‘Flatulating’ Trump waiting to be 'first felon elected president’: Illinois governor
CHICAGO — As Democratic leaders gathered in Chicago for a Democratic National Convention walkthrough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker let it rip on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
“It's a choice between kindness and cruelty, between a president who stands up against hatred and extremism, or a candidate who promises to be a dictator and makes excuses for white supremacists who chant ‘Jews will not replace us,’” Pritzker said Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago.
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“It's a choice between a president who wakes up every morning, working to improve the lives of families across this country, and a guy who spends all day watching TV or flatulating in a courtroom waiting to become the first felon elected president,” Pritzker continued, referencing reports of Trump farting while on trial in New York for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to adult film actor and director Stormy Daniels.
Trump’s legal situation is dire: He currently faces 88 felony charges across four different criminal cases. He has also been found liable in civil court for sexual abuse and defamation of a writer, E. Jean Carroll, alongside liability for inflating Trump Organization property values to receive more favorable loans and tax breaks — and faces hundreds of millions of dollars in combined fines.
Illinois governor JB Pritzker speaks to media at the United Center on Wednesday. (Photo by Alexandria Jacobson/Raw Story)
The Democratic National Convention will be held from August 19 to August 22 in Chicago at the United Center and McCormick Place from August 19-22. There, President Joe Biden’s nomination as the Democratic party candidate will be made official.
The convention is expected to draw 50,000 visitors, 20,000 members of the media and 5,500 delegates to Chicago, according to the Democratic National Convention website.
The Republican National Convention will be held in nearby Milwaukee from July 15-18, where Trump will become the official Republican nominee.
Pritzker, who has served as Illinois’ Democratic governor since 2019, called the differences between Trump and Biden “stark.”
“Chicago DNC 2024 will remind voters about the choice that they have in November, pitting Democratic values against what the MAGA extremists will be saying a month earlier in Milwaukee because the contrast couldn't be more clear,” said Pritzker, a billionaire whose family owns the Hyatt hotel chain.
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Pritzker is rumored to be eyeing a future White House campaign himself. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson; Jamie Harrison, chair of the Democratic National Committee; Minyon Moore, chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention; and Anita Dunn, senior adviser to Biden, joined Pritzker today’s event, among other speakers.
“We don't shy away from our values. In fact, we fight for them, whether we're fighting for reproductive rights, workers rights, civil rights, fighting for the rights of those who are struggling to find housing, fighting for public accommodations. That's what we do,” Johnson said. “That's why I'm confident that we are going to send President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris back to the White House, because we're going to fight to ensure that their values receive four more years.”
The Democratic National Committee announced Chicago as its host site for the convention in April 2023. Johnson described Chicago as the “greatest freakin’ city on the planet” and said it earned the “starring role because of our commitment to Democratic values.”
Those values include workers rights, voting rights, civil rights and reproductive rights, Pritzker said.
“Chicago and Illinois aren't just places to host a convention but we're also the best place to show what it means when we say Democrats deliver,” Pritzker said.