* Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi…
Dear Friends,
Illinois families are paying more—again.
Governor JB Pritzker signed an $8 billion energy bill pushed through late at night and sold as “affordable.” It won’t lower costs, it won’t stabilize the grid, and it won’t protect families already struggling with rising utility bills.
This is what unchecked, one-party control looks like in Springfield: rushed decisions, higher costs, and little accountability.
While Illinois Democrats continue down this path, the contrast nationally is clear.
Decisive leadership recently protected American lives as a Venezuelan narcotrafficker responsible for massive drug smuggling is finally brought to justice—a reminder that leadership matters.
Yet instead of welcoming safer streets, Democrats rushed to criticize the action and politicize the outcome. The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection.
That same pattern shows up closer to home.
In other states, years of ignored warnings led to widespread misuse of taxpayer funds intended for vulnerable families. Investigations only began after whistleblowers were sidelined and oversight failed. The lesson is simple: when transparency erodes, trust—and taxpayer dollars—are put at risk.
Illinois should take that warning seriously. Unchecked power and weak oversight always raise red flags, and Illinois families have every right to demand openness, accountability, and responsible governance to prevent waste and fraud.
Whether it’s rising energy costs, government waste, or public safety, the difference is clear:
Republicans push for accountability. Democrats resist it.
With early voting approaching, now is the time to act.
Discuss.
…Adding… Democratic Party of Illinois…
Kathy Salvi isn’t serious, and to those living in the real world, the situation couldn’t be more clear. While Donald Trump is focused on a $400 million White House ballroom and floating schemes to bribe Greenland, Illinois Democrats are focused on the real affordability crisis facing families.
When Republicans blocked action to keep health care affordable, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood led the fight to extend ACA tax credits. Not a single Illinois Republican in Congress had the courage to stand up to Trump and vote for it.
At the same time, the Trump administration froze $1 billion in child care funding, threatening providers across Illinois, and Illinois Republicans stayed silent. Illinois Democrats govern responsibly and focus on lowering costs for working families.
A Party that supports criminals who beat officers within an inch of their lives, platforms rioters, and promotes a gubernatorial candidate that just last month called Jan. 6th “a clear farce” will forever remain unconvincing in its lie that Democrats don’t love this state and country.
Illinois Republicans keep choosing Trump’s chaos over the people they represent.
- Anon E Moose - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:27 pm:
One party leadership in Illinois? Bad. One party leadership in federal govt? Decisive.
- Cable Line Gardener - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:27 pm:
Unchecked power and weak oversight? is this the biggest self own I have read today?
- Big Dipper - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:28 pm:
Hmm thought they were against early voting.
- JS Mill - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:28 pm:
The hypocrisy on the part of the ILGOP is absurd. I would make a list but I am retiring in 4 or 5 years and wouldn’t be able to finish the list in time.
I used to (many many years ago) think of myself as a moderate republican. I am glad the party has zero power now.
- Cubs in '16 - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:34 pm:
This will resonate with the base but does nothing to move the needle for undecideds. Weak sauce
- Original Rambler - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:37 pm:
Insurrection. I foresee DJT quoting Salvi as justification for sending in the NG to Chicago under the Insurrection Act.
- Huh? - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:37 pm:
So says the party of the super minority.
Have some cheese with thst whine.
- 40,000 ft - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:47 pm:
I’m enjoying Trump and the GOP clean out fraud and corruption, in the entire hemisphere.
Good for Salvi to speak about it as a party leader.
The WhatAboutism in above comments is entertaining, too.
- Nick Name - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:55 pm:
Accusation is confession. And take a nap. Sheesh.
- Phineas - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:55 pm:
“[Failed] leadership recently [endangered] American lives as a [Honduran] narcotrafficker responsible for massive drug smuggling was pardoned for all of his crimes by the Republican President.”
Fixed it.
- twowaystreet - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 12:58 pm:
You cannot blame a rigged system for not being able to win statewide races such as the Governor, AG, Treasurer, SOS, US Senate… That comes down to the state party being a complete mess.
In Republican-controlled states where GA and congressional districts are rigged, the Democrats can still win statewide races.
Instead, they should focus on running some candidates and policies that are likable enough by half the state to get a shot at governing.
Yesterday’s poll on the GOP’s Senate primary candidates says it all.
- Excitable Boy - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:01 pm:
- Hmm thought they were against early voting. -
With her claim that Democrats are in insurrection I don’t necessarily read that as a call to go vote.
- Candy Dogood - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:10 pm:
===The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection.===
This email is sent a handful of days after the anniversary of the Republican Party lead and organized assault on the United States Capitol that was intended to prevent the process of certifying a fair and lawful election.
Members of the Illinois GOP Caucuses supported this effort, a member of Congress from Illinois was there to heap praise on Hitler, her husband, a state representative, was there to declare war.
I would urge our Governor, the House Majority Leader, and the Senate President, to ask for this email to be condemned by the Republican minority leaders and if they did not, I would cease to acknowledge their existence in any capacity than the minimum required by the law and constitution of our state.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:11 pm:
===Instead, they should focus on running some candidates and policies that are likable enough by half the state to get a shot at governing. ===
You gotta win a primary with actual voters, and as those voters showed in 2022, it’s tough to get both.
- here we go again - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:13 pm:
I didn’t even realize Kathy Salvi was still state GOP chair. She’s been so ineffective, I just assumed the operation had been shuttered for lack of relevance.
- Think again - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:16 pm:
Based on the comments here, I would say her message is effective.
- JS Mill - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:27 pm:
=I’m enjoying Trump and the GOP clean out fraud and corruption, in the entire hemisphere.=
By pardoning a major drug trafficker and the largest medicare fraudster ever? By being convicted of 34 felonies?
Whataboutism like that? A badge of honor.
- Demoralized - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:27 pm:
Hmmm. Coming from the party who engaged in an actual insurrection this is interesting language.
- Demoralized - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:29 pm:
==I would say her message is effective==
Effective in talking to the base. Won’t do anything to assist Republicans in winning elections. Seems odd to me that the Republicans in Illinois continue to double and triple down on messages that have absolutely no chance of helping them succeed at being relevant in the state.
- Dupage - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:30 pm:
The ILGOP is in name only. They are not at all the ILGOP of Edgar and Thompson, moderate Republicans.
- btowntruthfromforgottonia - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:37 pm:
Pearl clutcher chutching her pearls.
- OneMan - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:51 pm:
“Yet instead of welcoming safer streets, Democrats rushed to criticize the action and politicize the outcome. The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection”
Putting a lot of faith into what was done down there will work out.
I guess I am not sure what this is looking to accomplish. Not a whole lot of detail here. If you are going to have any chance of getting the Thompson, Edgar, and, dare I say, Ryan Republicans back, you are going to have to use at least a touch of logic and local examples of what you are going to do differently.
Talk taxes, talk crime without mentioning immigration, talk education. Suburban moms don’t like seeing videos of suburban moms getting shot by federal agents. Suburban moms hear about how often the state shows up at the day care provider for their kids, and find the ‘let’s hunt the fraud’ stuff seems a bit hard to believe.
Talk about how you will find fraud. People have these little devices in their hands that they can get people saying ‘this is bad’ all day long. Talk about solutions that will cut through the noise.
Then again, as someone who considered themselves a Republican and was really the last man defending Bruce here, I think you are on a fool’s errand at this point unless things change dramatically. You lost me a while back, and I suspect a bunch of others as well. You might want to spend more cycles on getting those folks back and less stroking the base that is going to be with you no matter what.
But yeah, use the type of intervention even the orange man said he was going to avoid, as the insurrection threshold.
- JS Mill - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:53 pm:
=Based on the comments here, I would say her message is effective.=
How many votes do you think she changed? My estimate is zero. To be “effective” you should change votes.
I think what you meant is that her dishonest and hypocritical trolling was effective in reaping the derision of rational people.
She was also “effective” in humiliating herself, she just doesn’t know it.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 1:56 pm:
==The partisanship of Democrats has reached the level of undeniable insurrection.==
Undeniable insurrection? And here I thought it was “a day of love.”
- Red Ranger - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 2:00 pm:
I honestly look forward to her Friday emails every week. They are comedy gold. Her emails need one of those “parody account” icons you see on Twitter. Its really said what has become of the ILGOP.
- Pundent - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 2:13 pm:
The ILGOP and Kathy Salvi have effectively given up on being relevant. They engage in performative exercises and rhetoric to stir the base while effectively acknowledging that they have no expectation of being competitive on a statewide level.
- Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 2:52 pm:
One would think that after a decade of groveling to a two-bit grifter for, what has been proven time and again, to reap very little ROI, GOP members would have had enough and start standing on their hind legs.
- Irma Gerd - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 3:06 pm:
=I’m enjoying Trump and the GOP clean out fraud and corruption, in the entire hemisphere.=
Fixed it:
“I’m enjoying Trump and the GOP fraud and corruption in the entire hemisphere.”
- Excitable Boy - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 3:09 pm:
- Based on the comments here, I would say her message is effective. -
At what? Are you one of those mouth breathers who can’t do anything more useful with his life than “owning the libs”?
- Crispy - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 3:10 pm:
@40,000 ft, is your comment intended as parody?
If these R folks had any shame, they would voluntarily avoid the I-word for about another decade.
- Oh please... - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 3:23 pm:
What part of “America Land of the Free” does she not understand?! Comments like this aren’t going to age well…not at all…
- Moot Point - Friday, Jan 9, 26 @ 3:45 pm:
“Leadership matters”… words matter too, like promises to release the Epstein Files and no more national building abroad. Can’t spell galling hypocrisy without G-O-P.