Video: Gov. JB Pritzker Says 'Right-Thinking Republicans' Are Likely to Vote for Democrats to Stop Trump
On MS NOW, the Illinois Democrat says Trump is 'a little bit off' and that independents and some Republicans are ready to hand Democrats a check on him. Breitbart posted the clip with a transcript.
A Democratic governor makes his closing pitch to Republicans on cable TV, in a clip Breitbart posted Wednesday.
The setting. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was on MS NOW's "The Briefing." We summarize the transcript Breitbart published and did not watch the video ourselves.
His claim. Pritzker said "right-thinking Republicans" will likely vote for Democrats in the midterms. He said Independents and some Republicans "are starting to say, we have got to vote in Democrats, just to add a minimum, put some stopping point to what Donald Trump is doing to them from Washington, DC."
On the president. He called Trump "out of touch" and said "he is a little bit off. There's something wrong with him. I've said he's got dementia. I don't know what's wrong with him." He said Democrats must control "one, if not both houses of Congress," that "we're on the verge of doing that," and that every Trump rally "is another day when we're going to pick up yet another seat." He said he is trying to widen the field of seats Democrats can compete for.
Note for readers: these are Pritzker's statements and predictions. The dementia claim is his assertion and was offered with no evidence in the excerpt. To hear him in full, watch at the link below.