(CAPITOL CITY NOW) – The plight of a Staunton businessman was one of the subjects Gov. JB Pritzker hit Wednesday at a stop in southern Illinois.
“Ismael Sandoval was a business owner for two decades in a community that showed up for him,” Pritzker said, “when he was taken away by Donald Trump’s storm troopers because of the color of his skin; and then they found out he was undocumented, and they said, we’re not sending him back. The people of Staunton and the surrounding communities know him and know him to be a good man who has raised his family there, and they showed up, and they are protesting to have him returned to their community.”
When asked about the election results around the nation Tuesday, Pritzker said, “They talked about affordability and didn’t just talk about it; they actually acted on it, proposed things, and are getting things done.
“I also think it says something about the fact that Donald Trump has raised prices on everything, when he promised to lower prices; and that Donald Trump is sweeping up Black and brown people just because of how they look.”
Between the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, the mayoral race in New York City, and the California redistricting referendum, political watchers count wins for Democrats.
