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California got the ball rolling on boycotting conservative states. Now the governor of Illinois has decided he’s going to boycott a country.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has ordered agencies in his state to boycott work with El Salvador amid the detention fight over Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Pritzker said he was requesting that the Illinois State Board of Investment, the State Universities Retirement System and the Teachers’ Retirement System review their investments to “identify any fund investments” that are wholly or partially managed, owned or controlled by the Salvadoran government or has ties to business in El Salvador.
The governor’s office also directed the state Department of Central Management Services to launch a review to identify contracts awarded to companies affiliated with El Salvador’s government or Salvadoran businesses.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has also been directed to conduct an analysis of trade between the state and El Salvador, including the “scale and nature of imports” and the extent to which Salvadoran goods are in the supply chain of products manufactured in the state.
El Salvador exports coffee (remember how the media was freaking out last week about the effects of tariffs on coffee) and knit t-shirts. I’m not sure what the plan for boycotting those are, but pension plans are supposed to be used to maximize returns for public employees, not to pick political fights. Ditto frankly for the rest of it.
If J.B. Pritzker wants to criticize a country, he can do so. He’s rich enough that a personal boycott will have an impact. But state boycotts of a country using public funds and without a legislative vote strike me as abusive and in this case a calculated effort to undermine the president’s foreign policy by abusing state authority.
In this case, Pritzker is using state assets to try and force a country away from cooperating with the White House. That’s arguably treasonous behavior. And a country can’t function if state governments try to directly sabotage foreign relations. A nation divided against itself cannot stand. Much like Pritzker.
The Governor needs to Go Soak his Head he is becoming a total Hitler, Clone
Another victim of Gluttony. So far, he must have some hernias on the way.
He is fat as fuck, isn’t he?
A great load of knowledge, without the knowledge.
PrickSter is a prime example of a do nothing rich heir! He’s always been rich – probably never ACTUALLY worked much – other than the physicality that it must take to maintain that physique! “Elite Privilege” on display!! Contrast that to people like Donald Trump – building a successful company or Elon Musk – heading to MARS!! PrickSter is the definition of “pornography” – no social redeeming value! BUT, he has an excuse – he’s a DEMOcrat!
Morbidly Obese Body Yet Doesn’t Imbibe Knowledge spells MOBYDIK.
Logan act only apply to thin people? Bubbles seems smug about something.
Don’t worry if the Logan act doesn’t apply we’ll have roberts rewrite the law, since he’s so good at it and we’ll now try it in the Supreme Court without a lower court ruling, because why not act like the liberal slobs did?
I mean Marbury was really an obscure and unused ruling up to now, no reason to follow its precedent. Doubt most law professors teaching subjects related to the ruling would have ever come across it.
First thing on my agenda to buy some first rate El Salvadoran coffee, no matter what it costs, tariffs or no tariffs.
Screw you Pritzker, you bloated fat f**k. I wonder of J.B. can stand at all.
King of the Gluttons. I predict Hernias in his future 🙂
he can stand? he can roll. illinois has no assets.