Tuesday, February 6, 2018

I Thought Democrats Like Blacks

Democratic candidate for Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker takes his podium position before a televised forum Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Chicago. Six Democrats are vying for the chance to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on March 20. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

A Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois is apologizing for racially insensitive comments captured on an FBI wiretap between him and then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The billionaire businessman candidate, J.B. Pritzker, was heard suggesting Blagojevich appoint Secretary of State Jesse White to a Senate seat, calling him the “least offensive” African-American.
Pritzker, who’s considered the frontrunner in the March 20 primary, said Tuesday he regretted portions of the conversations recorded during a decade-old investigation of Blagojevich, who’s now imprisoned for convictions that included trying to trade an appointment to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat for campaign cash
Fox News

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