Posted on Aug 19, 2023
Illinois GOP hopes for unity —not Trump —during State Fair Republican Day
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During Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair Thursday, state party leaders sought a message of unity ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
One apparent strategy in driving home that message was to not mention former President Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal indictments. While Trump’s name and political slogans were visible on signage and clothing at the fair rally, the speakers generally kept their focus on the policies of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
Senate Republican Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, criticized several Pritzker policies, alluding to the passage of a criminal justice reform law that eliminated cash bail and the governor’s recent veto of a bill that would have allowed construction of new nuclear power in Illinois.
“Gov. Pritzker thinks he, not judges and our heroes in law enforcement, should decide which victims deserve justice and which criminals walk free,” he said, later adding Pritzker is “more concerned about special interests than reducing energy costs for families and businesses.”
Curran’s Senate Republican Caucus holds just 19 seats compared to 40 for Democrats. The state House has a 78-40 Democratic majority, and Democrats hold all statewide elected offices.
Curran contended that the way to turn the tide in the General Assembly is “one seat, one door, one new voter at a time.”
One apparent strategy in driving home that message was to not mention former President Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal indictments. While Trump’s name and political slogans were visible on signage and clothing at the fair rally, the speakers generally kept their focus on the policies of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
Senate Republican Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, criticized several Pritzker policies, alluding to the passage of a criminal justice reform law that eliminated cash bail and the governor’s recent veto of a bill that would have allowed construction of new nuclear power in Illinois.
“Gov. Pritzker thinks he, not judges and our heroes in law enforcement, should decide which victims deserve justice and which criminals walk free,” he said, later adding Pritzker is “more concerned about special interests than reducing energy costs for families and businesses.”
Curran’s Senate Republican Caucus holds just 19 seats compared to 40 for Democrats. The state House has a 78-40 Democratic majority, and Democrats hold all statewide elected offices.
Curran contended that the way to turn the tide in the General Assembly is “one seat, one door, one new voter at a time.”
Illinois GOP hopes for unity —not Trump —during State Fair Republican Day
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..."n another apparent shift from past elections, Republican rallygoers embraced vote-by-mail strategies – a component of recent elections that Trump has repeatedly cited in his debunked voter fraud claims.
“We will be working hard to bank as many pre-Election Day votes as possible next year, because the political party that votes for weeks and months will mathematically beat the party that only votes for one day,” Tracy said.
Later he contended it wasn’t a shift in party strategy and Republicans had embraced vote-by-mail in previous elections, even though “it’s really hard to have a safe or secure election vote by mail.”
“But that is the rule in Illinois,” he said. “We gotta live by the rules before we can change it to a more fair, secure election system.”
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. It is distributed to hundreds of print and broadcast outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, along with major contributions from the Illinois Broadcasters Foundation and Southern Illinois Editorial Association."...
..."n another apparent shift from past elections, Republican rallygoers embraced vote-by-mail strategies – a component of recent elections that Trump has repeatedly cited in his debunked voter fraud claims.
“We will be working hard to bank as many pre-Election Day votes as possible next year, because the political party that votes for weeks and months will mathematically beat the party that only votes for one day,” Tracy said.
Later he contended it wasn’t a shift in party strategy and Republicans had embraced vote-by-mail in previous elections, even though “it’s really hard to have a safe or secure election vote by mail.”
“But that is the rule in Illinois,” he said. “We gotta live by the rules before we can change it to a more fair, secure election system.”
Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government. It is distributed to hundreds of print and broadcast outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, along with major contributions from the Illinois Broadcasters Foundation and Southern Illinois Editorial Association."...
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I think Illinois is going to see a voting correction I n the next election. The people of Chicago and NYC might finally be waking up to the "you get what you vote for for" policies of the left; as they rage over illegals being given money and resources that should be being spent on low income communities and their needs instead of housing illegals and paying for people that aren't American Citizens. It'll be interesting to see if democrats can keep the stronghold they've had over these places that deemed themselves "sanctuary cities," when it sounded good while campaigning but when it came time to be those "sanctuary cities," were begging everyone to stop sending them the illegals, the non-american citizens as they flood/flooded the border. It's OK for the borders to be open when it's the border towns absorbing the blunt of the cost and chaos but became much less OK when these "sanctuary cities" themselves had to start absorbing the cost and chaos from the weak and lackluster border policies of the BIDEN admin! It's a bit comical to watch and read about, but also troubling because ultimately it's affecting the safety and well-being of America and every AMERICAN-CITIZEN in it.
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