* 58th Senate District Republican candidate Wesley Kash, whose $301,000 campaign warchest is funded totally by loans from his father and grandmother, was on WJPF Radio this week to talk about his primary campaign against Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro)…
Tom Miller: We talk about these big issues, abortion, nationwide issue, weapons, nationwide issue, but when it comes to your district, the 58th District, a large district too, you probably noticed that already on the maps. Would you have a goal in mind that you could share with us today about something you want to accomplish intrinsic to your Senate district that you’re running for in the upcoming primary election?
Wesley Kash: Well, I mean, there’s nothing special about this district over every other district.
He then went on to talk about lowering state taxes and ending business as usual, and concluded, “So no, I don’t really have a specific plan for the 58th Legislative District.”
The big picture is important, but in reality, about the only thing that Republicans can accomplish in the General Assembly is to push things that specifically help their districts. Almost every legislator in both parties can support that. Sen. Bryant is good at it.
* From earlier in the interview…
Tom Miller: We listened to you talk about things you’re against. That’s pretty much the line right now, except that with that Democratic majority, you would have to turn the tide and that’s a difficult item, especially when you’re in a super minority. I mean, do you have thoughts on that, the Republicans’ role in Illinois if you win and what you’re able to accomplish with the current Democrat/Republican breakdown?
Wesley Kash: Well, yeah, my thoughts were as I’ve been listening to Dan Bongino a lot and uh, well what can’t continue won’t. And apparently Chicago’s about had it with all the illegals pouring in, and I don’t know that they’ll stay blue much longer, they’ll probably start seeing that the Democrats hate ‘em up there. And we might be able to flip the state. And we need principled conservatives that haven’t been willing to play that Springfield game. We need to stand on our principles, win, lose and draw. I might not be able to get anything done at first, but we got to start somewhere. And I’d ask people to start with me right here and right now. I’m going to be a principled conservative. Getting crumbs off the Democrats’ table hasn’t been working for us so far. We vote and go along with their bloated budgets and tax increases and we’re still in a ton of debt. So that’s not working out. So I’d say even if we can’t do nothing right at the beginning, let’s let’s quit going along with them and making terrible legislation, bipartisan legislation. We could run on, ‘Look at what the Democrats are doing. Vote Republican.’
Chicago’s going to flip to the Republican Party. Right. OK.
Also, those taxes have funded a whole lot of infrastructure spending in southern Illinois, just as one example.
- TheUpperRoom - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:18 pm:
Dan Bongino? He’s talking to a very small electorate with that line.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:20 pm:
===Dan Bongino? He’s talking to a very small electorate===
WJPF airs his show.
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:24 pm:
Nothing special about the district? That’s a heck of a message to send from the guy running to represent it. His mayors are going to love him.
- Jibba - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:26 pm:
Yet another superminority politician who only talks/listens to his family and one news source, and doesn’t realize how many other people in the big wide world disagree with him.
- That Guy - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:29 pm:
So let me get this straight.
He’s running on a platform of:
1.) The area I want to represent is painfully average
2.) Compromise is EVIL!!!!!
3.) Democrat’s bad
4.) Him getting elected downstate (in an already red district) will be the domino that leads to Chicago and IL going red down the road.
So he’s completely divorced from reality, got it.
He should do well in that election, then! Goes well with the electorate!
- ArchPundit - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:37 pm:
We need a total and complete shutdown of candidates named Kash until we can figure out what is going on.
- Rudy’s teeth - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:39 pm:
Candidate Wesley Kash might expect a visit from the Grammar Police.
- Give Us Barabbas - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:39 pm:
Surprised Proft and IPI aren’t camping on his doorstep to take his money. He’s ripe for plucking.
- NIU Grad - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:42 pm:
“I’ve been listening to Dan Bongino a lot and uh,”
ILGOP in a nutshell.
- Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 3:47 pm:
“all the illegals pouring in”
This right here is why Republicans don’t win, the hypocrisy and hatred from the “Christian values are under attack” people. Right wing don’t fly in Chicago, but it’s to Democrats’ advantage for the ILGOP to keep deluding itself that it does.
- This - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:02 pm:
Dan Boningo is the airwaves and media echo chamber there.
You cannot find a competing progressive voice on the airwaves. Fairness doctrine? Ha. It’s all red airwaves.
- Macon Bakin - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:03 pm:
Interesting how there’s no (no relation) to this miller
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:04 pm:
===Fairness doctrine? Ha.===
The Fairness doctrine was abolished in 1987. Keep up.
===Interesting how there’s no (no relation) to this miller===
Heh.
- New Day - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:06 pm:
Love working with candidates who can’t answer the question, “why are you running for _______?” Brilliant answer.
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:08 pm:
And in two months, this will read “Legislative district says there’s nothing special about this candidate”.
- Just Another Anon - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:09 pm:
I’ve already got the tagline for the hit piece:
“Wesley Kash…nothing special”.
- fs - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:17 pm:
Well, I mean it’s not like there are any major state funding institutions in that district that have been fight for survival recently against other similar state funded institutions in other districts.
- fs - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:18 pm:
A few typos in that, apologies
- JoanP - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:24 pm:
“I don’t have a plan” - then why are you running?
“I don’t know that [Chicago]’ll stay blue much longer” - I’ll have whatever he’s smoking.
- JS Mill - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:27 pm:
Wesley Kash: Tell me you have never left the county without telling me you haven’t ever left the county.
- Watchful eye. - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:36 pm:
Right out of Cbris Lauzen’s talking points. Seriously all the same. Let’s hope he doesn’t end up like principled conservative Chris spending his life living off the taxpayers
- DuPage Saint - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:49 pm:
“I don’t have a plan”. Worked for Mayor of Chicago
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 4:52 pm:
===“I don’t have a plan”. Worked for Mayor of Chicago ===
“I don’t have a Plan B” is what it really was.
- Lincoln Lad - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 9:37 pm:
Family wealth unfortunately wasted on knucklehead offspring… sad.
- Motambe - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 9:41 pm:
Geez, that’s sad. Bryant can be silent and Kash makes her look brilliant by comparison.
- btowntruth from forgottonia - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 10:18 pm:
” I’ve been listening to Dan Bongino a lot..”
That explains it.
- btowntruth from forgottonia - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 10:35 pm:
“all the illegals pouring in”
Hey rube, those “illegals” are asylum seekers which means they are NOT “illegals”.
- Frida's boss - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 10:54 pm:
At least say that the people of my district are what makes my district special, they are the backbone of Illinois. It’s my honor to become their Senator. I look forward to bringing their heart and soul to the state capitol.
Not too hard, what a tool.
- Space Cowboy - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 11:14 pm:
Maybe he should run in a Chicago district, since he is so flagrantly apathetic about the 58th district and Chicago is obviously the bold new frontier of “principled conservatism”???
- G'Kar - Thursday, Jan 18, 24 @ 11:59 pm:
Maybe Kash was talking to Beetle Bailey about his stay in the Hancock Tower and how Beetle made such headway in convincing Chicagoans to vote Republican./s