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Just Who’s Flying This Plane Anyway?!?

Unanswered Questions from Rauner’s Dueling Statements Like – “Who’s Getting Fired?” As the Illinois Policy Institute cartoon story officially enters its second week, Governor Bruce Rauner (and his staff) spent yesterday issuing and re-issuing statements about the cartoon. While Rauner claims his second statement “did not accurately reflect his views” (a stunning admission), he does…

‘As a White Male,’ Rauner Refuses to Denounce IPI Cartoon

Rauner Still Won’t Admit He’s Seen the Cartoon Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner embarrassed himself once again today when he gave a bizarre statement as to why he still couldn’t comment on the widely criticized “racist” Illinois Policy Institute cartoon. For some reason, Rauner believes that his status as a white man disqualifies him from denouncing racism.…

Rauner Has Six Hours in Car on Carbondale Trip – May Find 10 Seconds to Look at IPI Cartoon

Rauner Has Opportunity to Avoid Directly Staring at Sun…by Glancing at Cartoon Governor Bruce Rauner spent most of last week dodging press questions about a cartoon that was deemed racist by many and was condemned by the entire Illinois House legislature. The cartoon was drawn by the right-wing Illinois Policy Institute whose former employees now…

Rauner and Staff Twice Defend Illinois Policy Institute on Racist Cartoon

Rauner’s Strange Defense Comes on Week He Was Slow to Criticize President Trump’s Divisive Rhetoric After sitting out the debate on the Illinois Policy Institute’s cartoon, Governor Bruce Rauner’s office twice defended the Institute and deflected on charges the cartoon was racist. Rauner’s defense of the cartoon is strange considering a group of bipartisan legislators…

DGA Statement on Governor Rauner Being Shamed Into Calling Charlottesville Events “Terrorism”

The following statement can be attributable to Illinois Communications Director Sam Salustro: “Citizens look to their governors for strength and understanding in trying times, and they need to know their governor will clearly denounce hateful and racist actions and not shy away from calling terrorism what it is. Today, Bruce Rauner failed as governor.”…

Rauner Bizarrely Tries to Refute Fact That Illinois Policy Institute Has Taken Over His Office

Rauner Suddenly Shy That His Top Aides All Come from IPI or Other Right-Wing Organizations In a day that featured Governor Bruce Rauner debating the finer points of the definition of “terrorism”, Rauner sat for an interview with Amanda Vinicky on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight. In a wide-ranging conversation, Rauner refused to identify any budget cuts he will pursue, claimed the Democratic Party’s “Resistance” movement was…

DGA Statement on Governor Bruce Rauner’s Disingenuous Education Ad

The following statement can be attributed to Sam Salustro, DGA Illinois Communications Director. “Yesterday, Governor Rauner could not name a Superintendent that supported his plan, so today he has to spend his millions misleading the public. As hard as he may try, Rauner cannot change facts. Rauner willingly pushed the state into crisis by issuing…

VIDEO: Rauner Spends Governor’s Day Playing His Favorite (Political) Games

DGA Checks in on Governor Rauner at the State Fair WATCH It has been a tough summer from Governor Bruce Rauner. He’s seen Republican lawmakers break with him, a new poll that showed him at 63% disapproval, and now he can’t get anyone to support his veto of the state’s education funding bill. But summer…

GOP Lawmaker – Bruce Rauner’s Re-Election in Trouble

Republican Lawmakers Says Rauner Has Been, and Will Continue To Be, Ineffective in Getting His Agenda Through How bad is it for Governor Bruce Rauner? In just over a month, Governor Rauner suffered an embarrassing budget defeat, dragged his office through an ideologically-drive staff purge, and now his veto of a school funding bill is…

(VIDEO) Oops, He Did It Again – Bruce Rauner Gets Schooled by a Reporter for the Second Time in a Week

Last week, Governor Bruce Rauner stood in front of reporters and erroneously claimed that his amendatory veto of the state’s school funding formula (SB1) only required a simple majority instead of the needed two-thirds majority to uphold. Rauner was challenged by reporters on his facts, and all Rauner could do was stare at this final…

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