Pritzker’s New Hampshire speech inspires Democrats, angers Republicans
DEMOCRATS AND ANGERING REPUBLICANS. NEVER BEFORE IN MY LIFE HAVE I CALLED FOR MASS PROTESTS FOR MOBILIZATION, FOR DISRUPTION. BUT I AM NOW. GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER TOOK THE GLOVES OFF IN HIS SPEECH SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE MCINTYRE SHAHEEN 100 CLUB DINNER AND GRANITE STATE DEMOCRATS LOVED IT. THESE REPUBLICANS CANNOT KNOW A MOMENT OF PEACE. THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL FIGHT THEIR CRUELTY WITH EVERY MEGAPHONE AND MICROPHONE THAT WE HAVE. WE MUST CASTIGATE THEM ON THE SOAPBOX AND THEN PUNISH THEM AT THE BALLOT BOX. THOSE CALLS FOR DISRUPTION AND REPUBLICANS TO NOT KNOW A MOMENT OF PEACE DID NOT GO UNNOTICED. THOSE CHICAGO GANGSTER TACTICS JUST DON’T PLAY HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. LIKE THE GRANITE STATERS EXPECT US TO, YOU KNOW, GET TO WORK, SOLVE SOLVING PROBLEMS, HAVING RIOTS IN THE STREET. SHOUTING IN MEGAPHONES, BURNING CITIES DOWN LIKE WE SAW FOR SIX MONTHS BACK IN 2020. YOU KNOW, THAT’S NOT THAT’S NOT WHAT AMERICANS WANT. THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY ELECTED US TO DO. PRITZKER WAS SWARMED AFTER HIS SPEECH. YOUNG DEMOCRATS IN PARTICULAR, TELLING US THEY DIDN’T EXPECT TO BE SO FIRED UP BY THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A BILLIONAIRE. AND. IN THE EARLIEST STAGE OF THE NEXT FIRST IN THE NATION, PRIMARY. POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ARE ATTEMPTING TO CHANNEL THE INTENSITY OF THE FEELING RIGHT NOW IN THE PARTY BASE. WHAT DEMOCRATS WANT IS SOMEONE WHO’S GOING TO TAKE ACTION, SOMETIMES ALMOST IN A PHYSICAL WAY. AND THEY WANT TO SEE SOMEONE WHO’S GOING TO BE FIGHTING ON FRONTLINES. HE’S TAKEN THAT LANE WHERE DEMOCRATS CAN SEE A GOVERNOR HERE FIGHTING TR
Pritzker’s New Hampshire speech inspires Democrats, angers Republicans
Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Apr 28, 2025
A fiery speech delivered by the governor of Illinois on Sunday night in Manchester is drawing big responses on both sides of the aisle.Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker appears to have touched a nerve, inspiring Democrats and angering Republicans.”Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption – but I am now,” Pritzker said in his speech at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner.The governor drew cheers from the crowd as he took the gloves off in his speech.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he said. “They have to know we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.”The calls for disruption and for Republicans to not know a moment of peace did not go unnoticed.”Those Chicago gangster tactics just don’t play here in New Hampshire, where Granite Staters expect us to get to work solving problems,” said Republican Majority Leader Jason Osborne. “Having riots in the street, shouting in megaphones, burning cities down like we saw for six months back in 2020, that’s not what Americans want. That is not what they elected us to do.”Pritzker was swarmed after his speech. Young Democrats in particular said they did not expect to be so fired up by the governor of Illinois, who is also a billionaire.Analysts said that in this earliest stage of the next first-in-the-nation primary, potential presidential candidates are attempting to channel the intensity of feelings in the party base.”What Democrats want is someone who’s going to take action, sometimes almost in a physical way, and they want to see someone who’s going to be fighting on the front lines, and he’s taking that lane where Democrats can see a governor here fighting Trump at every opportunity,” said Neil Levesque, of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —A fiery speech delivered by the governor of Illinois on Sunday night in Manchester is drawing big responses on both sides of the aisle.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker appears to have touched a nerve, inspiring Democrats and angering Republicans.
“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption – but I am now,” Pritzker said in his speech at the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner.
The governor drew cheers from the crowd as he took the gloves off in his speech.
>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<
“These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” he said. “They have to know we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have. We must castigate them on the soapbox and then punish them at the ballot box.”
The calls for disruption and for Republicans to not know a moment of peace did not go unnoticed.
“Those Chicago gangster tactics just don’t play here in New Hampshire, where Granite Staters expect us to get to work solving problems,” said Republican Majority Leader Jason Osborne. “Having riots in the street, shouting in megaphones, burning cities down like we saw for six months back in 2020, that’s not what Americans want. That is not what they elected us to do.”
Pritzker was swarmed after his speech. Young Democrats in particular said they did not expect to be so fired up by the governor of Illinois, who is also a billionaire.
Analysts said that in this earliest stage of the next first-in-the-nation primary, potential presidential candidates are attempting to channel the intensity of feelings in the party base.
“What Democrats want is someone who’s going to take action, sometimes almost in a physical way, and they want to see someone who’s going to be fighting on the front lines, and he’s taking that lane where Democrats can see a governor here fighting Trump at every opportunity,” said Neil Levesque, of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
