{"id":3266,"date":"2025-10-16T18:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:14:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:14:31","slug":"pritzker-breaks-down-after-trump-accuses-him-of-deserving-jail-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3266","title":{"rendered":"Pritzker Breaks Down After Trump Accuses Him of Deserving Jail Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"501\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/128-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/128-1.jpg 501w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/128-1-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker fired back fiercely after former President Donald Trump declared that he and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson \u201cshould be in jail.\u201d The remarks came in the wake of a heated clash between federal immigration agents and protesters outside an ICE facility near Chicago \u2014 an event that quickly became a national flashpoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on ABC\u2019s <em>This Week<\/em> with George Stephanopoulos, Pritzker didn\u2019t hold back. The Democratic governor, viewed by many as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race, accused the Trump administration of \u201cpeddling falsehoods\u201d and \u201cabusing its power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou just heard a flood of lies from the vice president,\u201d Pritzker said, responding to comments made earlier by Vice President J.D. Vance. \u201cThis administration attacks truth and integrity every single day. They lie, they intimidate, and they call it leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning to Trump\u2019s legal troubles, Pritzker said, \u201cHere is a man convicted 34 times threatening to jail his political opponents. That isn\u2019t democracy \u2014 it\u2019s authoritarianism, plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s post last week claimed that Pritzker and Johnson failed to safeguard ICE agents during the Broadview protest. Officials reported that federal agents were surrounded by demonstrators before a suspect was taken into custody following an exchange of gunfire. Dispatch records suggested local police were told to \u201cstand down,\u201d a claim city officials are still investigating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker fired back fiercely after former President Donald Trump declared that he and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson \u201cshould be in jail.\u201d The remarks came in the wake of a heated clash between federal immigration agents and protesters outside an ICE facility near Chicago \u2014 an event that quickly became a national flashpoint&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=3266\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Pritzker Breaks Down After Trump Accuses Him of Deserving Jail Time&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3266\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}