Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned that Darren Bailey, his Republican opponent, is a far-right politician who would take the state backward while Bailey asked voters to consider whether the Democratic incumbent's first term has improved their lives.
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned that his Republican opponent is a far-right politician who would take the state backward while state Sen. Darren Bailey asked voters to consider whether the Democratic incumbent's first term has improved their lives as the two candidates met for an online forum Friday.
The broad package, known as the SAFE-T Act, also focused on law enforcement accountability. But the bail changes have been theBailey, who has called Chicago a “hellhole" and once supported a resolution seeking to make the city a separate state, repeated his demand that it be repealed or risk the rest of the state experiencing “the same havoc as what's happening in the city of Chicago.
Pritzker, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump during the coronavirus pandemic, repeatedly described Bailey as an extremist in line with Trump. He suggested the Republican would do away with some of Illinois' most progressive pedigrees, including protection of abortion rights following theBailey brushed off a direct question about whether he would sign an abortion ban into law, arguing that Democrats' hold on Illinois' Legislature is unlikely to change.