* NewsRadio 780 talked with Erika Harold…
Harold said Thursday she won’t meet up with the president.
“We have previously scheduled activities in the suburbs — campaign activities — and so that’s what I’ll be doing,” she said.
Reporters also asked Harold if she would share with the public the presidential candidates she voted for in the past three elections.
“I will not share all of those votes because, as a private citizen, I think I believe in secret ballot,” she said.
…Adding… She was also asked again why she isn’t going to the Trump event by Mary Ann Ahern…
My focus is on some of the suburban campaign activities that I had previously scheduled, and my choice to maintain those commitments doesn’t send a signal of anything other than wanting to keep those commitments.
* Meanwhile…
* One Illinois…
“It’s no secret that I’m pro-life,” Harold said. “But I’ve made very clear that the job of the attorney general is to enforce Illinois law and uphold that.
“I would never discriminate against any same-sex couple as it relates to adoption, as it relates to anything,” she added. “The job of the attorney general is to protect all Illinoisans against discrimination, and that’s what I would do.”
Protesters, however, worried that she was just paying lip service to their issues on the campaign trail.
“I can’t trust that she would protect the laws that exist already in Illinois,” [Julie Lynn of Planned Parenthood Illinois] said.
“She says she won’t seek to change marriage, because it’s settled law. The Supreme Court has decided that,” [Michael Ziri of Equality Illinois] added. “But we know court decisions aren’t set in stone. Illinois marriage equality was settled in law when she advocated a constitutional amendment” against it.
* Related…
* City Club of Chicago: Erika Harold
* Peoria Journal Star Endorsement: Illinois attorney general: There is a strong chance Democrats could win all the major statewide races, starting with the governor’s office. In the case of the attorney general’s seat today, Illinois needs an attorney general who isn’t part of the clique. That is why Republican Erika Harold gets the Journal Star’s endorsement.
* Erika Harold pledges to use the IL Attorney General’s office to weed out public corruption
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- wordslinger - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 5:46 pm:
–My focus is on some of the suburban campaign activities that I had previously scheduled, and my choice to maintain those commitments doesn’t send a signal of anything other than wanting to keep those commitments.–
LOL, funny, I’m getting a signal loud and clear.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 5:57 pm:
Harold’s pro-life and SSM stances are her foundation in downstate GOPers.
Harold does need to be where the voters are she can fight to try to make headway in places… despite her pro-life and SSM stances.
That’s called campaigning.
Or staying away from a visual with Trump but that’s just gravy.
- cler dcn - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 6:00 pm:
So you cannot share who you voted for in the past and cannot make changes to your schedule. I guess you don’t want to ask me who I plan to vote for.
- Wensicia - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 6:08 pm:
“I will not share all of those votes..”
She will not meet up with the president.
“I would never discriminate against any same-sex couple as it relates to adoption, as it relates to anything,”
Erika Harold - Independent (for now)
- Precinct Captain - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 6:19 pm:
==I think I believe in secret ballot==
She thinks she does? Does she or doesn’t she?
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 6:40 pm:
The pro-life anti-SSM candidate is avoiding Trump but the pro-choice pro-SSM candidate might not. This is a weird year.
- Huh? - Thursday, Oct 25, 18 @ 7:34 pm:
“I think I believe in secret ballot,”
For me but not for you.
- LaJea - Friday, Oct 26, 18 @ 5:46 am:
Why would anyone attend the Jr. Nuremberg Rally?
- DarkHorse - Friday, Oct 26, 18 @ 9:58 am:
Is one of those people in the Handmaid’s outfit Diana Rauner?