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ICYMI: WCIA Profiles On-Going GOP Feud Between Rauner and Ives

Ives: “We’ve got a fight going on” Yesterday, WCIA reported on the Illinois GOP Party Chairman fight that’s serving as a continuation of the feud between Governor Bruce Rauner and state Representative Jeanne Ives. In the report, Ives said that the Illinois Republican Party is far from unified and claimed Rauner and his allies “dismissed…

New Bombshell Report Finds Rauner Admin Failed to Inform Quincy Staff about Outbreak

#TBT Video: Rauner Said Prior Quincy Staff Testimony was “False” and “Politically Motivated” A few months ago, Governor Bruce Rauner appeared before the Herald & Review Editorial Board and criticized recent Quincy Veterans Home workers’ testimony as “false” and “politically motivated attacks.” Workers testified the state failed to inform them about the 2015 Legionnaires’ outbreak…

Rauner Courts “Nativist Extremist” Leader

Rauner Called Out by Fellow Republican for Courting Anti-Immigrant Extremist Yesterday, the Northwest Herald reported that Governor Bruce Rauner recently met with McHenry Country GOP leaders, including Diane Evertsen, former President of the “nativist extremist” group Minutemen Midwest. The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled them a “nativist extremist” group from 2007 to 2010 for writings that warned of a…

Ives Blasts Rauner Admin’s Attempt to Shift Blame for Deadly Quincy Legionnaires’ Outbreak

Watch Ives on CLTV State Representative and veteran Jeanne Ives went on CLTV to blast Governor Bruce Rauner’s continued mismanagement of the state-run Quincy Veterans Home, where 13 people died from repeated Legionnaires’ outbreaks. Two-and-a-half years after the initial outbreak, the Rauner administration finally presented a plan to rebuild the home, but Ives took Rauner to task…

ILGOP Feud Continues – Ives Says Rauner “Never Actually Heard the Message that Was Sent to Him”

While Governor Bruce Rauner claims he’s “unifying” Republicans, state Representative Jeanne Ives blasted the Governor’s lack of rapprochement with the 48% of Republicans that supported her in the primary. Ives went on CLTV and reiterated that they still, a month and a half later, have not spoken: Reporter: “The Governor says everything is fine between you and him. Let me…

Day 47: Rauner’s Ives Problem Re-Emerges as She Formally Backs Anti-Rauner Party Chairman

Governor Bruce Rauner’s struggling reelection campaign got more bad news this weekend as state Representative Jeanne Ives announced she would back the effort to take down Rauner’s handpicked party chairman. The Illinois GOP Party Chairman election has turned into an ugly affair and threatens to enflame the party’s open wounds. Rauner recently told a radio station he was “unifying…

Has Rauner Read Eight Word-Long Senger Email?

Rauner Brings Back IPI Cartoon Strategy in Senger Email Defense With Bruce Rauner’s administration once again in turmoil, the failed governor is bringing back a familiar strategy: claiming ignorance and refusing to comment. Eight months ago, Rauner claimed he hadn’t seen a controversial cartoon printed by his former Illinois Policy Institute allies. The ensuing fiasco led to…

Rauner Silent on Disturbing Email That Admin Kept Hidden for Four Months

Rauner Admin Blocked Release of Email Suggesting U.S. Sen Duckworth be Blamed for Quincy Legionnaires’ Outbreak This week, WBEZ published a disturbing email from Governor Bruce Rauner’s former legislative liaison, Darlene Senger, who suggested shifting blame for the Quincy Legionnaires’ outbreak onto combat veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. Rauner has not addressed the email yet, and…

A New Low: Rauner Admin Suggested Blaming Legionnaires’ Outbreak on Combat Veteran Sen. Duckworth

Last night, WBEZ reported Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration suggested blaming someone else for a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak at the state-run Quincy Veterans’ Home. Three years of outbreaks would eventually kill 13 people. WBEZ published an email from Rauner’s former legislative liaison Darlene Senger suggesting the administration blame U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, even though Duckworth last served…

Rauner Blows Deadline on Quincy Plan, Invests in PR Strategy Instead

Rauner Team Misses Deadline on Plan for Veterans, But Took Time to Produce 35-Page Manifesto on ‘Misconceptions’ About Response On Friday, Governor Bruce Rauner’s staff blew a deadline to deliver the legislature a plan on the future of the state-run Quincy Veterans’ Home. When Rauner first announced in January that his team would put together a plan, the fact…

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