Democrats love making things up about Donald Trump. It’s one of their only ways to fight back against him.
And an anti-Trump governor made a wild claim about the president.
In a fresh interview with Politico on Tuesday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker once again tried to pin the nation’s problems on President Donald Trump. The billionaire Democrat governor suggested that Trump bears responsibility for rising political tensions and threats against public figures.
Pritzker spoke openly about receiving threats, tying them to his defense of certain communities and even bringing up his own Jewish faith. He insisted these incidents have grown worse recently, painting a picture of emboldened extremists operating in a hostile climate.
The governor did not hesitate to name the source of this supposed atmosphere. He declared that top leaders shape the country’s mood, pointing directly at the president.
“I think that the president of the United States has set a tone where political violence is okay. He’s advocated it himself before. It’s a terrible thing,” Pritzker stated.
This accusation lands with particular irony given the documented attempts on Trump’s own life.
Americans watched in horror as radical actors tried to assassinate the president, yet Pritzker chooses to lecture about tone from the safety of his office.
Pritzker, heir to a massive fortune and longtime fixture in Democratic politics, seems eager to shift focus from his own state’s struggles. Illinois under his watch continues to grapple with crime, population flight, and business exodus. Yet instead of addressing those failures, he directs fire at the man voters chose to lead the country.
The governor described increased threats against himself and his family. He connected these to antisemitism and racism, claiming critics emerge because of his strong advocacy for communities of color.
“Yeah,” Pritzker confirmed when asked if threats had spiked in recent years.
He added, “I don’t want to overstate it, but it’s true. And it’s more than it was in years before.”
When pressed on the causes, Pritzker returned to his central theme about national leadership setting dangerous examples.
Political violence, he suggested, gains acceptance when those at the top tolerate or encourage it.
Regular citizens across the heartland see through this narrative. They remember summers of riots, burned cities, and “mostly peaceful” protests that caused billions in damage while Democratic leaders looked the other way or cheered the chaos. The double standard could not be clearer.
The governor wrapped up with a call for civility. “We’ve got to stand up against this. We need to be speaking out against political violence. I’m a big believer in it’s okay to disagree, but not be disagreeable.”
Fine words, but actions matter more. Illinois residents deal daily with the consequences of soft-on-crime policies and progressive experiments that have made cities less safe.
Threats against politicians deserve condemnation, but so do policies that leave average families vulnerable to actual street violence.
