What Chairman Salvi Is Saying About Pritzker's Calls for Violence

CHICAGO – On April 28, 2025, Chairman Salvi spent the day highlighting JB Pritzker’s dangerous calls for violence against Republicans. Pritzker’s disgusting rhetoric, less than a year after President Trump survived two assassination attempts fueled by a lunatic who believed nonsense like JB Pritzker’s comments, has no place in our country. In case you missed it, here’s what Chairman Salvi is saying about JB Pritzker’s calls for violence as he begins his 2028 presidential campaign:

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Illinois GOP Chairman Kathy Salvi said Pritzker’s comments can’t be taken without the context of two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump during the campaign.

“And I can only hope and pray that no violence and harm comes to any person on account of those irresponsible and incendiary remarks,” Salvi told The Center Square Monday.

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“He didn’t say about peaceful protests last night, again words matter and he can’t walk back the words that he used last night,” Salvi said. “If I were in charge and I had a say, it would be my opinion that there should be an open investigation for criminal incitement by this governor, because words matter.”

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“There’s no place for that,” Salvi said. “In my opinion, the president, this administration should open up an inquiry into the charge of criminal incitement.”

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“JB Pritzker’s ego-driven obsession with becoming President is putting Illinois, and Republicans across the country, at risk,” Kathy Salvi said in a statement. “His inflammatory and dangerous speech is focused on further dividing our country and I hope to see Illinois Democrats condemn his call for violence.