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Day 63: Rauner’s Unity Effort Up in Flames as Ives Calls on Party Leadership to Resign

Governor Bruce Rauner’s unity effort went up in flames yesterday as state Representative Jeanne Ives called on the entire party leadership to step down. Over the weekend, Rauner’s allies ceded control over the Illinois Republican Party in an effort to hold back a conservative revolt. But the Prairie State Wire is now reporting the deal was marred with bribery…

New Report Again Shows Rauner Admin Focused on Spin – Not Victims – In Quincy Aftermath

Rauner Admin Refutes Local Coroner’s Findings About Resident’s Death This morning, a new WBEZ report once again showed Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration focused more on dodging responsibility than learning from their mistakes following the deadly Quincy Veterans’ Home Legionnaires’ outbreak. According to the report, Rauner’s administration refused to admit that one resident was not found for two days…

ICYMI: Champaign News-Gazette: “The GOP Dilemma Cannot be Understated”

Over the weekend, the Champaign News-Gazette Editorial Board sounded the alarm on Republicans’ disunity after a close and heated primary battle that nearly cost failed Governor Bruce Rauner his party’s nomination. Two months after the election, Rauner’s primary opponent still regularly attacks him and the Governor was forced to cede control of his party. Read the full article from the Champaign News-Gazette Editorial Board here or…

Rauner Dogged by Repeated Rivian Automotive Lie

Peoria Journal-Star Editorial Slams Rauner’s Lies as Typical in the Age of Trump Ever since last Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner’s been dogged by one of his many lies. This time he told a crowd that no one wanted a car plant in Bloomington-Normal, despite the fact that he had visited the plant and its new…

Rauner In Damage Control Mode as Lies and Failures Pile Up

Bruce Rauner found himself playing double duty on the damage control front yesterday. While spending the night in the state-run Quincy Veterans’ Home where 13 people died on his watch, Bruce Rauner called into a radio station to refute spin from his “political opponents and the media” about one of his many lies. A Bloomington-Normal radio host took issue with Rauner repeatedly…

Rauner Forced to Cede Control of Party, Still Hasn’t Talked to Ives

The nation’s most vulnerable incumbent was forced to partially cede control over his party’s operations this morning, as news broke Rauner’s hand-picked party chairman agreed to be a “co-chairman” to avoid a divisive party vote. Politico Illinois wrote Rauner’s bowing to reality shows “weakness” and would “never could have happened under Rauner two years ago.” But Rauner…

Rauner Again Stands in the Way of Gun Safety Legislation with Cynical Amendatory Veto

Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner stood in the way of advancing a gun safety bill for the second time this year. Rauner issued an Amendatory Veto of a bill imposing a 72-hour waiting period for purchasing assault weapons and added in enough controversial provisions that the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board wrote he “did [his] best to…

Ives Spent Months Attacking Rauner’s Failed Leadership, and She’s Still Doing It

Yesterday, state Representative Jeanne Ives still did not endorse Governor Bruce Rauner, who she previously called a “pathological liar” and whose failed record she spent months highlighting. Here are just a few examples of what Rauner’s antagonist thinks about the Republican candidate for governor, all said after he won the primary: Ives: “He’s unelectable in…

Video: Rauner Breaks Silence to Praise Trump’s Policies

At the Kemp Forum last Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner was given a golden opportunity to break his silence on President Donald Trump and show the people of Illinois that he would stand up for them. Instead, he praised Trump’s policies. Rauner was asked how the president was doing and said “I applaud” the Republicans’ middle-class…

Why Hasn’t Rauner Held Anyone Accountable for Botched Quincy Response?

WBEZ Story Begs Question – Why Is Rauner Allowing IDVA Director Jeffries to Resign Instead of Firing Her? Yesterday, WBEZ reported that the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs “failed to effectively notify all employees” at the Quincy Veterans Home about the 2015 deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak and had been “formally rebuked” by another one of Governor Bruce Rauner’s…

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