February 25, 2025
Dear editor;
During his recent budget address, governor JB Pritzker pretentiously proclaimed, “We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one,” referring to president Donald Trump.
Ironic when you consider it was Pritzker who issued at least 41 consecutive disaster proclamations related to COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023, and over 100 specific executive orders tied to the pandemic. These orders included stay-at-home mandates, school and business closures, mask requirements, and vaccination mandates for certain workers.
Pritzker’s unilateral rule in Illinois disqualifies him from making public complaints about kings, fascists, and tyrants in America.
Moreover, his repeated attempts to redefine and paint political opponents as “Nazis” is getting very old.
Pritzker and his allies want the public to believe that “Nazis” are on the right side of the political spectrum. They are being deceitful. The National Socialist German Worker’s Party (Nazi) was organized to advance socialism. They advocated big government policies, putting them on the left side of the political spectrum. Think “Medicare for all,” “universal Pre-K,” and “universal free college,” among others. Sound familiar?
The governor doth protest too much, methinks.
David E Smith, executive director, Illinois Family Institute, Tinley Park