Wall interviews Pritzker
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Posted by Rich Miller
* ABC7’s Craig Wall interviewed Gov. JB Pritzker yesterday…
A recent report showed that state revenue projections will be half a billion dollars less than expected.
Could that impact the low-level asks that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson made in his recent trip to Springfield?
“We felt like those were things that the legislature should take into account. I’ve said that to members of the legislature. So, we’ll have to see how it all works out. But it’s a tight budget year. So, nobody’s going to get everything they want,” Pritzker said. “There’s two weeks left, and a lot of work seem to go into it, and I’ll be, you know, in the room, or my people will be in the room. We’ll figure it out.” […]
Pritzker said he’ll make a decision on whether to run for a third term as governor by July, when the Cook County Democratic Party meets to slate candidates.
“Well, some of it is personal, right? I have a family. They’ve been hyper-tolerant, and, you know, on board with my being governor for now, you know, one and a half terms,” Pritzker said.
The governor said he’s not worried about third-term perils.
“I think that that commentary can apply to any day as governor. There are perils, right? And who knew? I’ll just give you one of them: that we would face an international pandemic. Who knew that we would have a migrant crisis?” he said.
Go read the rest and then discuss.
- Johnny B - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 10:32 am:
Who knew we would have a migrant crisis?
What did he think would happen when at least 8 million people entered into the country?
- Thomas Paine - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 11:05 am:
=== What did he think would happen when at least 8 million people entered into the country? ===
A) The “crisis” was not caused by immigrants entering the country, but by Texas putting the immigrants on busses and dropping them unannounced at the station.
B) Estimates are 5000 people attempt to cross the border illegally each day, and 4000 are aprehended. So no, not 8 million. More like 1.4 million.
C) That said, the number of undocumented immigrants in the US has been flat for 2 decades, about 10.5 million. It tends to rise when the US economy is growing like it did under Biden, in response to labor demand.
- Responsa - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 11:11 am:
I think he deep down knows he will not be president or a cabinet member following the 2028 election and therefore he will run for a third term as governor.
- Johnny B - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 11:42 am:
US foreign born population reached a record 47.8 million in 2023
An increase of 1.6 million from 2022
There were at least 11 million unauthorized immigrants in 2022
They all weren’t bussed from Texas to Chicago
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/27/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
- H-W - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 11:43 am:
@ Johnny B
=== What did he think would happen when at least 8 million people entered into the country? ===
False data.
Pew Research has accurate data on immigration over the past three decades. In 2005, there were 11.0 M undocumented immigrants in the United States. Since then, the number of undocumented immigrants has remained at 11.0 M.
There is no invasion. The number of undocumented immigrants has remained the same through Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and (probably) Trump.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/
- Johnny B - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 11:50 am:
False data?
The graph is crystal clear
The numbers do not lie.
https://usafacts.org/articles/what-can-the-data-tell-us-about-unauthorized-immigration/
- JoeMaddon - Tuesday, May 20, 25 @ 12:06 pm:
Border encounters are not the same as people entering (and staying) in the country.