JB Pritzker: “When you stand up and speak out, you are going to be subject…”

“Look, I understand that businesses are risking something when they stand up against taking away people's rights, as Donald Trump is doing when they stand up against having ICE on the streets, CBP marching with their automatic weapons down Michigan Avenue. When you stand up and speak out, you are going to be subject to the criticism and the whims of a, you know, a very vindictive president of the United States. I get that. But what are our alternatives? Do we, as happens in other authoritarian regimes, do we just give in and let it all happen?” (20:28–20:39)

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