JB Pritzker: Trump ‘Has Set a Tone Where Political Violence Is Okay’

Tuesday, during an interview with Politico, Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) claimed President Donald Trump set the “tone” for political violence in America.

Pritzker said, “I will say that one of the results of the current environment is that there are — because of all the political violence that’s occurred, and we can talk about the causes of that — but because of the political violence, I think that the antisemites out there and the people who are racist, because they know that I stand up for communities of color, have come out of the woodwork. And I receive threats. I’m sure that politicians across the country are receiving more threats than they have before. But I hear about it. And in particular, sometimes I hear the mention of my Judaism, right, of my religion.”

Reporter Jonathan Martin asked, “That has spiked in the last couple of years?”

Pritzker said, “Yeah.”

Martin