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JB Pritzker: “These are the things that were promised to police and…”

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 34:40

So let me just point that out. When it landed on my desk, number two, it was not a sweetener. You call it a sweetener. It was not a sweetener. These are the things that were promised to police and promised to firefighters. We already delivered for the firefighters. Are we not going to deliver for the police? And by the way, these are people I think all of us believe deserve to be paid what they've been promised. (34:40–34:48)

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Asserts that the pension benefits were promised to police and firefighters, and firefighters have already received them.

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