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If you could speak directly to Donald Trump, what would you tell him?
What does Vladimir Putin have on you? I'm joined by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Honor to have you on, Governor. Governor, right after the election, you were one of the first, if not the first, Democratic governor to kind of come out and say, you know, we're going to protect the state of Illinois.
We're going to protect this country from Trump's encroachment if he starts violating the Constitution. Why did you come out with that statement right away?
Well, Ben, we know who this guy is, right? I was governor back in 2019 and 2020 when he was in his first term. And I can tell you that my experiences back then and, of course, the man's history would tell you that he doesn't live up to his promises, that he doesn't give a darn about really any of the people that he represents.
And I knew that we had to start on day one as Democrats to rebuild and remind people who we are as a Democratic Party and what we stand for. Because he sort of during the election obscured so much of what he really is about. Somehow the campaign last year just wasn't able to get across what our fundamental values are as Democrats. So that's why I was immediate about it.
The fact is that the lies have cost so much for the American people even already. What are we, 62 days into his administration? And I think people are finally, finally waking up. But it was important to me to sound the alarm.
Has his corruption and the wrecking ball that he and Elon Musk have taken to this country kind of met the expectations of corruption, exceeded them in kind of the pace? What would you make of what you're seeing?
Well, I will say, at least for me, I expected it. I think we're living in a kleptocracy now. It's clear that Elon Musk is trying to benefit himself while he's also exercising powers that he was never supposed to be granted. The Constitution certainly doesn't give someone unelected like that the amount of power that he's got. And you're watching as he benefits himself, harms his enemies.
And I'm talking about just Elon Musk. Then you've got Donald Trump, who is enriching himself. We've seen him already selling meme coins that are worthless, taking people for all that they're worth sometimes. And then at the same time, You know, he said that on day one, he was going to bring down prices for people across America. Right.
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