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JB Pritzker: “Republicans all voted against it, and it didn't become law.”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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Gov. Pritzker on DNC, Immigration, and Fighting Authoritarianism | Full Interview

Published | Video Starts at 41:01

Let's have a national law that requires independent commissions in every state. Democrats introduced that. Democrats put all their votes on it, Republicans all voted against it, and it didn't become law. So. But you can't just pick and choose and say, well, this state, you know, should do it and that state shouldn't, because guess what's happening in New York. (41:01–41:06)

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Asserts that Republicans voted against the bill for independent commissions, preventing it from becoming law.

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