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(34,195 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:40 PM Mar 2020

Illinois governor fires back at Trump over coronavirus: 'Get off Twitter & do your job'

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) hit back at President Trump after the president attacked him and other governors who have criticized the federal response to coronavirus Sunday.

‘You wasted precious months when you could've taken action to protect Americans & Illinoisans. You should be leading a national response instead of throwing tantrums from the back seat,” Pritzker tweeted Sunday. “Where were the tests when we needed them? Where's the PPE [personal protective equipment]? Get off Twitter & do your job.”

Earlier in the day, Trump tweeted that Pritzker and “a very small group of certain other Governors, together with Fake News @CNN& Concast (MSDNC), shouldn’t be blaming the Federal Government for their own shortcomings” after Pritzker told CNN’s Jake Tapper that an inadequate federal response had forced states affected by the virus to compete for resources, telling Tapper it “should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/488903-illinois-governor-fires-back-at-trump-over-coronavirus-get-off-twitter

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Illinois governor fires back at Trump over coronavirus: 'Get off Twitter & do your job' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is the hero for the day !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #1
Ditto. Twitter should ban him now! SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #9
In the process of its control being bought out by a Trump supporting billionaire. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #58
Ha heh ... that billionaire that may buy Twitter may not anymore after the stock market collapse. SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #66
+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Mar 2020 #33
Love J.B, my governor Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #40
I wish JB Nature Man Mar 2020 #2
I wouldn't want JB to catch anything, Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #32
A reporter better ask a question about this. dem4decades Mar 2020 #3
Republicans need to stop lying, get off Twitter, and do their damn jobs Champp Mar 2020 #4
And then they try to keep the money for all their CEO friends. calimary Mar 2020 #44
This is the Behavior of Rich Kids Raised by Nannies McKim Mar 2020 #63
I kinda think we're safer if the idiot isn't working fleur-de-lisa Mar 2020 #5
You gave me an idea. We should all order coloring books and crayons Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #11
That would be awesome -- coloring books for toddlers! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #24
I think coloring books are too advanced for him and he'd just eat the crayons MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #35
Unfortunately in that case, the crayons are non-toxic lambchopp59 Mar 2020 #42
OUCH! calimary Mar 2020 #45
Not the beautiful part. Just hideous. wnylib Mar 2020 #62
That's it! MyOwnPeace Mar 2020 #31
Tell him to build the wall with 'em. calimary Mar 2020 #47
+1, uponit7771 Mar 2020 #51
That is going to give Trump a mad. nr doc03 Mar 2020 #6
I wonder what Pritzker's nickname PatSeg Mar 2020 #15
Probably P.U. or Pritzy MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #43
Yeah PatSeg Mar 2020 #52
You know that it has to be driving Trump crazy avebury Mar 2020 #20
Saw a post on Facebook thanking pence doc03 Mar 2020 #29
That's why he wants that hotel bailout money. calimary Mar 2020 #48
Pritzker is another one who is impressing me. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #7
He is MY governor. Scarsdale Mar 2020 #18
I love Pritzker. He's my Gov, too. But, he's not a self made man. He was born into a family of mucifer Mar 2020 #27
Is he related to Penny? OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #28
yes - brother MFGsunny Mar 2020 #37
He's a great guy and I like him but definitely a member of the lucky sperm club Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #41
Noblesse oblige. And he evident gets that. calimary Mar 2020 #50
He is my governor, too. murielm99 Mar 2020 #57
K&R mushroomhunter Mar 2020 #38
k&r Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #8
Bout damn time. WTG Gov. Pritzker!!!! Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #10
So say we all, Governor n/t sarge43 Mar 2020 #12
Some of our governors are showing genuine leadership cp Mar 2020 #13
Putin never told him about this part of the job. C Moon Mar 2020 #14
That is because Putin only met Scarsdale Mar 2020 #21
An excellent post!! C Moon Mar 2020 #49
Bravo Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #16
He's nicer than me Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #17
FEMA Director DallasNE Mar 2020 #19
Give Mikey a break. Scarsdale Mar 2020 #22
We need to get the GOP infection out of government. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #26
So, Who are you going to believe?...Gov Pritzker or Liar Trump?... Stuart G Mar 2020 #23
Trump needs to be removed from office. PatrickforO Mar 2020 #25
Pritzker is kickin some ass and naming names Bluethroughu Mar 2020 #30
I love JB extvbroadcaster Mar 2020 #34
That's my Governor MustLoveBeagles Mar 2020 #36
Love ❤️ JB. nt live love laugh Mar 2020 #46
Why would he start now? Doreen Mar 2020 #39
JB makes more me proud every day he is our governor beachbumbob Mar 2020 #53
"should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government." keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #54
Trump ridiculed the idea of gov't being a shipping clerk and now he is bragging about doing just tha keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #55
This is an example of Trump's great leadership skills. n/t King_Klonopin Mar 2020 #56
it should have been! subana Mar 2020 #59
And, keep your assface-trump OFF TV Cha Mar 2020 #60
Every day, multiple times a day,.... citizen blues Mar 2020 #61
They should be SUING the federal govt. Sue the CDC to get tests from WHO. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #64
Happy to be in a state where we have real leadership! Thekaspervote Mar 2020 #65

SWBTATTReg

(22,133 posts)
66. Ha heh ... that billionaire that may buy Twitter may not anymore after the stock market collapse.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:51 PM
Mar 2020

In addition, Twitter still hasn't figured out to generate revenues from its business model.

Champp

(2,114 posts)
4. Republicans need to stop lying, get off Twitter, and do their damn jobs
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:59 PM
Mar 2020

But no. They sit around and whine and blame other people.

Whiney Republican wankers are a disgrace.

calimary

(81,313 posts)
44. And then they try to keep the money for all their CEO friends.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:43 PM
Mar 2020

They’re clinging to the old, obsolete trickle-down bullshit. Just hoping everybody forgot how that crap only benefitted the already haves. TWICE.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
63. This is the Behavior of Rich Kids Raised by Nannies
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:43 AM
Mar 2020

This is the behavior of rich kids raised by nannies or raised without limits. No discipline, no consequences and no responsibility!

fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)
5. I kinda think we're safer if the idiot isn't working
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:17 PM
Mar 2020

but do wish he would quit spreading disinformation on Twitter.

Can’t someone give him a coloring book or something? Maybe some LEGO’s?

Dem2theMax

(9,651 posts)
11. You gave me an idea. We should all order coloring books and crayons
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:38 PM
Mar 2020

and have them shipped straight to the White House.

Maybe send him some pacifiers and some Depends as well.

MustLoveBeagles

(11,611 posts)
35. I think coloring books are too advanced for him and he'd just eat the crayons
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:42 PM
Mar 2020

However, the pacifier and Depends would be useful.

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
42. Unfortunately in that case, the crayons are non-toxic
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:38 PM
Mar 2020

Although eating the red ones would accent the orange toner clownishly
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MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
31. That's it!
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:37 PM
Mar 2020

Give him a BIG BAG of Legos and tell him he needs to build the model of the bestest, biggest, awesomest, Republiconist wall ever!!!!
THAT will keep him busy for a while................

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
15. I wonder what Pritzker's nickname
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:58 PM
Mar 2020

is going to be. Trump will put a lot of energy into undermining the governor and the state of Illinois now. Of course, if he WAS doing his job, he wouldn't have time for this vindictive crap.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
20. You know that it has to be driving Trump crazy
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:15 PM
Mar 2020

that he can't go play golf at any one of his golf courses. This dang virus is costing him money. He can't charge the Federal Govt if he isn't going to his properties. Hence the motivation to make money off of the virus.

doc03

(35,346 posts)
29. Saw a post on Facebook thanking pence
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:31 PM
Mar 2020

for doing a good job with the virus. That will drive Trump nuts too.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. Pritzker is another one who is impressing me.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 04:19 PM
Mar 2020

Despite being a billionaire, he strikes me as the type of person who truly understands what it means to be a public servant.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
18. He is MY governor.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:11 PM
Mar 2020

Running for office, he told his life story. He is a self made man, and very sensible, not puffed up like tRump. Will make a great president some day. He is naturally frustrated with the slow pace of this administration's action on the virus. Trump will no doubt find a stupid nickname for J.B. It is what he does - mostly instead of doing his job. Something I feel for Pritzker, but not for tRump? RESPECT.

mucifer

(23,550 posts)
27. I love Pritzker. He's my Gov, too. But, he's not a self made man. He was born into a family of
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:29 PM
Mar 2020

billionaires. He has had lots of advantages the rest of us never had.

All that said I can't imagine not voting for him again. He's great!

calimary

(81,313 posts)
50. Noblesse oblige. And he evident gets that.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 06:58 PM
Mar 2020

Basically it means much blessed, much obligated. And I agree. If they’re blessed with great wealth, dammit, they’re OBLIGATED. That wealth OBLIGATES them to help those in greater need.

That’s NOT free wealth. It comes with a bigtime obligation to do more, contribute more, give more, and help more.

If there’s a 98-pound weakling and a big-ass 250-pound muscle-bound weightlifter walking together, which one of them is better-suited and better-equipped and more capable of lifting the stalled car’s wheel out of the ditch? We’ve spent WAY too long sticking the 98-pound weakling with the heavy lifting and sending the big muscleman over to the side under the shade tree with the nice beach chair to relax with a nice cold drink?

murielm99

(30,745 posts)
57. He is my governor, too.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 01:08 AM
Mar 2020

I love him where he is and would like to keep him here. Our state has so many problems. He has ideas about how to fix them.

JB has a short fuse under many circumstances. I don't mind, but I don't think that is a quality that would get him elected to the Presidency.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
21. That is because Putin only met
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:15 PM
Mar 2020

republican politicians who travelled to meet him in Moscow last 4th of July. Putin was not told that the other party, the democrats, have SPINES and intelligence. Both sadly lacking in the gop. Putin should have known about the democratic politicians by studying Hillary. She has more cajones than the entire gop combined. The sooner the (D)'s take over, the sooner this country can begin the long, long treck back to normalcy.

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
19. FEMA Director
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:14 PM
Mar 2020

Today said FEMA started shipping vast quantities of face masks from stockpiles. Let that set in. FEMA had these masks stockpiled for the next emergency but because this was a health disaster it was the responsibility of HHS. Apparently HHS doesn't have the telephone number or email address of FEMA to ask what medical supplies and equipment they had stockpiled, how soon they could be shipped, etc. "Not my job" is a pretty pathetic response during a national emergency, especially from the FEMA Director. Heck of a job. Same goes for Pence. Why wasn't he on the phone demanding answers and getting things going. There is not a decent manager in the bunch.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fema-administrator-masks-shipped-national-stockpile/story?id=69731546&cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_twopack_hed&fbclid=IwAR3aKZPPxyRKC6GX6yKINGSaUYbhhdn21N21FMsW65TnQiEUxbEwHxiCHh8

Edited to add link.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
22. Give Mikey a break.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:17 PM
Mar 2020

He was praying with Mother, and telling people to remember to give money to churches. You know, the IMPORTANT stuff.

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)
23. So, Who are you going to believe?...Gov Pritzker or Liar Trump?...
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:22 PM
Mar 2020

It is as if the "federal government" & Trump did not have ...responsibility for a national disaster

Trump doesn't have a clue. Much too stupid to know what he just said is very stupid. A national disaster is a responsibility of the ..."federal government"....and............................................................

..you can't throw paper towels at it and the problem will be solved....

PatrickforO

(14,576 posts)
25. Trump needs to be removed from office.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:26 PM
Mar 2020

He is the biggest hunk of filthy swamp slime that ever lived and we FUCKING elected him president. Well...we didn't. He CHEATED. Now the lousy piece of crap is bringing this country to its knees for the sake of profit.

Ok...rant over.

Bluethroughu

(5,172 posts)
30. Pritzker is kickin some ass and naming names
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:32 PM
Mar 2020

Thank you!

Glad I live in Illinois, and have Democratic majorities to lead us out of this Depression 2.0 and Plague mess the Republicans and Trump have got us into!

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
34. I love JB
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 05:42 PM
Mar 2020

He is a great governor. Long ago he stated that Trumps brand of racist hate was not welcome in Illinois. Now JB is taking the helm for the citizens of Illinois and not depending on the orange menace to be competent. It is obvious Trump was asleep at the switch and has no clue.

keithbvadu2

(36,828 posts)
54. "should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government."
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 07:57 PM
Mar 2020

“should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government.”

Maybe led by a czar named Pence who is too busy worrying about money for his church pals.

keithbvadu2

(36,828 posts)
55. Trump ridiculed the idea of gov't being a shipping clerk and now he is bragging about doing just tha
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 07:58 PM
Mar 2020

Trump ridiculed the idea of gov't being a shipping clerk and now he is bragging about doing just that.

subana

(586 posts)
59. it should have been!
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 01:30 AM
Mar 2020

the problem is comrade donnie doesn't know what his role is & doesn't seem interested in finding out what he should be doing! He apparently thinks his role is to act like a stalker, peering over someone's shoulder when they speak & swaying from side to side like an impatient, immature spoiled brat!

citizen blues

(570 posts)
61. Every day, multiple times a day,....
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 02:19 AM
Mar 2020

We should all tweet the same to the orange blob.

Nothing else. No commentary. That alone is enough. But keep at it until it's viral. Trump doesn't care about polls, news, emails sent to the White House,....nothing except Twitter.

Daily Tweet: @therealdonaldtrump Get off Twitter and do your job.

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