(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump used part of his conversation with Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday, to criticize Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker as a “real loser.”
For years, Pritzker has been critical of the former president. Recently, after the attempted assassination of Trump, Pritzker said he does not condone political violence and is glad Trump survived.
“But it’s still true that Donald Trump is a convicted felon, an adjudicated rapist, has been a congenital liar and is unfit to be the president of the United States,” Pritzker said last month at an unrelated event.
Pritzker is considered a surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the presidency. The Democrats will be in Chicago for their national convention next week.
During a conversation with Musk on X, Trump was discussing his plan to close the U.S. Department of Education if he’s elected, and said some states will do well managing their own education, but not Illinois.
“I have so many friends that are in those states, even if they’re Democrats, I hate to mention certain states, but Illinois is badly run with Pritzker,” Trump said. “He’s a real loser.”
Statewide, the Illinois Report Card shows 31% of eighth graders pass Algebra I, 25% are proficient in English Language Arts and 27% are proficient in math.
Musk, who has recently moved businesses out of California, said states with poor management at the top are seeing people flee for other states at an increased rate.
“Some of these governors are doing so badly, I mean they’ve got so many people moving out of their state they should get U-Haul salesman of the year award,” Musk said.
Trump piled on, and pointed to Illinois, but said it’s not the residents’ fault. .
“You can’t penalize people that loan money to the state when you have incompetent people like a Pritzker, look the family didn’t want him in the family business and then he ends up being governor of Illinois,” Trump said. “What, is he going to be a great governor?”
Illinois has led the country behind New York, Louisiana and Hawaii as a percentage of total population moving out. The Land of Lincoln has been the land of less people with a decade of continued population decline.
