Gov. JB Pritzker Calls For ‘Mass Protests’ to Deprive GOP ‘a Moment of Peace’

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday called on fellow Democrats to mobilize for “mass protests” and “disruption” to deprive Republicans of “a moment of peace.”

In a speech to New Hampshire Democrats, Pritzker also denounced President Donald Trump and said his portrait will one day be put in museums “reserved for tyrants and traitors.”

“Never in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace,” the 2028 presidential hopeful declared at the annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club state party dinner.

Despite his party’s history of resistance to the Trump agenda, which has included two impeachments, multiple prosecutions and nonstop lawfare, Pritzker chastised Democrat leaders for opposing Trump’s agenda too timidly.

“It’s time to fight, everywhere, all at once,” Pritzker said. “Let’s start with something that should be easy to say: It’s wrong to snatch a person off the street and ship them to a foreign gulag with no chance to defend themselves in a court of law.”

The Illinois governor, it should be noted, was silent when American citizens were snatched from their homes and thrown the “DC Gulag” without due process after the Capitol Hill protest on January 6, 2021.

Republicans decried the Illinois governor’s remarks on social media, accusing him of attempting to incite violence against the president and encourage a “summer of love” reboot.

“Are you trying to inspire a 3rd assassination attempt on my dad?” Donald Trump Jr. asked Pritzker on X, Monday morning. “Two wasn’t enough for you?”

George Washington University Law Professor Johnathan Turley lamented that the Illinois governor is only the latest Democrat to fuel the rage of the party’s often violent base.

“Pritzker cannot know a moment of a presidency,” Turley posted on X. “This is the same Pritzker who denounced Trump for his rhetoric in demonizing people and called on Republicans to condemn his language.”

Turley went on to quote American theologian and author James Freeman Clarke, who once said, “The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman thinks about the next generation.”

“Today, Pritzker proved that he is just another politician,” Turley wrote.