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* Your Illinois Republican Party…
JB Pritzker deserves a stay at Alligator Alcatraz pic.twitter.com/8yqAxKRBjJ
— IL Republican Party (@ILGOP) July 11, 2025
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:21 am
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Nice.
Perhaps someday the IL GOP will figure out why they are a superminority.
Perhaps.
Comment by Politix Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:33 am
Nice to see some creativity in the approach
The claim is false of course, as usual.
Comment by Walker Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:38 am
Seems this puts GOP also onboard with the other nickname for this camp where they will concentrate people - Alligator Auschwitz. Very on brand and their supporters love it.
Comment by Heat of Summer Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:40 am
Walker, what is false — The amount, the actual giveaway of tax dollars to noncitizens, or Pritzker needing to be incarcerated?
There are a lot of people, 44% of the 5.5million that voted for the potus in Nov 2024, that agree with the sentiments in this post.
Comment by 40,000 ft Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:48 am
I guess the Fearful Caucus has access to the IL GOP twitter account.
Comment by Loyal Virus Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:53 am
=There are a lot of people, 44% of the 5.5million that voted for the potus in Nov 2024, that agree with the sentiments in this post.=
If the goal of the ILGOP is to get a minority of voters to agree with their messaging then they’re “winning.” In the meantime the Democratic Party will accomplish its goal of setting policy by winning elections.
Comment by Pundent Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:54 am
===get a minority of voters ===
Correction: A minority of their own voters.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:57 am
It’s post like these that need to remind a few commenters that pining for that “reasoned, moderate Republican” is a fool’s errand.
No more Edgars, Thompsons, or the like.
If you’re still voting GOP, this is your party. Lock, stock, and freak-show barrel.
Own it, acknowledge it.
Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:58 am
===what is false===
Venezuelans seeking asylum don’t generally qualify for HBIA and HBIS. The IPI story this claim is based on is (surprise!) false.
Also, advocating for sending a governor to a concentration camp for signing a duly passed bill into law is indefensible.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 11:59 am
=There are a lot of people, 44% of the 5.5million that voted for the potus in Nov 2024, that agree with the sentiments in this post.=
If this same message came from the democrats and was targeted at potus, the ilgop would absolutely come unglued.
Also, keep on keepin on with the micro minority.
Comment by JS Mill Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:00 pm
==Correction: A minority of their own voters.==
Who are the most fervent and reliable come election day. The GOP needs the cult to remain at a fever pitch emotionally, or else they are truly lost. It’s why they are constantly tilting at windmills to get people riled, because if they ever stop then those voters might have a moment to themselves to think, or worse *actual facts* might get in between their ears that prove the lie.
Comment by CA-HOON Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:10 pm
== the actual giveaway of tax dollars to noncitizens==
“Non-citizens” are still taxpayers. Is there a reason why they should no receive government services provided to other taxpayers?
Comment by Pot calling kettle Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:27 pm
==that agree with the sentiments in this post.==
Shame on them and shame on you for defending it.
Comment by Demoralized Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:27 pm
Wow. A new low. This is the party of Thompson, Edgar, Topinka? I hope they become extinct.
Comment by Paddyrollingstone Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:32 pm
= concentration camp ==
I’m glad you’re calling it what it is.
Comment by Demoralized Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:34 pm
The GOP is really the epitome of being able to dish it out but being unable to take it.
GOP actively talks about incarcerating Democrats, but they heave and haw over being called weird.
I swear, if the Dems were 1/10th as belligerent as the GOP is on a daily basis, they’d be launching a civil war as we speak.
Comment by TJ Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:44 pm
Assuming open debate is allowed here …
Under current asylum rules a Venezuelan should request asylum in Columbia, Brazil, or other bordering country. Under that rule (easily googled) only Mexicans should be allowed as asylum seekers/refugees, but that is also invalid due to Mexico being a democratic country.
Regarding the “concentration camp” tag, it’s actually a last stop detention facility for violent criminal aliens. Pritzker, if ever convicted of the obvious violations of 8 usc 1324 for harboring, inducing, etc, would probably be sentenced to Club Fed. He’d be fine.
HBIA and HBIS may be kind policy, but they are illegal under federal criminal law. The fact that Illinois democrats continue to disregard federal law, while expecting compliance with other state/federal laws, is what is truly indefensible.
Let’s keep debating. Maybe I can convince someone to think more critically about all this.
Comment by 40,000 ft Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:48 pm
===violent criminal aliens===
Sure, Jan.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:49 pm
===Let’s keep debating===
Stop trying to change the subject.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 12:53 pm
=Let’s keep debating. Maybe I can convince someone to think more critically about all this.=
Translation- If you don’t think like me, and regurgitate the same talking points, YOU are not thinking critically. But when I just go with the talking points, I am thinking critically.
LOL. So now tell me more about how the maga’s, with their very tender feel feels, are saying the governor should be put in a “camp” and how they would react if the shoe was on the other foot? Your thought leader(lol), by the way, is an actual convicted felon who didn’t serve any time.
Comment by JS Mill Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:01 pm
=== Maybe I can convince someone to think more critically about all this. ===
Dunning-Kruger at its finest.
Comment by CA-HOON Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:05 pm
== Regarding the “concentration camp” tag, it’s actually a last stop detention facility for violent criminal aliens ==
Then by all means, show the due process where this was remotely legally proved.
Comment by TJ Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:05 pm
==Under current asylum rules a Venezuelan should request asylum in Columbia, Brazil, or other bordering country.==
It can’t be stressed enough that no such rule exists
Comment by SWIL_Voter Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:06 pm
==Also, advocating for sending a governor to a concentration camp for signing a duly passed bill into law is indefensible.==
And a *Jewish* Governor, no less.
Comment by Arsenal Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:10 pm
==Regarding the “concentration camp” tag, it’s actually a last stop detention facility for violent criminal aliens.==
It’s not a concentration camp unless it specifically originates from the Oberösterreich Bundesländer of Austria. Otherwise, it’s merely sparkling mass detention of undesirable others.
Cripes, man, listen to yourself.
Comment by Roadrager Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:18 pm
===Let’s keep debating===
Why won’t you debate the topic at hand, which is interring the governor without due process?
If anything argues that this is a concentration camp, it’s the ILGOP’s own twisted logic.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:37 pm
I just checked to make sure, and there is no
“Neighboring country” rule.
Comment by Soccermom Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:45 pm
Pritzker is a citizen and not an illegal immigrant so it’s unclear on what basis he would ever qualify for “Alligator Alcatraz” which is exclusively for holding foreign nationals in our country in violation of federal law. State GOP chair Kathy Salvi is a lawyer and one might think she would consider a little detail like that. But why be serious when you can just pander to the lowest common denominator.
Comment by Samantha Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:49 pm
The cutesy name “Alligator Alcatraz” doesn’t change what it is: a concentration camp.
“Alligator Auschwitz” is what it will become when people start dying there from the heat and lack of medical attention.
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 1:53 pm
In grade school the appropriate retort was, “The one who smelt, it dealt it.” Things haven’t changed much since then.
Comment by James of Little Italy Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:13 pm
==which is exclusively for holding foreign nationals in our country in violation of federal law==
You’re making a deplorable place sound like it’s Club Fed.
Comment by Demoralized Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:16 pm
Why would you not post my comment that debates with facts about Pritzker’s actions, the topic of the ilgop post?
Comment by 40,000 ft Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:22 pm
Bullies are empowered by their victim’s fear…they can’t operate without it.
Comment by Dotnonymous x Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:27 pm
===the topic of the ilgop post===
The topic was sending him to a concentration camp without trial.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:37 pm
- Why would you not post my comment that debates with facts -
Probably because you don’t seem to know what facts are.
Comment by Excitable Boy Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:42 pm
===Why would you not post my comment that debates with facts===
Partly because it was off-topic, but mainly because you took a swipe at everyone here, which I frown upon: “I never learn anything from you folks”
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:50 pm
@40k
Don’t worry. I can confirm he’s also preventing facts from being directed at you. It’s to avoid the comment section turning into a war zone.
Comment by Irreverent Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 2:58 pm
=“I never learn anything from you folks”=
Sometimes it’s the student, not the teachers.
Comment by Pundent Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 3:07 pm
==It’s not a concentration camp==
Um, that’s what FDR called the ten internment camps for Japanese Americans from 1942 to 1945.
Comment by Jocko Friday, Jul 11, 25 @ 3:17 pm