* Center Square…

Former President Donald Trump used part of his conversation with Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday night to criticize Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker as a “real loser.” […]

During a conversation with Musk on X, Trump was discussing his plan to close the U.S. Department of Education if he’s elected, and said some states will do well managing their own education, but not Illinois.

“I have so many friends that are in those states, even if they’re Democrats, I hate to mention certain states, but Illinois is badly run with Pritzker,” Trump said. “He’s a real loser.” […]

Musk, who has recently moved businesses out of California, said states with poor management at the top are seeing people flee for other states at an increased rate.

“Some of these governors are doing so badly, I mean they’ve got so many people moving out of their state they should get U-Haul salesman of the year award,” Musk said.

Trump piled on, and pointed to Illinois, but said it’s not the residents’ fault. .

“You can’t penalize people that loan money to the state when you have incompetent people like a Pritzker, look the family didn’t want him in the family business and then he ends up being governor of Illinois,” Trump said. “What, is he going to be a great governor?”

* Gov. Pritzker was asked about Trump’s comments at the Illinois State Fair today…

Well, let’s see. Donald Trump was a loser in 2020, he was a loser in 2022 when he tried to endorse a whole bunch of people for office, he’s going to lose again in 2024. As I recall, I won by 16 points in my first election, by 12 and a half points in my second election. We’re gonna have Kamala Harris winning this race all over the country. We know who the winners are, and Donald Trump is the loser.

* In other comments…

Reporter: There’s been a lot of talk about morals today. Can you talk about morals and Republicans? Because they’ll try to say the same thing when they’re here tomorrow.

Pritzker: Well, they have a 34-time convicted fraudster at the head of their ticket. So really, they have no business talking about morals. They want to tear down law enforcement by, frankly, ripping apart the FBI, the Secret Service and so on. They’re the ones who are against public safety. We’re the ones who are standing up for American values, for American’s economic situation, making sure that we’re lifting up workers by giving them a raise and lowering costs for health care and everything else that people have to worry about at the kitchen table.

Thoughts?