Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Refuses To Say It Was Wrong For Democrats To Ignore Voters By Forcing Biden Out

Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker refused to say over the weekend that it was wrong for Democrats to ignore the will of the voters and force President Joe Biden off the ticket because Democrats “weren’t feeling” good vibes from Biden’s campaign.

Pritzker made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked about comments made by former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain.

“I do think the president was pushed by public calls from elected officials for him to drop out, from donors calling him to drop out. And I think that was wrong,” Klain recently told CNN. “The president had won the nomination fair and square; 14 million people went and voted for him and the vice president as vice president.”

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When Tapper asked Pritzker if it was wrong for Democrats to force Biden out, Pritzker responded: “Well, I want to remind you that, I mean, there is an enormous amount of reverence for Joe Biden.”

“I think everybody was looking at the polls and seeing that there were some real challenges ahead,” he said. “There is a danger on the horizon here, and that is that Donald Trump might become president again. And it’s a danger that a majority of Americans will reject. But they need to know that who they’re voting for is somebody that they can be excited and electrified by.”

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“And I think they weren’t feeling that about Joe Biden,” he continued. “Having said that, this is a man who’s accomplished more than 3.5 years than most presidents get done in eight. So we’re going to see a celebration of him. We’re also going to see how Kamala Harris has brought the party together with Tim Walz, by the way, a good friend of mine and a fellow Midwestern governor, who’s an everyday guy and somebody that everybody relates to.”

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.@GovPritzker says “there is an enormous amount of reverence” for Biden among Democrats but tells @jaketapper Americans “need to know that who they’re voting for is somebody that they can be excited and electrified by, and I think they weren’t feeling that about Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/vzI7u27Glc

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) August 18, 2024