Pritzker Calls For 'Mass Protests,' Says Democrats' Strategy Is 'Stale'

"These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace," the Illinois Democrat said in a fiery speech.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a likely 2028 Democratic presidential contender, called on Democrats to engage in “mass protests” during a fervid speech in New Hampshire on Sunday night, rejecting the bipartisan approach pushed by others in his party and sparking backlash from the White House.

“It’s time to fight everywhere and all at once,” Pritzker, who was on the Harris campaign’s short list for a running mate last year, told a crowd of Democratic officials and donors in Manchester.

“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now,” he continued. “These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace. They must understand that we will fight their cruelty with every megaphone and microphone that we have.”

Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, slammed his own party for its focus on “poll-tested language” and “decades of stale decorum” in elections.

“For far too long, we’ve been guilty of listening to a bunch of do-nothing political types who would tell us that America’s house is not on fire, even as the flames are licking their faces,” he said. Democrats need to “stop thinking we can reason or negotiate with a madman,” he said, referring to President Donald Trump.