"Pritzker's no-holds-barred speech took aim at Trump's administration, specifically the Republican government's education strategy. Pritzker said: "Books are being banned. History is being erased. Republicans want to take billions away from public schools and pump it into private institutions. They want to punish teachers for telling the truth. They want to criminalise educators for supporting LGBTQ students. They want to turn classrooms into cultural war battlegrounds. And I'm sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.""
"He said: "Books are being banned. History is being erased. Republicans want to take billions away from public schools and pump it into private institutions. They want to punish teachers for telling the truth. They want to criminalize educators for supporting LGBTQ students. They want to turn classrooms into cultural war battlegrounds. And I'm sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can f**k all the way off.""
JB Pritzker urged Donald Trump and his allies to 'f*** all the way off' while accusing Republicans of banning books, erasing history, diverting billions from public schools to private institutions, punishing teachers for telling the truth, and criminalizing educators who support LGBTQ students. The remarks described classrooms as becoming cultural war battlegrounds. The comments were met with cheers from the convention crowd. Pritzker has previously signed laws protecting trans students, banned conversion therapy for minors, and expanded access to gender-affirming healthcare in Illinois. The remarks criticized efforts to shift public education funding toward private institutions and to politicize classroom instruction.
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