For anyone who thought Democrats couldn’t embarrass themselves any further with their response to Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s repatriation to El Salvador, J.B. Pritzker is saying, “Hold my beer.”
The Illinois governor, who many have speculated has his eye on a 2028 presidential run, announced Wednesday that his state will effectively boycott El Salvador, citing the Abrego Garcia case, in order to “stand up for the Rule of Law”:
“The United States Constitution guarantees due process. We are witnessing Donald Trump erode our fundamental Constitutional rights in real time, and we must fight to restore the balance of power,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “The State of Illinois will stand up for the Rule of Law and do everything in our power stop the Trump Administration from ripping apart our most basic rights.”
The three measures Pritzker says the Prairie State will take “until the Trump Administration and El Salvador follow the law” include:
1. Evaluate If Illinois Pension Funds Benefit El Salvador2. Stop Procurements from El Salvador3. Analyze Trade with El Salvador
The man Pritzker is proudly standing up for is an illegal alien who resided in Maryland with his wife, who, in a five-year time frame, filed for two protective orders, in which she accused him of domestic violence. He is also an alleged MS-13 gang member and suspected human smuggler.
In mid-March, Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the grounds that he was a member of a gang that the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. He was then deported back to El Salvador to the country’s CECOT mega-prison.
On the issue of due process, which has been raised not just by Pritzker but by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and others, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) countered during a “Meet the Press” interview that Abrego Garcia had been afforded due process a number of times already:
The final point I would make, whether you agree with it or not, is Bukele hates MS-13. And Mr. Garcia, allegedly, is a member of MS-13. The other point I would make is that Chris says Mr. Garcia’s had no due process. He’s been in front of 17 judges, some of ’em twice, probably $5 million worth of legal fees and he hadn’t had to pay a dime.
Keep in mind, too, that as Pritzker is trying to showboat on a national stage by making this issue a top area of focus for his administration, here’s what’s happening in Illinois:
“We couldn’t have planned it this way,” write Ed Dabrowski and John Klingner of wirepoints.org. “But our seven most-read stories in 2024 each captured a different facet of what’s wrong with Illinois.“Failing schools. Murders. Closing businesses. A bloated, overpaid government sector. Election interference. Population-loss denial. And Chicago’s twisted equity priorities.”
Further, having someone from a state that is notoriously known for generations of Democrat leaders at local and state levels – including Pritzker – for whom the rule of law might as well have been etched on their toilet paper, lecturing others about the importance of abiding by it is a bit much.
-Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter/X.-
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