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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tina Sfondeles

Republican Irvin vows to take the ‘handcuffs off the police’ by repealing law that Democrats insist he supported

Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin speaks about the crime in Chicago and his answers to combat it during a news conference at his campaign headquarters. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Richard Irvin on Wednesday surrounded himself with law enforcement supporters at his downtown Chicago campaign office and vowed to be the tough-on-crime governor he advertises in his campaign ads.

But what Irvin actually wants to do, and can legally do, if he wins the GOP primary and defeats Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is a little murkier — given Democratic control of the Legislature and a letter that the governor’s campaign says shows Irvin’s real views.  

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