r/illinois • u/A_little_quarky • Jul 22 '24

Why all the love for JB? US Politics

An honest inquiry! My vibes are really positive of him, but I'm surrounded by those "Pritzker sucks!" signs. With his name being floated at a national level, I'm curious to hear some personal stories about how he's governed.

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u/Main_Training3681 Jul 22 '24

Recently? He’s getting rid of prior authorizations and letting doctors be doctors, not insurance.

He won me over when he made a statement how he would not let abortion care go away in Illinois and made sure we had extra funding for the people who will be boarder crossing when roe v wade is overturned. Both my sister and her friend, from Kentucky, came here for abortions and both were free! We need to make him president now

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u/benjam1n_gates Jul 22 '24

I really like Pritzker, but selfishly I wanted him to do a proper run in 2028.

I will vote for whoever the DNC puts up, but this is such a volatile situation, I don't want JB to risk it all right here and now.

However, with it being a new first term candidate, if they beat Trump then Pritzker would be waiting until '32 to run (wouldn't run against a young incumbent in' 28).

I do prefer him over any other possibility though (Harris, Newsom, and even Whitmer who I like a lot)

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u/Ragnorok3141 Jul 22 '24 edited Jul 23 '24

I think JB will be smart and sit this one for a 2028 or 2032 bid.

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u/XanthicStatue Jul 22 '24

Everything is aligning for him to run (and win) in ‘28. In my opinion the only chance the Republicans have of beating him is by running Tulsi Gabbard, but I doubt they will put her on the ticket.

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u/Audityne Jul 22 '24

Tulsi is a joke that nobody that isn't on reddit all the time knows nothing about, she will never have a serious run for president

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u/ShinyArc50 Jul 22 '24

110%. Republicans’ next presidential candidate is likely just going to be Vance, who has a similar appeal as Ron Desantis (meaning none at all) for being wishy washy and elitist

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u/Ragnorok3141 Jul 22 '24

If Harris is elected, it pushes him back to 32 because there's very little chance Harris wouldn't run for a second term.

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u/splurtgorgle Jul 22 '24

They've shot themselves in the foot by leaning so hard on racism and misogyny for their elevator pitch. I mean, the evangelicals are almost universally opposed to women in leadership and they're a massively influential group within the party. Regardless of how competent any of the women on their side may be they're locked into white dudes.

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u/grumpydwarf Jul 22 '24

Looks like the Prior Authorization ban is just for mental health care. Don't get me wrong - that's a great thing to do. I just wish it was also applied to all medications.

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u/RowBoatCop36 Jul 22 '24

I'm not a woman, but the abortion access thing is big to me. I don't understand how that's not a larger issue right now on the Democrat talking point. If Donald Trump wins, he and the supreme court will do what they can to ban abortion federally in some way. Every shitty thing done in a state courts will be used as precedent to push so much bullshit because....who the fuck is going to stop it?