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Gov. signs 3 trans rights bills into law & then marches in Pride parade that afternoon - LGBTQ Nation
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If a bad person has the intelligence and foresight to consistently do a bunch of good things to gain our respect so that we vote for them, and continue to do those things while in power so that we continue to vote for them, why should we care if they are a bad person?
Pritzker was secretly about to cut taxes for a whole lot of data centers to be built, and got called out by the competition. Turns out his private equity firm was invested in several of those tech companies and stood to make a big profit off it all... Then all the sudden he makes this big public announcement that they're pausing these plans for data centers or whatever it was recently, to look like the good guy. He only backpedaled because he was caught.
The HUGE pica law (protect IL communities act) is a joke, banning a bunch of guns while his family owns a range just over the border in WI where you can legally shoot all those banned guns. Not to mention Pritzker Corp used to own a gun parts manufacturer. So, a little 2-faced and will call it an investment strategy im sure, but still.
Don't let the facade fool you, he's no better than the rest... He's just had not time in public light and knows how to schmooze people better. That's the whole thing his campaigns based on, "not Trump" and people will gobble it up unknowingly.
Edit: let me remind you everyone thought Elon was great and ambitious with Tesla, his Mars objectives, boring company, then Dogecoin (up until 2021ish)... All the while being not a great person but did stuff for positive spotlight. Now with a lot more influence, can get away with so much more than before.
Well, that shows the importance of scrutinising every action of all our public officials. He is clearly doing everything he can get away with.
However, the Elon comparison is a bit much. Let's compare him to a more representative billionaire like Bill Gates, who polished his rep for a little while with huge seemingly philanthropic actions, until getting caught being a massive creep and a much less generous philanthropist than people thought.