Astead Herndon

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This week on Today Explained Saturday, I sit down with Illinois Governor J.B.

Pritzker, a billionaire, one of the most vocal Democratic governors in the country right now, and some of the Trump administration clearly has on its mind.

We talked about his fight against ICE operations in his state, what he'll do if Trump actually invokes the Insurrection Act and deploys troops ahead of the midterm elections, and where Democrats go from here.

Because let's be real, the party is still searching for answers.

And yes, I asked him the obvious question, too.

Are you going to run for president?

You'll want to hear what he has to say.

So let's dig into it.

Governor Pritzker, thank you for joining us.

Great to be with you, Ashton.

I want to dig into everything from kind of the way Illinois has led on pushing back against the Trump administration, kind of future of Democrats.

But I also wanted to say I was thinking about you recently because I'm learning how to play blackjack and poker and some stuff.

And I was reading about just quite how good you are.

I saw that you reported more than 1.4 in Vegas, 1.4 million in winnings from blackjack in Vegas.

I wanted to know if this like a normal week for you.