By: Diane Benjamin
A new website tracks the amount of JB’s own inherited money he has used to buy Illinois: https://pritzkermoney.org/
In 2022 Pritzker bought Illinois Supreme Court justices – $2,000,000
From 2024-2026 JB funneled $12,000,000 to PACs – $10,000,000 of that want to Juliana Stratton’s Senate primary
In 2022 JB spent $350,000 on candidates in other states. In 2026 he has spent $10,300,000.
Pritzker has funneled $25,500,000 to Illinois Democrats and the Democratic Governors’ Association. See the Party and Dark Money tab – other amounts aren’t disclosed.
From 2018-2026 JB Pritzker has spent $414,000,000 buying his own elections.
That number will go higher when new campaign quarterly reports are filed.
Yes, Illinois has a king.
Anyone who votes for him likes massive wealth buying power.
The website has a lot of other information.
Is the Chicago Tribune going to report on why Stratton and JB are laughing? This is their picture, I bet they will never say Pritzker thinks he bought a senator:
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Pritzker has raised taxes or fees 57 times which took $77 billion out of the wallets of people in Illinois. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-57-tax-and-fee-hikes-cost-illinoisans-77-billion/
Only voters can stop him November 3rd.
I’d love a Republican in that seat and the governorship, but I fear we have zero percent chance of that happening this cycle. Illinois will vote for Republicans if the national environment is right, but Trump has created headwinds that are just too great to overcome. Too much stupid shit like renaming lakes, tearing down part of the White House and starting dumb wars. When I find myself having to defend him to my pissed off relatives who voted for him three times but are now fed-up, I know that we’re cooked. I’m as confident that we’re in for a bloodbath this election as I was that Trump would win in 2024. Not looking good.
Obama renamed a mountain and nobody blinked
Not trying to argue- I hated Obama as much as anyone. Just saying that my friends who have been as MAGA as anyone are unhappy with him right now in a way that I havent seen yet. Doesnt bode well for us this November.
Remind them he isn’t on the ballot, DsA is
The problem is he is literally going around telling people to act like he is on the ballot. He thinks that he is a net positive right now for Republicans. He’s been waaaaay too visible and wants to be as visible as possible for a guy with such a low overall approval rating. Its really going to hurt Republicans running in Illinois- makes it impossible to make the elections local. Hes literally doing Democrats job for them- they dont even have to try to tie local and state candidates to Trump. Hes doing it for them.
Pritzker bought Illinois. Trump is immaterial
If we want to vote Pritzker out, which I very much do, than the national environment certainly is not immaterial. Republicans can do well in Illinois when the national environment is favorable (just look at 2014). Right now, its about as bad a national environment as it could be.
Even my relatives in Ohio have told me that they are so pissed at gas prices, electric bills, and grocery prices that they’ll be sitting out this election in protest.
Its not good.
Pritzker is Napoleon from George Orwell’s book, “Animal Farm.” JK
Anyone who claims that they were a Trump supporter, but they are not now, are watching the wrong news. They fail to see the big picture. In my opinion, everything he does is for the good of the country. Of course, difficult decisions often come with some undesirable consequences. But in the end, he is right about almost everything. JK
Once again, I agree. But most people fixate on how theyre doing financially. Gas, energy, grocery, and housing costs are still ballooning. The same things that sunk Biden with Democrats are on track to sink Republicans this November. Things aren’t good for most people, and people blame whatever party has the most power in our country- and right now thats Republicans. Honestly, if I were in Republican leadership, I wouldn’t even waste money in Illinois. Theres no way they win because of the overall climate. Il dropping that cash in Maine, Alaska, Ohio, and even Texas to make sure we hang onto those Senate seats.