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JB Pritzker: “I balance the budget in Illinois after 25 years of nobody…”

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JB Pritzker SLAMS Republicans for Caving to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 41:19

So, you know, I'm not going to head down some alley about, you know, the wings of the party when I talk about that. I think that we all, I balance the budget in Illinois after 25 years of nobody balancing the budget. Right. And why is that important? Because I want to make sure we have the money to pay for the programs that I think are so important for our state, whether it's healthcare or education or which. (41:19–41:24)

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Asserts that he balanced Illinois' budget after 25 years of it not being balanced.

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