Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker did an interview on FOX Information with Bret Baier this week and it didn’t go nicely. It was really an ideal reminder that Democrats don’t often get challenged by journalists in the identical manner that Republicans do.
Baier wasn’t even that robust on Pritzker, he simply confronted him with some inconvenient details about his state and Pritzker fell aside.
The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft covered their exchange:
Brett Baier: Does Chicago have the very best homicide price of all the massive cities?
Governor Pritzker: Nicely, we aren’t within the prime 30 by way of our homicide price. Certainly, our homicide price has been minimize in half over the past 4 years, and yearly it’s gone down by double digits. In the event you have a look at all the violent crime over the past 4 years, they’ve all gone down.
Brett Baier: Right here’s a map. Most populous US cities, 17. 47 per 100,000 inhabitants. Chicago is primary over Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York, and Diego.
Governor Pritzker: What I’m explaining to you is whenever you wish to combat crime-Now, you’re speaking about violent crime. Look, you possibly can pull statistics up. No, these are murders. I’m explaining to you that our homicide price has been minimize in half.
Journalist Mark Halperin is among the many individuals who weren’t impressed with Pritzker’s efficiency. He panned the governor on his 2Way present at this time.
Transcript through Real Clear Politics:
“It confirmed every thing I take into consideration his talent set. I simply don’t perceive why individuals are taking him severely as a presidential candidate — besides that he’s a billionaire. He did nothing to assist himself in that interview. He was completely on protection, sputtering, imprecise, stated a bunch of issues that, once they’re fact-checked, might be confirmed improper,” he stated.
“And it was a high-profile interview; he went on there, they gave him a ton of time, and I simply don’t get why, along with his document and his communication expertise, why he’s thought of a critical candidate. And this interview confirmed that for me.”
“It wasn’t a catastrophe, nevertheless it was only a missed alternative,” Halperin stated. “In the event you’re going to go in and sit with Bret on set, kill it,” Halperin stated.
Watch the clip under:
NEW: @MarkHalperin *HAMMERS* JB Pritzker after Fox Information interview
“My loser of the week is Governor Pritzker.”
“He did nothing to assist himself in that interview. He was completely on protection, sputtering, imprecise, stated a bunch of issues that, once they’re fact-checked, might be… pic.twitter.com/8hz6sX3zj6
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) October 24, 2025
Pritzker received’t make it out of the 2028 Democrat major. As a billionaire, he might be nearly robotically disqualified.
