* Subscribers know more about what happened in Springfield yesterday. Today, the House Republicans have put up about 20 signs along the roads leading into the state fairgrounds…

Speaker Welch, however, won’t be attending today’s Governor’s Day events. According to a spokesperson, his kid’s first day of school is today.

The Republicans also have a new video. Click here.

…Adding… Politico had a tiny bit this morning about yesterday’s trolling that I missed because I didn’t read it until just now…

Illinois Republicans trailed House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch around Springfield on Tuesday with a video-equipped van running a political ad that targets the speaker’s social media activity, focusing on instances in which his professional Instagram account liked photos of women in swimsuits. Pic.

       

6 Comments » - Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 11:22 am: Agreed. Covering up sexual misconduct is beyond reprehensible. Hypocrisy is a close second. - JS Mill - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 11:26 am: =Agreed. Covering up sexual misconduct is beyond reprehensible. Hypocrisy is a close second.= Yep. If THAT is the best they can do in this target rich environment, yikes. Weak. - fs - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 11:28 am: The strategy of being quiet about it and hoping it just goes away…it’s clearly not going to go away. I have doubts whether it will have any impact in November. The real impact could be in January. Also, didn’t Sam Cahnman lose the primary? Like, by a lot? And he’s still putting out signs? - Rollie Fingers - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 11:46 am: === According to a spokesperson, his kid’s first day of school is today. === Seems like a weak explanation, his child is in middle school. I find it a little hard to believe that Speaker Welch has never missed a first day of school drop-off, but I look forward to seeing the pics on his Instagram account. But for sure no one wanted to be photographed with him on stage for Governor’s Day. It seems we are already prepping “…to spend more time with his family”. - It's always Sunny in Illinois - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 12:02 pm: Hopefully our TV Governor had a private Tom Hagen to Frank Pentangeli conversation today at the State Fair about resigning…. - It's always Sunny in Illinois - Wednesday, Aug 19, 26 @ 12:03 pm: OOPS Missed the part where he won’t be attending the fair…. TrackBack URI Anonymous commenters, uncivil comments, rumor-mongering, disinformation and profanity of any kind will be deleted. Name/Nickname - Required (required) E-mail - Not required (not required) URL - Not required