Gubernatorial Candidate Chris Kennedy reacts to Rauner speech

[June 21, 2017]  The Kennedy campaign issued the following statement in response to Governor Rauner's unity speech:

"Governor Rauner promised a grand, unifying speech. Instead, all we got was a few minutes of empty remarks in an empty room. The only unifying thing Bruce Rauner is doing is bringing voters together to support radical change in Illinois. We have state leadership that has completely and utterly failed us. It doesn't have to be this way. Compromise - real compromise - like the kind that happens before the session ends when lawmakers are debating the merits of their proposals, is not surrender.

"This speech is indicative of Rauner's views on "unity". He goes around our lawmakers, operates outside our legislative process, and talks into a camera in an empty room instead of bringing us a balanced budget.

"As he's said before, if Chris Kennedy is elected as the next governor and he doesn’t balance the budget, he won’t run again. That’s the level of accountability and honesty that’s sorely missing in Springfield."

[Kennedy for Illinois]