Wilson’s team points out that he’s given to Democrats, too. Bruce Rauner, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin and the Illinois Republican Party. Over the past decade, Wilson has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republicans and conservative political organizations, including former Gov. Pritzker’s restrictions on religious gatherings during the coronavirus lockdown. Blaine Wilhour and $10,000 to Ammie Kessem, 41st Ward Republican Committeemember.Īll that comes on the heels of Wilson opposing Democratic Gov. Darren Bailey, who’s running for the state Senate - and maneuvering to potentially run for governor after that. Wilson has been handing out cash to numerous GOP candidates this campaign season, including $5,000 to outspoken Republican Rep. Senate race, though you might not know that from his political donations. Willie Wilson is running as a third-party candidate in the U.S. In the meantime, Illinois residents - and millions of other Americans - must brace for the worst: government layoffs, service reductions and budget cuts. Though I anticipate after the election there will be a real desire to get something done quickly.” “Even though the president has thrown the talks into disarray now that he’s on a cocktail of steroids coming out of the hospital, we are going to need this support and whoever wins the election, the Congress and the president will have to step up to the plate. “I still anticipate that Congress will step up to the plate with a support package for state and local governments,” he told reporters during a virtual Q&A Wednesday afternoon. Platitudes and empty rhetoric by Mike Pence cannot paper over Donald Trump’s worst transgressions,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a statement after the debate.īefore the debate, Pritzker remained hopeful. “Kamala Harris exposed the profound leadership failures of the Trump-Pence administration. Chicago and Illinois already face dire consequences because tax revenues have plummeted in the economic shutdown and the slow recovery. They know that kicking the can down the road could jeopardize the nation’s economy. Members of Congress are still talking about piecemeal plans, writes POLITICO’s Ben White. It turns out Trump is backing off of his tweeted edict of no Covid relief until after the election, thus muddling his message that the economy is on track. But what it does show is the divisive and chaotic political landscape that remains and how it could hurt Illinois. Some other key moments.įor us, the question is how will it play out in Illinois? Answer: the VP debate doesn’t matter much. If there was any one stand-out moment (aside from that huge fly that buzzed about on Pence’s head), it was when the VP wouldn’t acknowledge there would be a peaceful transfer of power should Trump lose the election. So it sort of seemed like a regular old debate, aside from the Plexiglass and the masks, et al. And President Donald Trump, who is recovering from Covid-19, waited until after the debate to unleash a series of debate clips. Harris criticized Pence’s leadership of the White House coronavirus task force. Kamala Harris’ record as a prosecutor in California. In last night’s VP debate, Mike Pence attacked Sen. After the brief hiatus, we’ll return to our normal schedule Tuesday, Oct. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Illinois Playbook will not publish Monday, Oct. “I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate,” he said. POLITICAL DRAMA! President Donald Trump told Fox Business minutes ago he would not participate in his next scheduled faceoff with Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced this morning that the second presidential debate, slated for next week, will be conducted virtually. The post-debate results are in and the fly won! NO DEBATE FOR TRUMP-BIDEN? - FORGET VP DEBATE, IT’S THE ECONOMY - WILSON HEARTS the GOP - COVID in SCHOOLS
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