Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is back in the news. Locked in a fight with President Trump over immigration enforcement in Chicago, Pritzker spent plenty of time on CNN this weekend egging on Democrats in their government shutdown fight and claiming the administration is already making violence and crime-riddled Chicago into a “war zone.”

Americans had better get used to it. Pritzker will not stop in his efforts to cement his status as the foil to President Trump—and conservatism, and really anything short of unabashed progressivism—to stop. He’s already crisscrossing the country, headlining Democratic events. It’s well past time for all of America to start taking a look at his record—and sooner rather than later.

In Illinois, Pritzker has spent more than $350 million to win two terms as governor– with almost all of that coming from his personal checking account. Forbes has ranked Pritzker as the richest politician in office in the entire U.S. He’s now leveraging his personal fortune to bolster his national profile. (RELATED: JB Pritzker Says He Never Called Trump A ‘Nazi.’ Cue The Tape)

At a recent Democrat dinner in New Hampshire, Pritzker  “thunder[ed]” against “do-nothing Democrats,” openly called for “mass protests” and “disruption,” stating “Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.” In speeches, interviews and on social media, Pritzker’s new favorite line is: “We don’t have kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one” — an obvious nod to the 

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