Gov. Pritzker coming to Rockford on Friday to discuss negative impacts of Trump’s policies

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will travel to Rockford on Friday to “highlight how the Trump Administration’s extreme agenda is hurting Illinoisans and demonstrate how we can all stand up for our state,” according to a press release.

The event is part of the governor’s “Standing Up for Illinois” tour this week, which will also take him to Champaign-Urbana, Romeoville, and Peoria.

Pritzker will appear at an event celebrating the Rockford Mass Transit District facility expansion and tout the state’s investments in infrastructure while noting how hundreds of millions of federal dollars for infrastructure projects are still on hold.

The Trump administration has halted a number of federal funds while the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) conducts a review of government spending.

While the freeze will not impact those who receive direct assistance from the federal government, such as Social Security, disability payments, or SNAP benefits, local and state organizations that receive funding and distribute it are concerned.

Pritzker has been a vocal opponent of Trump, saying at a February event that the president isn’t popular in Illinois.

“The majority of Illinoisans don’t support President Trump, and don’t support these policies,” Pritzker said at the time. “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.”

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.