Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker demolishes trump over tariffs

Occupy Democrats – Washington Press – March 4, 2025
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BREAKING: Democratic superstar Governor J.B. Pritzker demolishes Donald Trump over his economy-killing tariffs with a takedown for the ages — and lays out a brilliant plan for defeating MAGA’s economic destruction.

This is what a president should actually sound like…”Donald Trump is lying to you. Here’s the truth. It’s simple. Tariffs are a tax on Americans. When you buy something, you pay the tariff, not some foreign country,” Pritzker said in a video released on his X page.

Trump implemented 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico yesterday and the fallout has been immediate. The stock market is cratering and prices are skyrocketing.”

Trump’s tariffs will raise the price on things like tomatoes and prescription medicines, electronics, toys, and more,” Pritzker continued. “Grocery prices are rising because of Trump’s tax. New car prices are rising because of Trump’s tax. Beer prices are rising because of Trump’s tax.”

“And he has no plan for what happens next,” the governor went on. “He doesn’t care about the farmer who relies on machinery from Canada to operate their farm or the small business owner who needs supplies from Europe. Or the parents who need to feed their families every day at a reasonable cost.”

He’s right about Trump’s apathy. He won the election and is term-limited (presuming he doesn’t try to run for an illegal third term) so he doesn’t have to worry about winning voters. He can shred this country apart and remain insulated from the effects entirely. And why would a sociopath like Trump care if you suffer? He has all the money and power he could ever want. Egg prices don’t impact him.

Pritzker, on the other hand, does care and he laid out an economic plan to dampen the effects of the tariffs.”

While Trump is causing higher prices in Illinois, lowering the burden on working families is what we’re all about,” said the governor. “We’ve eliminated the grocery tax and raised the minimum wage. We lowered income taxes on workers and erased medical debt for nearly 300,000 Illinoisans with more to come.”

“And while we can’t combat every part of Trump’s tax, it’s a start. Protecting Illinoisans from the economic hardship Trump is imposing is one of my most important missions as your governor,” he concluded.

This is the kind of response America needs from its governors. Tough talk is nice, but strong action is even better. Illinoisans are lucky to have Pritzker to help them weather the MAGA storm.

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musk, trump, vance and the spineless republi-cons in congress, take from the poor to give to the rich.

Social Security Works – March 4, 2025

Republicans are attacking our nation’s seniors, people with disabilities, and survivors… All to pay for tax cuts for mega-rich donors and Wall Street tycoons.

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The trump, vance, musk administration embraces fascist vladimir putin; abandons Zelensky and the courageous Democratic Patriots of Ukraine

Occupy Democrats – March 4, 2025

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Corporations, with the help of republican enablers, outsourced America manufacturing to China and Mexico. Democrats tried to stop them.

trump, musk and the republi-cons couldn’t care less about American’s jobs

John Jerome – March 4, 2025

Today’s challenge.. access the major trade bills and let me know which party advocated for offshoring.. which party said Americans aren’t entitled to a job, simply because they’re American’.. I’ll wait patiently….oh, by the way.. the vast majority of manufacturing sectors that have been destroyed by the race to the bottom..? They aren’t coming back.. just be prepared to pay more.. The time to deal with the disparity with tariffs has passed.. strategic tariffs are not broad based tariffs.. let’s hope this trade war will be short lived

May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'THEY CANT COME IN AND STEAL OUR MONEY AND STEAL OUR JOBS AND TAKE OUR FACTORIES AND TAKE OUR BUSINESS AND EXPEC NOT BE PUNISHED AND THEY ARE BEING PUNISHED BY TARIFFS. TOTAL SCAM. THEY DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING. GREEDY U.S. CORPORATE CHIEFTAINS WILWINGLY BUILT THE FACTORIES IN CHINA AND MEXICO AND TRAINED THEM HOW TO RUN THEM AND MAINTAIN THEM. n WASN'T U.S. UNION PRESIDENTS THAT DID THAT. NOW THEY ARE BUILDING THEM IN INDIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES. THE ONLY ONE BEING PUNISHED IS U.S. CONSUMERS.'
I lived through 5 manufacturing plant closings. The only ones fighting for us were the Democrats. John Hanno