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Trump unveiled his vice presidential choice just two days after
surviving an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania Saturday.
Pritzker was at an unrelated press conference Tuesday when he
was asked to comment on Trump’s running mate Ohio Sen. J.D.
Vance.
“The fact is that he is someone who has very extremist views,”
Pritzker said. “As you may know he is not just anti-choice
against reproductive rights but he also thinks that if you have
been raped or have had incest committed against you, that you
should be forced to have that child.”
Pritzker has not hidden the fact that Illinois has become a safe
haven for women seeking an abortion.
When asked about the assassination attempt on Trump, the
governor took the opportunity to attack the former president.
“Donald Trump is a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, has
been a congenital liar, and is unfit for the office of
president,” said Pritzker. “Having said that, I am very pleased
that he remains relatively unharmed.”
Vance himself faced criticism in the wake of the shooting for a
post on X that suggested President Joe Biden was to blame for
the violence.
“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President
Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at
all costs,” Vance wrote. “That rhetoric led directly to
President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
The Republican National Convention continues this week in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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