JB Pritzker Shows Exactly How Democrats Must Talk About Trump And The GOP

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker went on Meet The Press and demonstrated exactly how Democrats should talk to the American people about Trump and his party.

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If there has been one consistent criticism of Democrats during both of Trump’s terms in the White House, it has been that the messaging and pushback aren’t strong enough. Part of the problem was born out of the fact that Democrats have tried to play by the old political rules, while Republicans scoffed at the rules and did whatever was necessary to win power.

Over time, my perspective has changed. What people thought was weakness in the Democratic message was something else. The Democratic message has often lacked clarity and directness.

Democrats too often talked about norms, rules, and institutions being harmed when the point that they were trying to make was that what Trump and his party have been doing is corrupt and wrong. They would use a bunch of words and talk about policies instead of being clear and direct.

Most Americans don’t pay attention to politics, so the simple and direct message is what often sinks in.

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Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois gets it.

On Meet The Press, Pritzker was asked to respond to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calling Illinois’s congressional map a joke, and he said:

Well, Governor Abbott is the joke. He's the one who is attempting mid-decade here, at a time when frankly all of us are concerned about the future of democracy, he's literally helping whittle it away and licking the boots of his leader, Donald Trump.

Here in Illinois, we followed the law. We provided a map and passed a map that follows the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution and the laws of the state of Illinois. He's attempting to thwart federal law and take away five seats that are in the hands of Black, Brown, minority Congress people and the people that they represent. He's taking those votes away. He's violating the Constitution. And all of us need to stand up and speak out and make sure that it's understood across the country that what they're trying to do in Texas is illegal.

This was powerful, but Pritzker was far from done, and we will discuss below.