Illinois Gov. Pritzker Fires A Fat Taunt At Trump In Escalating Beef
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The state leader and the president’s verbal sparring have escalated amid Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker punched back at Donald Trump’s most recent dig at his weight, telling the president on Monday, “It takes one to know one on the weight question.”
“And the president, of course, himself, is not in good shape,” Pritzker continued. “So, he ought to respond to that from me.”
Amid Trump’s threats to perhaps deploy federal troops in Chicago during his supposed crime crackdown, the president and Pritzker have gotten personal.
Pritzker said Trump’s “attacks on me are just evidence of a guy who’s still living in fifth grade. He’s the kind of bully that throws invectives at people, because he knows that what he’s saying is actually commentary on himself.”
Earlier Monday, Trump complained that Pritzker and other Democratic leaders aren’t asking to have the military deployed in their regions ― then suddenly pivoted to mocking the governor’s body.
