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JB Pritzker: “The Supremacy Clause has made it very difficult for us to…”

Featuring: JB Pritzker, Democratic | Governor of Illinois

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The Resistance Blueprint | Gov. JB Pritzker

Published | Video Starts at 43:21

And then that's one of the ways they determine whether you belong. I'm outraged. I'm outraged by what they're doing, and it's unacceptable, but it is what they're doing. And The Supremacy Clause has made it very difficult for us to deal with this problem because normally in past years, when a federal official, a federal agent is misusing their power, is going beyond their training and harassing people. and by the way, tackling people who are doing nothing wrong, throwing cuffs on, as they did here in Chicago, an alderman who was just asking questions, literally just standing there, her hands were at her side. (43:21–43:57)

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Asserts that the Supremacy Clause complicates addressing federal agents misusing power.

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