Illinois Governor Calls for Mass Protests Against Republican Policies
At a rally on Sunday, April 27, 2025 during his ‘Standing Up For Illinois’ tour, Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) slammed the Trump Administration for how its policies affect working class Americans.
In a scorching address, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker delivered an impassioned call to arms for Democrats in New Hampshire, condemning his own party’s “culture of timidity” while urging wholesale resistance to the Trump administration.
Gov. Pritzker: Trump administration is ‘Pulling The Rug Out From Under’ those chasing the American Dream.
“Fellow Democrats, for far too long we’ve been guilty of listening to a bunch of do-nothing political types who would tell you that America’s house is not on fire, even as the flames are licking their faces.”
“It’s time to fight, everywhere and all at once. Now, let’s start with something that should be easy to say. It’s wrong to snatch a person off the street and ship them to a foreign gulag with no chance to defend themselves in a court of law.”
“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now.”
“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They have to understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.”
The speech, delivered to more than 800 Democrats at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club state party dinner — reportedly the largest crowd New Hampshire Democrats have seen since 2020 — saw Pritzker standing on the same stage where countless presidential hopefuls have tested their messages in the nation’s first primary state.
