tenure. He has been an advocate for progressive taxation and has worked to increase funding for public schools and social services. Pritzker's administration has also been marked by efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts on the state.

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Oct 8, 2025

It is striking fear in the hearts of everybody in Chicago, and we have residents — this isn't just about undocumented people.

cbsnews.com
Oct 8, 2025

If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.

cbsnews.com
Oct 7, 2025

The Trump administration is following a playbook: cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

theintercept.com
Oct 6, 2025

The Trump administration’s illegal actions already have subjected and are subjecting Illinois to serious and irreparable harm.

nypost.com
Oct 6, 2025

Peaceful protesters have been hit with tear gas and shot with rubber bullets; journalists simply reporting the facts on the ground have been targeted and arrested; U.S. citizens, including children, have been traumatized and detained.

nbcnews.com
Oct 6, 2025

The Trump administration is following a playbook: Cause chaos, create fear and confusion, make it seem like peaceful protesters are a mob by firing gas pellets and tear gas canisters at them.

nbcnews.com
Oct 6, 2025

every American to speak up to help stop this madness.

nypost.com
Oct 6, 2025

I call on [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate.

nypost.com
Oct 6, 2025

It will cause only more unrest, including harming social fabric and community relations and increasing the mistrust of police.

nypost.com
Oct 6, 2025

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.

nypost.com
Oct 6, 2025

Why? To create the pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act so that he can send military troops to our city.

nbcnews.com
Oct 6, 2025

They are the ones that are making it a war zone.

apnews.com
Oct 5, 2025

It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

usatoday.com
Oct 5, 2025

Call up your troops, or we will.

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2025

ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being White. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now ICE is making it commonplace.

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2025

No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate. We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion.

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2025

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion.

nbcnews.com
Oct 5, 2025

I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people.

usatoday.com
Oct 4, 2025

I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump's acts of aggression against our people.

cbsnews.com
Oct 4, 2025

In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.

cbsnews.com
Oct 4, 2025

State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people's ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.

cbsnews.com
Oct 4, 2025

They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort to protect public safety.

cbsnews.com
Oct 4, 2025

Secretary Noem should no longer be able to step foot inside the State of Illinois without any form of public accountability.

nypost.com
Oct 4, 2025

I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois.

cbsnews.com
Oct 4, 2025

For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control.

nypost.com

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