Pritzker: Majority of Illinois residents don’t support Trump

CHICAGO (WTVO) – As Donald Trump continues to tout his approval rating, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is says the president isn’t all that popular in his state.

“The majority of Illinoisans don’t support President Trump, and don’t support these policies,” Pritzker said Friday at a press conference in Chicago. “And, importantly, I’ve expressed what I think is the danger the residents of our state face as the result of the policies that he’s putting in place.”

According to YouGov, since Trump took office Jan. 20, his approval rating is nearly 53% higher than any time during his first term.

“You can look at one poll and say, ‘Oh gee, he’s popular in some places in the country,'” Pritzker said. “Frankly I look at what’s happening to working-class families as a result of his policies and I’m speaking out against that.”

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last week the policies he’s put into place are what his voters him elected him to implement.

“I have high approval ratings because I’m using common sense,” Trump said.

Pritzker and Trump have sparred several times in each of the president’s two non-consecutive terms. During the pandemic, Pritzker railed Trump for how he was handling the spread of COVID-19.

Pritzker has also called Trump a “racist, misogynist and homophobe” and warned him that he would have to “come through him” if mass deportation efforts reached beyond violent criminals in Illinois.