When Lisa Madigan withdrew from the race, my opponent State Sen. Kwame Raoul entered the race. And he immediately dismissed me as a mere Miss America, and said he knew Lisa Madigan did not leave the race because she was afraid of facing me. Well, Lisa Madigan may not have been afraid to face me, but Sen. Raoul apparently is, because he’s been trying to duck debates and avoid joint forums. Our state deserves an attorney general who is tough enough to stand on any stage, with any person, even if that person is just a mere Miss America.
The governor also used his speech to demand that Raoul debate Harold, asking why the Senator was hiding.
* Meanwhile…
Today, Kwame Raoul’s campaign for Attorney General released a new television ad, “Safe Home,” highlighting Republican Erika Harold’s shocking views on the safety of children and same-sex couples who wish to care for them. The ad is running statewide on television and digital platforms.
“As both a father and a public servant, it’s unconscionable to me that the safety of a child would ever be up for debate,” said Kwame Raoul. “When I was a prosecutor, I took children out of abusive homes so that they could live with loving families. Whether from neighborhood violence, online predators or even within their own home, our kids are at risk. As attorney general, I will make our children’s safety my top priority.”
Video transcript:
[GRAPHIC]
You won’t believe what Erika Harold believes.
[REPORTER VOICEOVER]
Republican Erika Harold, views on gay adoption are surfacing.
Harold was asked…‘If you had to place a child in foster care, and the choices were either a loving gay couple or a heterosexual couple who were known child abusers, who would you choose?’
Harold chose the child abusers.
[KWAME RAOUL]
Your personal views influence what you pursue. We can’t allow that type of extremism into the Attorney General’s office. I prosecuted child abuse and neglect.
This is the work of my life, and I’m just getting started.
Harold has repeatedly supported policies that discriminate against LGBTQ individuals. During her 2014 congressional campaign, Harold supported a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and protection for employers who fire employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Kwame Raoul is endorsed by a host of organizations whose members are deeply committed to the safety and welfare of children, including the National Association of Social Workers, Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois Education Association, Illinois Nurses Association, and more.
* I have to head to the fairgrounds. I’ll be bringing my laptop with me, but I just don’t know how much I’ll be posting today. In the meantime, keep an eye on the live coverage post for constant updates (click here).
Please, be nice to each other in comments, and try your very best to keep the discussion Illinois-centric. Thanks.
This [JB Pritzker] is the guy who tried to buy his office. He tried to get into the game, he was sucking up to Blagojevich. Now he’s sucking up to Mike Madigan.
What’s one of the great things about being a billionaire? You don’t have to suck up to anybody. Right? I mean, that’s Donald Trump. The great thing about being a billionaire is you don’t have to suck up.
This guy is a billionaire ass-kisser. He is a billionaire ass-kisser. That’s who he is.
He kissed Blagojevich’s ass. Now he’s kissing Mike Madigan’s ass. We can’t lose to this guy. Right? He’s a tax cheat. He’s a suck-up. And what’s he want to do? He wants to raise your taxes and hand the government over to Mike Madigan.
He also said Pritzker is “making the Bahamas great again,” because the Democrat has almost all of his money there and he’s using some of it to build a $100 million house. It was quite the barn-burner. “He wants to raise your taxes and he’s hiding his income in South Dakota and the Bahamas” where they have no income tax, Porter said. His conclusion…
Please pardon my language. I got a little worked up. But, I don’t know about you guys, I’m going to do whatever I can, I’m going to do whatever I can to make sure we win this race. I’m gonna make sure that a normal guy is going to be in the mansion, the guy that actually pays his taxes and reports his taxes. He pays his taxes to help fund things in Illinois. He gives away money in Illinois to try to build schools and to make life in Illinois better. He’s not making life better in Nassau in the Bahamas.
Asked if the name picked for the Coliseum would be permanent or only last for a set time period, Elizabeth Tomev, spokeswoman for the governor, said “The details of the program will be announced soon.”
Past discussions about naming rights have included the idea that they could be purchased for a period of years. Slayton said in 2017 that preliminary discussions at the time for naming rights for the Coliseum, Grandstand and Exposition Building were in the range of $200,000 to $250,000 a year for five years.
Slayton said Tuesday that there had been discussions with an agriculture association to get to name the building for $1 million for five years, and the offer was sweetened to $1 million for 10 years, but it was passed over.
As for how long the naming rights purchased by the Rauners will last, Slayton said that will be up to the foundation board, which will meet after the State Fair. It would also be up to the board if the name would last forever. He noted the possibility that the name will come from an Illinois school child.
AFUCIO? I won’t even try to guess the hidden meaning of that typo, especially considering the governor’s antipathy toward organized labor (and please don’t “go there” in comments, either).
But, hey, at least they spelled “pavilion” right.
Also, if you look at the map, the Secretary of State’s tent is listed, but the location is not marked on the map itself.
The context was his admission that JB Pritzker is outspending him three-to-one on TV ads, but that it won’t do Pritzker much good because he’s not an attractive candidate. “Once you’ve spent that for saturation, the rest of it’s wasted,” Rauner told the gathered Republicans. “We just gotta make sure we’ve got enough to get our message out.”
A Williamson County commissioner says the push for a gun control advisory question on November’s ballot has nothing to do with letting the voters speak and everything to do with heavy-handed Springfield politics.
Commissioner Ron Ellis said when the Williamson County Board first started talking in June about letting the voters decide if the board should oppose specific gun control bills that were being debated in Springfield, he was all for it. In fact, the three-person board voted unanimously to put the question on the ballot, they just had to finalize the language. […]
Ellis said that board meeting put the political machine in top gear, and the pressure was on him particularly. He said he got a call from Joe Hackler, the Southern Illinois director for Citizens for Rauner Inc., about his support of the measure.
“I was literally told that if I didn’t put this on the ballot that there would be repercussions,” Ellis said. He said he later heard from a local Republican official that if he wasn’t careful, it was possible there could be a smear campaign launched against him for standing up to Springfield, making his political life very difficult in the future.
“I was told later … that they would put press releases out against me, make me out to be anti gun, that I was NOT a true Republican and make sure that someone ran against me in the primary in two years,” Ellis said in a text message to The Southern on Monday.
Ahead of Governor Rauner’s speech at the State Fair for Governor’s Day, the Rauner campaign is launching a new paid digital ad.
The ad echoes the themes that Governor Rauner will touch on during his remarks: taking on corruption and fighting for the future of our state.
Governor Rauner has fought since day one to end decades of insider politics, grow the economy, and make Illinois the best state in America to build a business and raise a family.
They said it couldn’t be done. The Madigan Machine is just too strong, they say. It will never go away. Never fail to fail us. In spite of the odds, millions of us believe in the future our kids deserve and the possibilities of this great place we still call home. Now, we have a choice. We could leave our future to the same corrupt career politicians, or we can fight. I choose to fight.
* More to come in a bit. Official explanation is an illness.
…Adding… Press release..
The following statement has been released by Doug House, President of the Illinois Democratic County Chairs’ Association:
“Everyone who knows Vice President Biden knows that he gives our party and our country his all, but unfortunately he is sick and is under doctor’s orders not to travel.
The cancellation is of course disappointing, but it is clear that the circumstances are simply unavoidable. We all hope he gets well soon and I’m sure he’ll be back campaigning for Democrats in Illinois and across the country in no time.
While Biden’s trip to Springfield is cancelled, our event will continue. We remain excited for what will be the largest brunch in our history and look forward to hearing from our incredible slate of Democratic leaders who are ready to energize our party and lead us to victory up and down the ticket this November.”
*** UPDATE *** Press release…
Mayor dubbed by Obama as ‘Future of Democratic Party’ will headline IDCCA brunch in light of Biden cancelation
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – Thousands of excited Democrats attending the IDCCA’s largest-ever annual brunch on Thursday will meet rising star South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (boot-edge-edge) who replaces Vice President Joe Biden after an unavoidable, late cancelation due to illness.
“Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a shining example of what can happen when Democrats take their message to every community,” said Doug House, president of the IDCCA. “That’s IDCCA’s primary mission – to fight and win in places where we’ve been told we can’t succeed. Mayor Pete’s dynamic message is one Illinois needs to hear as we work to turn races up and down the ticket from red to blue.”
“South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is a rising star in the Democratic Party who jumped at the chance of filling in for Joe Biden,” U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said. “We welcome our Hoosier Democratic friend to Springfield.”
About Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg - a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar and U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant – was first elected mayor of South Bend in 2011 at only 29 years old, and in 2015 he won re-election with 80 percent of the vote. Known fondly as ‘Mayor Pete,’ in Buttigieg’s seven years as mayor, South Bend went from being called one of America’s 10 dying communities by Newsweek to experiencing a period of rapid population and investment growth.
As Mayor, Buttigieg took an unpaid seven-month leave for a deployment to Afghanistan. For his counterterrorism work, he earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal.
President Barack Obama named him one of four Democrats who represented the future of the Democratic Party. He’s received national hype in The Washington Post, which called him “the most interesting Mayor you’ve never heard of,” and in The New York Times, which ran a column saying that he could be the nation’s “first gay President.”
In 2017, Buttigieg ran for Democratic National Committee chair, earning national praise for his clear message and emphasis on rebuilding the Democratic Party from the ground up in every community. House said that message will play well Thursday.
Mayor Pete studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford and holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Literature from Harvard. The son of educators, he was born in South Bend and grew up in the Northwest Side and North Shore Triangle. He graduated from St. Joseph High School in South Bend.
An active musician, Mayor Pete plays piano and guitar, and has performed with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. He lives with his husband Chasten in the same South Bend neighborhood where he grew up and is restoring a once-vacant home there.
He currently serves on the advisory board of the United States Conference of Mayors, and is chair of the Mayors’ Task Force on Automation, which addresses the impact of automation on American communities.
On Monday, Rauner found a new target in Republican third-party gubernatorial candidate State Senator Sam McCann.
“Every election is a battle, this guy McCann is a total plant, he’s a sham, he’s a charlatan, he was put on there by Madigan and Pritzker to try siphon votes away from me,” Rauner said. […]
“There is only one ’sham’ candidate in the race for governor, and that is Rauner himself. He is a charlatan. He has bought the Republican Party and hijacked state government,” McCann said. “His four years of lies and failure are the only proof needed to back up the statement.”
One of the state Republican Party’s latest mailers says Democratic state representative candidate Lisa Dugan “had her property taxes lowered four times.”
Although the flyer contains a number of allegations against Dugan, the property tax claim is particularly mystifying. It suggests she did something wrong by seeking lower taxes.
In Illinois — and the rest of the country, for that matter — property taxpayers have the right to appeal their property assessments. […]
“Lisa Dugan is a career insider, more concerned with herself than the people she used to represent,” Travis Sterling, the Republican Party’s executive director, said in an email. “The fact is, she worked the system and saved herself thousands of dollars, all the while voting repeatedly with and for Mike Madigan in Springfield. Together, their policies resulted in skyrocketing property taxes for the hard working people in the 79th district.”
* Maybe the state GOP ought to have a chat with Rep. Breen…
Citizens residing in Illinois’ 48th Legislative House District are invited to join State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) and local tax assessment experts on Tuesday, August 28 for a free seminar on understanding the property tax assessment process and learning how to appeal tax assessments. The 1 ½-hour event will be held from 7:00 – 8:30 PM in the Glen Ellyn Police Department’s meeting room at 65 S. Park Boulevard in Glen Ellyn.
Joining Breen at the informational session will be Milton Township Assessor Chris E. LeVan and York Township Assessor Deanna Wilkins. A brief presentation will be followed by a Question and Answer session. “This event brings taxpayers together with their township tax assessors, so people can learn how their tax bill is created and what remedies are available to those who believe their assessment is too high,” said Breen.
Due to space constraints, RSVPs are requested.
I don’t mean to pick on Rep. Breen here. I get these property tax appeals workshop press releases all the time from legislators in both parties.
But the Giuliani column noted that while former Rep. Dugan’s assessed valuation declined a bit over four years, her tax bill actually rose by 8 percent during that same time period. And her local county board of review is controlled by Republicans.
So, how is that worse than a legislator setting up a meeting with two township assessors to help the few people who are savvy enough to quickly RSVP figure out how to lower their bills?
* Mark Brown writes about how Republican Cook County Commissioners Tim Schneider, Sean Morrison and Gregg Goslin are in for a rough electoral ride this fall…
Democrats are hoping to take advantage of widespread opposition here to President Donald Trump to drive suburban turnout, in part by calling attention to the Republican leadership roles of Schneider and Morrison, the county GOP chairman.
The Republicans argue their elections should be decided on their performance as fiscally responsible stewards of county government, not where they stand on Trump. […]
Democrat Hillary Clinton carried all three suburban districts in question over Trump in 2016, although Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner handily won the same areas in 2014 — an indication of the independent nature of the electorate.
“I’m perfectly aware that Donald Trump is not popular in my district,” said Schneider. “I think this election should be a referendum on Tim Schneider, not a referendum on Trump.”
As chairman of the state party, Schneider announced the state delegate vote for Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 and led some cheerleading on his behalf — a moment that Democrats are hoping to use in their favor.
As mentioned in the piece, Schneider chairs the Illinois Republican Party and Morrison is the Cook County GOP Chairman. So, they both know how this works. You tie yourself to popular politicians and run away from unpopular ones. And right now there’s a severe shortage of widely known, popular Republicans in this state. That’s not a value judgement, it’s just a fact of life. The situation can change because stuff always changes in politics. But today is not that day.
Not to mention that the two GOP leaders have tried to tie just about every Democrat under the sun to Speaker Madigan, and if past is prologue they’ll do that to their own opponents this fall. Again, they know how this works.
Also, as I told subscribers not long ago, a Democratic poll in Morrison’s Republican district found Gov. Rauner had a higher net unfavorability than President Trump (the two men were underwater by 20 points or more), so they’ll probably get hit with both of those barrels.
Sorry to interrupt you watching your friends’ stories. I’m JB Pritzker. I’m running for governor and I’ll fight to bring jobs to Illinois and grow our economy.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s recent signing of bills to reduce the backlog of patients waiting for Medicaid approval won’t save a small-town nursing home from closing next month.
Pleasant Hill Village Administrator Maryann Walker told the State Journal-Register that she’s happy Rauner signed the two Senate bills earlier this month, but that they won’t keep her Macoupin County skilled-care facility open.
Pleasant Hill Healthcare is planning to close Sept. 1, mostly driven by the backlog in Medicaid payments related to the state’s delayed decisions on eligibility. The nonprofit facility is still waiting on about $2.3 million in Medicaid payments for more than a dozen patients, most of whom have either left for other nursing homes or died.
All sexual assault victims who enter an Illinois emergency room will soon be treated by a nurse trained to care for them.
Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Friday night that will require hospitals to train enough medical providers in how to treat sexual assault patients that when a victim arrives, a trained provider is present within 90 minutes. Hospitals will have until Jan. 1, 2022, to comply.
An earlier Tribune investigation found that although experts recommend that rape victims be treated by providers trained in that specialty, few nurses undergo the training. The care a patient receives can depend on which emergency room he or she goes to and when; one hospital may have multiple sexual assault nurse examiners on staff while another has none.
The Illinois attorney general’s office has for years provided free training for Illinois nurses, but many say they have not been able to attend or complete it because of a lack of time or money. Nurses often spend their own time to attend training programs and their own money to travel to them.
A bill intended to make it easier for college students to transfer credits within Illinois was signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce Rauner during a visit to Harper College in Palatine.
The changes outlined in Senate Bill 2354 also encourage colleges to advise students on how best to apply credits toward degrees, with the intention of keeping students from spending money on unneeded credits.
Rauner also signed House Bill 5020, which gives priority to returning students for MAP grants. The grants, which do not need to be repaid, are awarded to Illinois residents who attend approved Illinois colleges and demonstrate financial need. Nearly 130,000 students received MAP grants last year.
* Other bills…
* Rent control is an emerging issue in the governor’s race: It hasn’t received much attention yet, but the question of whether to allow local units of government to impose rent control is beginning to emerge as an issue in the race for governor.
* Pharmacist’s Order: Birth Control Without The Doctor: Five states — including California and Oregon — allow their pharmacists to prescribe birth control, cutting out the need for a physician’s visit. Four other states — Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio, and Tennessee — recently passed legislation, while several other states are currently considering similar initiatives. But in Illinois, not everyone is convinced about the approach. A proposal allowing pharmacists to dispense birth control through a standing order — similar to what pharmacists use to give vaccines — did not get sufficient votes during the spring legislative session. Some lawmakers had personal concerns about morality and birth control use; other groups said they worried with giving pharmacists too much power. Others said they were worried about the overall safety of contraceptives without a physician’s direct involvement.
* Rauner-signed legislation undoes more frequent audits required for smaller banks: Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed House Bill 4589 into law, changing the auditing period for small banks from every 12 months to every 18 months. State Rep. Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, sponsored the bill. She says it began with a call from the president of a small bank in her hometown saying Illinois regulated larger banks less than smaller ones.
* Rauner signs anti-sexual harassment bills into law: One new law bans members of the General Assembly from using any public funds, including their member office allowances, as “hush money” to keep someone silent as part of a settlement or regarding an allegation or investigation into sexual harassment that they allegedly committed. … A second new law requires at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention training for professions licensed by the state that require continuing education. … Also signed into law on Friday by Rauner is a measure requiring the state Department of Public Health to develop, publish and disseminate a brochure through schools to educate the public on the effects of concussion in children and discuss how to look for concussion warning signs.
* Illinois brewers to expand as a result of new legislation on beer: According to a release from Governor Rauner’s office, the legislation allows brewers “to sell their own beer to other Illinois breweries, which will then be able to sell the purchased beer directly to customers in their taprooms, and to purchase cider for selling in their taprooms.”
* Car seat changes increase child safety: The law goes into effect in January. It’s for children 2-and-under, but also those who weigh less than 40-lbs or aren’t at least 40 inches tall . It’s definitely a law to be aware of. Violators face fines up to $75.
* Dyslexia pamphlet coming to schools: The law directs the Illinois State Board of Education to create an online handbook that will provide information about childhood dyslexia for teachers, parents and guardians. The handbook will include guidelines to help adults to recognize the symptoms of dyslexia in children; a description of educational strategies shown to improve the academic performance of students with dyslexia; and a description of resources and services available to students, parents or guardians.
* Fed looks to crack down on blue-state tax workaround before many are implemented: From what Treasury and Internal Revenue Service officials have said, it appears that they are going to crack down on efforts by many high-tax states to get around the $10,000 deduction cap on how much in state and local taxes (SALT) can be written off of a federal return. This new SALT cap became active this year after President Donald Trump signed tax reform into law last December that reduced a number of income tax rates.
* Rauner signs bill easing private takeover of water utilities, stirring outcry: Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday signed an amendment to a state water bill that makes it easier for private water companies to buy large water systems, a move critics say will lead to higher water bills for consumers. Originally signed into law in 2013, the Illinois Water Systems Viability Act allows private water companies to buy out water utilities and spread the costs across its existing ratepayers. The bill renews the act’s amendments for another 10 years and removes a limit on the size of water systems that private companies can buy.
* CUB Reaction To Gov. Rauner’s Signing Of HB 4508, Bad Water Bill: CUB fought vigorously to improve this bill, arguing that customers of Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois should not be forced to finance 100 percent of the companies’ purchase of a community’s water system. We also fought to require a local referendum before communities could sell their water system to a private operator. Instead, the legislation signed into law today is a giveaway to the state’s biggest private water companies. An expensive future awaits Illinois water customers whose towns move forward with privatization deals, under this legislation.
The money would go to the state fair’s foundation. The governor said there was a “good chance” that he would donate more and said they were “talking to many folks” about contributing and things were “going well.” He said school kids would choose a new name for the building.
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday said he doesn’t know the man suing Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan in federal court for allegedly helping to put “sham” candidates on ballots.
But the plaintiff, Jason Gonzales, is now coming to the Republican governor’s defense, arguing against requiring depositions of Rauner and many of the governor’s GOP allies and former staffers.
Gonzales’ attorneys contend the depositions Madigan’s team are seeking concern a documentary that was highly critical of the speaker titled “Madigan: Power, Privilege, Politics,” which was released in October 2016.
A motion filed Monday by one of Gonzales’ attorneys accuses the powerful speaker of engaging in “political intelligence” in order to tarnish Rauner in the November election.
“It appears that Speaker Madigan is not interested in what the witnesses know about this case but seeks instead to engage in political intelligence about the film’s origin, perhaps even to obtain evidence for the ongoing Illinois general election campaign of November 2018 or even a future suit,” attorney Stephen Boulton wrote in the motion filed in U.S. District Court. “Defendants’ subpoenas are an improper use of this Court’s subpoena power of this Court to engage in political intelligence.” […]
Madigan’s attorneys in June told U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly one of the defense strategies is to try to prove that Gonzales was a “closet Republican.” Gonzales has denied being a “plant of Gov. Rauner.”
According to the story, Madigan’s lawyers are also seeking to depose Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman, Rauner’s former chief legal counsel Dennis Murashko, House GOP Leader Jim Durkin, former Rauner campaign adviser Nick Ayers (who is now VP Pence’s chief of staff), Blair Hull and Kristina Rasmussen,who served as Rauner’s chief of staff after a stint running the Illinois Policy Institute.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor Rauner to Deliver Remarks on Governor’s Day at the State Fair
Tomorrow, at Governor’s Day at the State Fair, Governor Rauner will deliver remarks on the Director’s Lawn as part of the Illinois GOP’s election year rally. He is scheduled to speak at 1:00 PM following remarks from Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti, Leader Bill Brady, Leader Jim Durkin, Illinois members of Congress, and statewide candidates. Before his remarks, Governor Rauner will also hold a media availability (approx. 11:45 AM).
* The Question: Your best questions for the governor?
For the first time in a century, Downstate will control the outcome of this gubernatorial election.
How?
Because this is NOT a two-way race. Since both the R and the D nominees are both white male billionaires from Chicago who are uber-liberal on the social issues, they will split the Chicago vote - and effectively cancel each other out.
I believe that the three of us will split the Collar Counties equally, or thereabouts.
What that means: If Downstate will stick together; if Downstate will give us the opportunity to lead and to serve by giving us their vote, WE WIN!
If we are not successful in this mission, it will be because Downstate fumbles the ball. In a two-way race, it is impossible for a Downstate conservative to win. But in the paradigm that now exists, we CAN win and we WILL win if we stick together and if People vote their consciences and belief system instead of their party.
If we are not successful, no one can ever again claim that “Chicago controls everything”. If we are not successful, it will be because Downstaters voted for one of the two Chicago candidates. Downstaters, conservatives, moderates and good-government types, here’s the opportunity you’ve been asking for for generations. This is your moment.
Downstate Illinois, and center-right voters in every ZIP code across the state, are being given an amazing opportunity. The opportunity to take the control of Illinois state government away from the politicians who steered us into this ditch (both political parties). The opportunity to wrest that control from those politicians who are only concerned about the next election instead of the next generation.
As I told subscribers on Friday, McCann’s own internal polling has him at 11 percent, with 10 percent undecided. Gov. Rauner was at 29, Pritzker was at 42 and Kash Jackson was polling at 6, with “other” at 1 (800 likely voters polled July 25-29 with MoE of +/-3.5 percent).
In other words, McCann has a long way to go before he even gets onto that path. And Rauner and Pritzker won’t “cancel each other out” in the city. Also, considering how well the Democrats are doing in suburban special elections these days, I’m not sure an equal suburban split between the three is in the cards.
* And if Rauner does run any TV ads about McCann, he’ll undoubtedly do his best to tie him to Speaker Madigan the way he tied Jeanne Ives to the guy. Here’s what the governor told reporters yesterday about Madigan and McCann…
Rauner: But, for example, he recruited McCann. He and, uh, Pritzker and their cronies recruited McCann to run.
Bernie: You don’t know that.
Rauner: Yes. [Laughs]
Bernie: How do you know that?
Rauner: I, I know well who’s, who talked to who and who recruited what.
But, hey, a guy can dream and it’s still a free country.
