With recent speeches in Florida and New Hampshire, the speculation won’t go away that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is eyeing the White House.
As a speaker at a Florida Democratic Party conference, Pritzker attacked Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron Desantis, calling him Donald Trump with a mask. DeSantis himself is considered a potential Republican presidential candidate.
Pritzker’s Florida appearance came a month after his keynote speech before New Hampshire Democrats, who historically have been the ones to cast the first votes in presidential primary elections.
“Here is where the Republican game plan is the most audacious,” Pritzker said. “They want to distract you into believing that gay marriage, Black history, Disney World and library books are more of a threat to our children than an AR-15.”
He also grabbed the national stage following the Fourth of July shootings in Highland Park.
“I’m furious that this is happening in communities all across Illinois and America,” Pritzker said. “I’m furious because it does not have to be this way.”
Pritzker then got into a highly publicized Twitter feud with the National Rifle Association.
Pritzker faces Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, an avid gun rights advocate, in the November election for Illinois governor.
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