* Tribune op-ed by Dave Nayak…

The results of the presidential election were shocking, not just because of Donald Trump’s landslide victory, but also because of the seismic shift in the electorate. Almost every demographic moved to the right; most strikingly, the working class and minority voters abandoned the status quo in masses.

This should have been a neon warning sign for Gov. JB Pritzker. Yet, he continues to use divisive rhetoric instead of tackling the real issues Illinoisans face daily.

It goes on and on. Nayak, who ran for the open 20th state Senate District in the Democratic primary last spring, asked me to post his op-ed here, but I said it seemed bereft of any actual ideas.

The Tribune identified Nayak as a Democrat, but since the primary he has contributed to the Chicago Republican Party and Republican candidate for the Illinois House Gabbie Shanahan.

* The governor’s chief of staff noted how just a few short months ago, Nayak was touting his connections to JB Pritzker, which apparently didn’t actually exist…

* In what may be related, Nayak just recently loaned his campaign committee $30,000.

…Adding… Nayak recently changed his campaign committee’s party affiliation to Republican. Maybe the Trib could run an addendum.

       

6 Comments » - Eberflus - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 3:39 pm: He ran in the 20th district, and now lives in Gardner? The op ed piece is trash. - Tuttle - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 3:55 pm: Nayak is a total do gooder who runs a free asthma clinic for kids in addition to his other medical endeavors. He hit a nerve and Think Big feels like they need to flog him. Sad. - Anonymous - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 4:21 pm: Progressive governance has produced the worst economic racial equality in America, failing CPS at $30K per child and the highest property taxes in America? So everything is running like a Swiss watch then right? Who is bereft of ideas? What happened to playing it down the middle? - low level - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 5:22 pm: ==He hit a nerve and Think Big feels like they need to flog him. Sad.== LOL. You come here often? - Amalia - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 5:46 pm: there’s already been lots of things like this. criticism, laughing at results. hard to ignore the ones who are out there. wait. take it all in. and do some shifting. once again the biggest problem is with the new take that is coming from DC. spend energy figuring out how to address that. - Tim - Tuesday, Nov 19, 24 @ 6:18 pm: I guess it doesn’t matter to anyone that he’s right. Somebody give the Governor a tissue. TrackBack URI Uncivil comments, profanity of any kind, rumors and anonymous commenters will not be tolerated and will likely result in banishment. Name/Nickname - Required E-mail - Not required URL - Not required