Right here’s the issue.
Whereas Democrat Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker, who has presidential ambitions, is being praised by progressives for standing as much as President Donald Trump over the Nationwide Guard challenge, he additionally occurs to be a billionaire.
And Democrats hate billionaires. They hate billionaires greater than they hate criminals, although there are fewer than 9 hundred billionaires in the US, a rustic of 350 million individuals.
Pritzker is certainly one of them with a web value of $3.7 billion.
However Democrats haven’t any issues with millionaires since so lots of them, like socialist leaning Elizabeth Warren, (web value $8 million), Eddie Markey ($4 million) and Bernie Sanders, ($3 million) to call a number of, are millionaires themselves.
It’s billionaires they’re after. Which accounts for Gov. Maura Healey, Warren, Markey and others on the Labor Day rally In Boston Monday marching beneath an indication that learn “staff over billionaires.”
To emphasise the purpose, a shrill Gov. Healey, in addressing the crowed, mentioned that Trump, as an alternative of serving to staff, “is simply serving to China and some of his richest billionaire mates.”
Whereas not a buddy, Pritzker is a kind of billionaires and he needs to run for president.
So, what to do about Pritzker, who occurs to one of many richest elected public officers in the US?
Pritzker, 60, is wealthy, and he flaunts it, which little question causes concern amongst Democrats who purport to signify the working class that the billionaires are allegedly dwelling off.
Can progressive Democrats– like Republicans have finished with Trump– actually nominate a billionaire for president even when he funds his personal political marketing campaign, as Pritzker has finished previously?
“Take it from an precise billionaire,” Pritzker informed Democrats at their get together conference final yr, “Trump is wealthy in just one factor–stupidity.”
Trump has a web value of $6 billion, in response to Forbes, which should make him loads silly.
In addition to, the distinction between the 2 rich politicians is that Pritzker inherited his cash whereas Trump labored for his.
Pritzker’s wealth stems from the Hyatt Resort chain which was based by his uncle Jay Pritzker and expanded by his father Donald Pritzker. His sister Penny, additionally a billionaire, served as U.S Secretary of Commerce beneath President Barack Obama.
Just like the issue-less Democrat Celebration generally, Pritzker’s solely “challenge” is his opposition to Trump’s sending within the Nationwide Guard to cope with the horrific capturing within the streets of Chicago, America’s capturing gallery.
Pritzker and dopey Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have turned Chicago into Kabul throughout Joe Biden’s felony withdrawal, or Saigon throughout the Tet Offensive.
It’s attention-grabbing to notice that whereas Pritzker calls Trump “unhinged” for wanting to make use of the Guard to quell murderous gun violence in fight zone Chicago, he had no downside calling out the Guard to guard get together delegates towards potential violence from protesters on the Chicago 2024 Democrat Celebration conference.
Again then, he mentioned he known as out the Illinois Nationwide Guard “to additional safe civilian security, shield crucial infrastructure, and assist individuals train their First Modification rights.”
In different phrases, Pritzker is prepared to name out the Guard to guard Democrat politicians however refuses to make use of the Guard to guard Chicago individuals.
That’s the Democrat Celebration at this time.
Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas may be reached at: peter.lucas@bostonherald.com.
