* JB Pritzker is holding a press conference late this morning to talk about HB 40 and “Bruce Rauner’s failure to fight for Illinois women.” He’ll be joined by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, Sen. Heather Steans, Ald. Pat Dowell and others. I’m told the event will include a denouncement of Rauner’s new communications staffer Brittany Carl, who compared abortion to Nazi eugenics.
* Meanwhile, this was posted the other day but I didn’t see it until yesterday…
* Also…
* But this is from Dan Proft’s Chicago City Wire…
Governor Bruce Rauner should be lauded for hiring “intelligent, diverse, and well-rounded” staff, says Illinois Right-to-Life Executive Director Emily Troscinski.
Troscinski’s comments come amidst demands by Rauner critics that he only hire staff who support abortion rights.
Rauner, who is pro-choice, has nonetheless employed both pro-choice and pro-life staff members since assuming the job of governor in Jan. 2015.
“Democrats and self-proclaimed ‘women’s rights’ groups seem more obsessed with having the government only hire employees that agree with their radical abortion litmus test, rather than hiring those best qualified for the job,” she told Chicago City Wire.
“Our state is on the verge of financial collapse and pro-abortion Democrats are standing knee deep in dredging up abortion quotes rather than fixing our state’s current financial crisis.”
Troscinski is referring to news stories published by media hostile to Rauner attacking a newly-hired communications staff member who criticized people using abortion to “rid the world of disabled and other ‘unwanted’ persons.”
The comment was made in an April blog post.
Reporters from the Chicago Sun-Times and Politico published stories suggesting Rauner should fire the staff member.
Trocinski called the stories “fabricated outrage.”
“This discriminatory smear campaign by pro-abortion democrats sends quite a clear message to Illinoisans: if you’re a successful pro-life woman, you’re not welcome in public service,” Troscinski said.
*** UPDATE *** Pritzker campaign…
Today, JB Pritzker stood with HB 40 sponsors Representative Sara Feigenholtz and Senator Heather Steans, Alderman Pat Dowell, and Illinois women at a press conference at the Chicago Cultural Center to highlight the need for a governor who stands with them in the fight to protect women’s healthcare. JB also announced a postcard campaign, encouraging women from across the state to hold Rauner accountable for his promise to sign HB 40.
Despite campaigning on protecting women’s healthcare, Bruce Rauner has threatened to veto HB 40, critical legislation to protect and expand the right to choose in Illinois. In a further sign of his hard-right turn on reproductive healthcare, a new Rauner hire compared a woman’s right to choose to Nazi eugenics. Instead of condemning this statement, Rauner remained silent.
“I’m running for governor as a proud feminist,” said JB Pritzker. “For over twenty years, I’ve marched for women’s rights and for the right of women to access healthcare. From marching in Washington with NARAL 25 years ago, all the way to the march in Springfield alongside Alderman Dowell this April.
“In the last week, Bruce Rauner has made it clear that he has fully committed to heading down the same path of bigotry and hatred that Donald Trump paved for him. He brought a staffer into the governor’s office who compared the right to choose to Nazi eugenics. As a feminist, as a Jew, and just as a human being I am appalled.
“Today, I stood with Illinois leaders to talk about how we resist Bruce Rauner and Donald Trump and their attacks on women’s rights. We also signed postcards demanding that Rauner sign HB 40 into law. It won’t be long until he starts receiving thousands of them from women across the state. But we won’t stop there. This fight is too important. The stakes are too high. I look forward to standing with women across Illinois as we continue to resist and fight for what’s right.”
…Adding… Pritzker’s people are claiming a turnout of over 350…
- South of Sherman - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:43 am:
“Troscinski’s comments come amidst demands by Rauner critics that he only hire staff who support abortion rights.”
Who exactly has done that? Asking that your staff not compare women making difficult personal choices to Nazis is not the same as applying an abortion litmus test to all hires.
- TA - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:44 am:
When this story broke the other day I said I was very curious how long this staffer would be around for. It was starting to look like the story was on its way out and the damage was contained. Now… I’m not so sure.
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:46 am:
Why don’t Troscinski and Proft concentrate on getting their Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate to pass an abortion ban on the national level. If it is so important to the republican party, just get it done while they have all the power.
- Anon E. Moose - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:48 am:
I’m willing to bet there are pro-life women out there that don’t think lawful abortion is the same as Nazi Germany.
- Chicago Cynic - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:49 am:
“…rather than hiring those best qualified for the job,” she told Chicago City Wire.”
In what universe are these amateurs, “best qualified for the job?” Only on planet Proft.
- The Captain - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:51 am:
Every day for quite a while this Governor’s office staff drama has dominated the headlines and they have daily self inflicted wounds. This morning the Governor demanded that the Senate send him SB1 by Monday or he’ll call special session. The Senate Dems would be stupid to give him the chance to change the subject until he proves he can go two or three straight days without another bad press story about his staff turnover. Today is not that day and looking at the early morning twitter it looks like tomorrow won’t be either.
- Phil King - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:51 am:
==“Our state is on the verge of financial collapse and pro-abortion Democrats are standing knee deep in dredging up abortion quotes rather than fixing our state’s current financial crisis.”==
This hits the nail on the head.
Abortion is not an issue in IL governance so it should not be an issue in the campaign. Roe v Wade is law.
If JB is so concerned about abortion, and cares so little about the fiscal health of the state, maybe he should dump his millions into fighting over SCOTUS nominees instead of IL governor.
- Arsenal - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:56 am:
It’s not that she’s pro-life, that’s fine. It’s that she compares pro-choicers to Nazis.
If nothing else, breaking Godwin’s Law shows a paucity of imagination that bodes poorly for her skills as a communicator.
- Undiscovered country - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:58 am:
And how exactly does a communications flack assist with the states currnt fiscal crisis? Better sound bites don’t generate revenue or reduce expenses. And by what measure was
She successful?
- Sonny - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:59 am:
I’m sorry, this is a diverse group of six people they’ve hired? I’m talking about the ones we all owe a deep debt of gratitude even though they’ve been on the job for less than a week and have been doing a terrible job. Keep it up?
- slow down - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 9:59 am:
Rauner will have a far harder time playing the old “Bruce doesn’t have a social agenda” game with this type of hire. He’s giving Pritzker and the dems a huge gift by letting this story play out.
- Honeybear - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:00 am:
No sorry Pritzker crew- that’s wrong in my opinion
I feel you should not highlight SB40 ( which I have personally rallied for in Springfield) by
Throwing a young low level staffer
under the bus
For opinions expressed before her government service
(Even if it was April)
No sir
it doesn’t matter if others would do it
I hold you accountable for YOUR actions
Jobs are too precious for young people
Don’t assume she’ll be taken care of
(Note the 21)
You have so many other options against Rauner that don’t involve Ruining a young woman’s career
JB this right here is as the Marines say
The hill I want to die on
You do this, how do I know you won’t throw others under the bus because you can get a shot in
Collateral damage does matter
Jobs matter
Women matter
Take the high road
Don’t be like Rauner
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:00 am:
Republicans have held on to pro-life voters long enough. If it is such an important issue - tell Trump, Ryan, and McConnell to schedule the vote. After it is signed into law, challenge it at the Republican controlled Supreme Court and win!
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:02 am:
Notice what particular word is completely omitted from the Proft paper’s version of this story?
- Lucky Pierre - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:03 am:
“pass an abortion ban”
how would that work with Roe vs Wade being the law of the land per the Supreme Court?
Congress can pass such a law?
Sounds like you need to brush up on your civics 360 degree
- Phil King - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:04 am:
==“Our state is on the verge of financial collapse and pro-abortion Democrats are standing knee deep in dredging up abortion quotes rather than fixing our state’s current financial crisis.”==
This hits the nail on the head.
Abortion is not an issue in IL governance so it should not be an issue in the campaign. Roe v Wade is law.
If JB is so concerned about abortion, and cares so little about the fiscal health of the state, maybe he should dump his millions into fighting over SCOTUS nominees instead of IL governor.
- Arsenal - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:04 am:
==Jobs are too precious for young people==
How far are you willing to take this line of thinking, though? I would argue that she’s demonstrably bad at her job and hurting her organization. Is that organization nonetheless required to keep her on because employment has been tough for her demographic cohort? Is she beyond criticism because she might not be able to get another job?
I spent the first nine months after law school without a job, so I’m very sensitive to these plights. But when someone does something stupid, I don’t think we have to not say so.
- SinkingShip - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:05 am:
===”Troscinski’s comments come amidst demands by Rauner critics that he only hire staff who support abortion rights.”===
Huh? Proft made that up. Otherwise he’d have a quote.
===“This discriminatory smear campaign by pro-abortion democrats sends quite a clear message to Illinoisans: if you’re a successful pro-life woman, you’re not welcome in public service,” Troscinski said.===
Wrong. First, the “pro-abortion” thing reveals her own bias and lack of any interest in intelligent debate. Second, the real message is painfully obvious: If you make inflammatory and outrageous statements, people will disagree with you. “Successful, pro-life women” don’t get a pass.
- City Zen - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:07 am:
“shaming women for making healthcare choices”
I suppose that’s one way of putting it.
- Politix - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:09 am:
Honeybear: Take the high road when it comes to comparing women’s personal health decisions to decisions made by Nazis? You’re tone policing. Look it up.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:09 am:
- Honeybear -
With respect,
This isn’t a policy staffer, a behind the scenes cog, or someone with a solid background of work to pint away from this.
This staffer is the face of Rauner and his policies and governing.
This staffer, at times, will be speaking for the governor of Illinois, representing him and his governing and her own credibility and work-product speak to the quality and execution in that role.
If you made fun of Sean Spicer for his own credibility, why did you do so? For me, it’s Spicer trading off his own credibility to give credence to the Administration.
In this instance, by placing this staffer front and center, and with limited work-product to blunt something just written weeks ago, Rauner is showing an embracing of someone with that language in the work-product as the credible voice for him and his Administration.
It’s far, far bigger than a career. It just is.
Some positions have a different set of responsibilities and standards.
Rauner, today, thinks keeping her works. So does Proft, et al.
It’s speaks to their beliefs because the person that Rauner trots out to speak for him, witt that work-product “wordsmithing” is the acceptable face.
Indeed, it’s up to them.
With respect.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:13 am:
===Abortion is not an issue in IL governance so it should not be an issue in the campaign.===
LOL
If wishes were fishes…
- Yiddishcowboy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:13 am:
@honeybear: No snark or disrespect meant here. We’re you outraged given the report of Ben Tracy and the tweets he made? Do you think it acceptable to compare abortion with the practices of Nazi Germany? Or, are you simply against trying to get this lady terminated? Even as a Jew, I’m not convinced that she is anti-Semitic. After all, I don’t know her and usually don’t form an opinion based on a single comment; however, thing is, throughout the years, known anti-Semites have used the Holocaust in this way to cheapen it and even question whether it occurred. Anti-Semitic? Don’t know. Offensive and inappropriate? You bet. All the best Honeybear. YC
- cdog - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:14 am:
Many religious persons do not support abortion,and have strong opinions about it.* I think this Brittany is exercising her religious right.
The lack of a religious framework in someone’s life does not give them lessor/greater standing in morals, ethics, or legal concepts, at least not in USA.
The Constitution gives the Conservative Right, Rauner, and Brittany Carl, the protection to have religious thought according to their religious beliefs, even at a government job.
Just another double-standard from the loud minority in the Progressive-Liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
*http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/21/where-major-religious-groups-stand-on-abortion/
This is strongly worded in support of my point.
https://catholiccitizens.org/news/72494/rauners-new-staffer-denounced-leftists/
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:20 am:
To clear things up for Proft, the Governor, those concerned about the Staffer, those concerned about HB40.
Stop….
Take heart, the Democrat, Diana Rauner, a President of a Social Service told me, and everyone…
“Bruce has no social agenda.”
Now, was that Democrat Diana Rauner trading off her own credibility and work history to convince me of that? Why was it important that Denocrat Diana Rauner make such a point of her own party affiliation and background?
- Demoralized - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:20 am:
cdog:
This isn’t about someone’s right to say something or have a particular viewpoint. But somehow people believe that those rights include protection from any sort of consequences. You only have protection from consequences from the government, not from consequences in your job.
And, it’s not her pro-life viewpoint that’s an issue with me. It’s the Nazi reference. That’s a way out there viewpoint as far as I’m concerned. I’m personally not sure how I feel about her continued employment. But, with my political hat on I would say that she should be dumped. You can’t have a person who is involved in your messaging team be the story. It’s unfortunate for her, but if I was advising the Governor I would say take the hit, fire her and end the story.
- 47th Ward - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:21 am:
I’ve avoided commenting on this, for lots of reasons. But can I just say, to cdog and the other deep thinkers who can’t grasp the important distinction that everyone else is making:
No one is attacking her for her beliefs. In fact, I admire her for having such strong convictions even though I completely disagree with her position. Her mistake, and it was a big mistake, was to perpetuate the anti-choice slander that individual women making a personal, legal healthcare choice in consultation with their doctors, are part of an organized left wing effort to promote eugenics.
That is a slanderous lie and will rightfully generate some pretty hostile backlash. That was her mistake and she should be held accountable for it. But I won’t hold my breath.
Now, for the rest of you, please stop saying she is being attacked because she is pro-life (whatever that means). That is NOT why she is being criticized.
- Demoralized - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:22 am:
==the protection to have religious thought according to their religious beliefs, even at a government job.==
Tell that to the clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. Your rights are not absolute.
- Wensicia - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:22 am:
Why do the Rauner supporters always claim sexism when a female staffer is called out for her statements?
Neil Steinberg wrote a good column today on how wrong Carl’s comparison is using a real victim’s story of the Holocaust and its effect on her and others.
- Joe Bidenopolous - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:23 am:
===The Constitution gives the Conservative Right, Rauner, and Brittany Carl, the protection to have religious thought according to their religious beliefs, even at a government job.==
That Constitution thingy also gives me the right to say she was completely out of line and unfit for public service
- 360 Degree TurnAround - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:23 am:
Lucky Pierre, the pension court case hasn’t stopped legislators from introducing unconstitutional pension proposals in the GA, and voting on them. If the Roe v Wade is law of the land, then it shouldn’t be a campaign issue.
- Responsa - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:41 am:
Frankly, I don’t care who the staffer or candidate or party is, or what the issue is: Exaggerated statements of opinion that are met with outrageous outrage that are then met or enhanced with statements of counter outrageous outrage opinion that are then countered by…..,well you get the picture— is fracturing society and our ability to live together as citizens who have legitimate differences in opinion. It is theater and it is detrimental to solving the state’s real and current fiscal problems. Please don’t anyone dare say “well that’s just politics”, because this has all gone way beyond “just politics”.
- Jack Kemp - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:47 am:
I’m genuinely curious how many of you folks actually read Carl’s entire blog post. Because from the sounds of it, none of ya did.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:49 am:
- Jack Kemp -
What are we all missing that you see?
Your driveby doesn’t clear anything up.
Please, use your words.
- Demoralized - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 10:52 am:
Jack Kemp:
Comparing abortion to the Holocaust. I’m pretty sure we didn’t miss anything. No amount of explaining makes that go away.
- Generation X - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 11:01 am:
Planned Parenthood should probably lay low on this one because its founder is likely the inspiration behind Kelly’s post.
Margaret Sanger’s views on Eugenics are pretty clear
- 47th Ward - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 11:11 am:
Sanger promoted eugenics 100 years ago Gen X. We’ve come a long way since then, baby. PP didn’t begin offering abortion services until 1972, which was long after eugenics was disavowed.
But keep linking the two, that is the slanderous lie that got young Brittany in trouble. I’m pretty sure, in addition to Thou Shalt Not Kill, your bible says something about bearing false witness. You might want to brush up on that and put down the stones.
- Jack Kemp - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 11:15 am:
Demoralized - so you really did not read it then. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
- Team Warwick - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 11:21 am:
Medical abortion is about as controversial as vasectomies or having tubes tied. Not because any of these are medically risky procedures, but because they are offensive to someone’s religion or value system. Im a person that does not totally identify with either extreme camp so im an abortion moderate. I had a Sarah Palin type experience but they were incorrect in identifying the fetus as abnormal, so my daughter was born quite normal and healthy. But i made them “prove it” with extensive and risky testing which in fact proved she was normal, at which point i wwanted to strangle every one of them for scaring me to ddeath. So i “get it” that sometimes women have to make medical choices based on their life conditions. My religion doesnt force them to agree to my values and im ok with that. So im an abortion moderate somewhere in the middle. Im not ok with making any opinion of a medical procedure a litmus test for someone’s character. That is extremism
- 47th Ward - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 11:28 am:
===Im not ok with making any opinion of a medical procedure a litmus test for someone’s character.===
Thanks for sharing your story. I have a similar story and a similar position. But to repeat, and I am already tired of repeating this, no one is suggesting that her position on abortion is problematic. The problem is comparing a legal healthcare decision by individual women to an organized attempt to rid society of undesirable people, aka, eugenics.
Do you understand the difference?
- Just Me - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 12:02 pm:
fabricated outrage, eh?
- In a Minute - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 12:24 pm:
This is so overwrought.
I would like to suggest that Mr. Pritzker might find it a better use of his time to go for a walk and get some steps in.
Illinois may be crumbling but no woman’s right to choose is threatened. Focus on some real issues for a change if you want to show me you are serious about helping Illinois.
- Grandson of Man - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 12:30 pm:
“if you’re a successful pro-life woman, you’re not welcome in public service”
That’s not true at all. Jeez, do they need their ba-ba’s and bibs?
The problem is the Nazi reference. That is offensive and a false equivalence.
Democrats are trying to make political hay with this issue. Why not? The abortion issue could be very critical in 2018, as far as Cook County suburban and collar county women. Bruce had no social agenda and was pro-choice. Rauner was playin’ politics very recently, with TV ads, during extremely critical 11th hour budget negotiations. Rauner plays nonstop politics and is obsessed with messaging.
- Educ - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 12:52 pm:
I’ve been involved in the pro-life movement for 30+ years and I will say, comparing abortion to Nazi Germany almost always goes hand in hand with other unsavory opinions, typically about race or religion (notably Islam). It also often goes along with homophobia, punitive attitudes towards pregnant young women (and a lot of use of words like “slut”), and frequently sort of insane conspiracy theory nonsense of the Alex Jones sort. I’ve always found them difficult fellow travelers and low-key allies because they’re more interested in scoring rhetorical points than making concrete progress. But that’s sort of beside the point for Cap Fax, the point for Cap Fax is that I hope they’ve thoroughly vetted her past writings, because this is usually the tip of the iceberg and I would not be surprised to find something much uglier.
Maybe not. Maybe she’s hyperfocused on this one issue. That happens. But I’d be nervous, and I know a lot of pro-life organizations won’t hire someone who chooses this sort of rhetoric because it’s often indicative of poor judgment and a lack of the cool-headedness need to publicly advocate for a contentious position. And it’s often, as I noted, the tip of the iceberg in terms of poorly considered (or outright offensive) race related comments.
She may be fine. But I hope they’re vetting like crazy, and I wouldn’t want to work with her unless she could clearly express WHY that metaphor was a terrible and offensive idea that harmed her cause.
- Demoralized - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:15 pm:
==Demoralized - so you really did not read it then. Thanks for clearing that up for me.==
Yeah, that’s exactly what I said. Now, if you care to address the abortion/Holocaust comparison be my guest. I suspect, though, you’re not interested in the substance or you would have said something by now instead of simply doing drive-by’s.
- Educ - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:17 pm:
Low-key should have been “low-level”
- cdog - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:18 pm:
Pritzker says, “As a feminist, as a Jew, and just as a human being I am appalled.”
I truly look forward to busting this guy on his double-standard-double-talk when realizes that there are huge segments of the liberal/progressive set that silently condone, and even glorify, entire cultures that abuse women, lgbtq, and Jewish folks.
- Educ - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:18 pm:
Low quality! Low quality!
Like my auto-correct! Low quality!
- Liberty - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:37 pm:
“It is often presumed, if only tacitly, by those who teach bioethics that those who know what is ethical will not behave in immoral ways. What is the point of having bioethics, of teaching courses on ethics to medical, nursing and public health students, if the vilest and most horrendous of deeds and policies can be justified by moral reasons? Bioethics has been speechless in the face of the crimes of Nazi doctors and biomedical scientists precisely because so many of these doctors and scientists believed they were doing what was morally right to do.”
Arthur L. Caplan
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2005, 33 (3) 394-400;
- justpeachy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:38 pm:
@honeybear Nope Sorry your wrong…First, in this day and age if you want employment you better pay attention to what you post no matter who long ago it was, internet is forever. Second, you don’t have to be pro-life, you don’t have to be pro-choice but you do have to keep your foot out of your mouth if your going to represent the Governor, and lastly I agree 100% with @Yiddishcowboy what is good for the goose is good for the gander! Maybe if the Governor would have hired “…those best qualified for the job,” we wouldn’t need to have this conversation at all.
- VanillaMan - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:52 pm:
What galls me is Brittany Carl is wrong about Nazis.
When they tried to euthanize the mentally ill and handicapped, the Germans with Downs and other “imperfections”, the Nazis were stopped by the Germans. The Germans protested The program was halted.
The Germans favored the extermination of undesirable races, religions, politics and crimes. They opposed what Tiffany Carl claims they did. If she got her history right, she wouldn’t have compared abortion to Nazi beliefs.
Carl hasn’t a clue about the horrible facts. She shouldn’t be communicating anything other than her resignation.
- Ajjacksson - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 1:58 pm:
Team Warwick–”Medical abortion is about as controversial as vasctomies, or having your tubes tied.” That statement is simply not true, no matter which side of the issue you are on.
Honeybear–I’m not sure whether or not I agree with you, but I have a lot of respect for you expressing your concern for this woman’s career.
- Jack Kemp - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 2:02 pm:
Demoralized - that statement is hilariously, if not painfully, ironic. Instead of debating the substance of what she actually said, you keep putting an argument in her mouth that she did not make. If you’d read her blog, you’d know that. So that you haven’t is self-evident. It really is that simple. And you and I both know full well that nothing that I say will ever get you to come off of this silly spin. So hang out over there by the fainting couches and keep clutching your pearls. I’m moving on.
Have a great weekend!
- Arsenal - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 2:07 pm:
==I know a lot of pro-life organizations won’t hire someone who chooses this sort of rhetoric because it’s often indicative of poor judgment and a lack of the cool-headedness need to publicly advocate for a contentious position==
This. It’s bad communications, which is her job.
That being said, not my place to tell Rauner who to fire. I’m just saying, it’s bad comms.
- Allen D - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 2:08 pm:
Just because you are Offended
Does not mean you are Right
- @MisterJayEm - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 2:16 pm:
“Abortion is not an issue in IL”
I encourage Bruce Rauner to base his 2018 campaign on that assertion.
– MrJM
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 3:56 pm:
To the Prizker Update…
I guess when you (Rauner) want your Staff to be a continued policy negative, your opponents will pounce.
It’s a good thing Rauner has no social agenda, LOL
- Trapped in the 'burbs - Friday, Jul 21, 17 @ 4:11 pm:
Put aside the content for a moment and focus on the turmoil Rauner has created recently. Obviously, he’s desperately searching for a new identity. He’s embraced the far right and now is pushing that agenda and their social policies. Does this hard right turn demonstrate his acknowledging his failures or is it his true self?