"As the Illinois governor, J. B. Pritzker, begins a run for a third term and contemplates a campaign for President in 2028, he has fashioned himself as a pugnacious spokesman for the resistance to Donald Trump and the sweeping raids by government agents who are carrying out the Administration's mass-deportation policy. He has called the President "the modern embodiment of tyranny" in jibes that have made him a target of Trump and his lieutenants, who have said that he should be thrown in jail."
"Pritzker has confidence in his ability to deal with the onslaught. When I interviewed him a few weeks into the COVID pandemic, he was struggling to get help from the Trump Administration and feeling frustrated with the White House response. I pointed out that he was still pretty new to the business of governing. "I think I was built for this," he replied."
J. B. Pritzker is running for a third term as Illinois governor and is contemplating a 2028 presidential campaign. He has positioned himself as a confrontational defender against President Donald Trump and aggressive immigration enforcement, condemning ICE and Border Patrol raids in and around Chicago that have resulted in thousands of arrests. He publicly labeled the President "the modern embodiment of tyranny" and answered threats with defiance. He asserts steady crisis-management ability rooted in personal losses and prior professional experience as an investor and billionaire, and he reported difficulty obtaining federal assistance during the COVID pandemic.
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