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Friday, President Joe Biden arrived in Illinois to campaign for
two incumbent Chicago-area Democratic members of Congress.
Saturday at an event in Joliet, when talking about social
security as a safety net for senior citizens, Biden addressed
protesters.
“I love those signs when I came in. Socialism,” Biden said.
“Give me a break. What idiots. Socialism.”
On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris joined other Democrats,
including incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker, in Chicago for a
get-out-the-vote rally.
Pritzker held his own events around the state. Later Saturday,
he called publications being sent across the state critical of
the SAFE-T Act “B.S.” Earlier Saturday in Aurora, he used the
expletive term after checking for any children in the room.
“So, I just want you to know when you’re talking to people at
the doors, or you’re picking up the phone and you’re calling
voters, and they’re asking you about this, you can say two
things. One, complete [expletive]. And two, Pritzker and [Lt.
Gov. Juliana Stratton] are fighting to keep people safe in their
neighborhoods,” Pritzker told supporters.
Pritzker defended the measure he enacted which eliminates cash
bail statewide on Jan. 1.
“There’s nobody, nobody in the state legislature, there’s nobody
in the governor’s office, none of us want to let violent
criminals out of jail. That is not what the SAFE-T Act does,”
Pritzker said in DuPage County.
Pritzker’s get-out-the-message has been “are you ready for the
fight?”
Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Darren Bailey,
R-Xenia, held rallies throughout the state, including Saturday
in McLean County.
“And this farmer can see that a pandemic of sophisticated
wokeness is killing our way of life,” Bailey said. “I will not
give up on Illinois. I will continue to stand for Illinois and
the question I have is will you stand with me?”
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Scott Schluter is also on
the ballot.
The election is Tuesday.
Greg Bishop reports on Illinois government and
other issues for The Center Square. Bishop has years of
award-winning broadcast experience and hosts the WMAY Morning
Newsfeed out of Springfield.
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