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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tina Sfondeles

Gov. Pritzker blasts Republicans as Democrats rally at Illinois State Fair

Sen. Dick Durbin speaks during a Governor’s Day rally Wednesday in Springfield. Joining him onstage are (from left) state Comptroller Susana Mendoza, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias; Illinois Democratic Party Chair and state Rep. Lisa Hernandez. state House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. (Mitchell Armentrout/Sun-Times)

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday told the state’s largest annual gathering of Illinois Democrats that “Republicans demagogue, Democrats deliver” as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin warned that the latest indictment against former President Donald Trump should not be viewed as “just another political wrinkle.”

Trump has created a “party of fear and hate,” and a Republican Party that is “dividing America, dividing our states, dividing our counties and our school boards,” Durbin told the party faithful.

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