Governor
JB Pritzker released the following statement after the United States Senate
voted to acquit President Donald Trump on the impeachment charges of abuse of
power and obstruction of Congress.
“Today we saw Republicans in the United States
Senate thwart the intentions of the framers of our Constitution and capitulate
to this corrupt and untruthful President. The Republican Party now has
confirmed it is captive to a political ideology that denies the truth and
refuses to hear the witnesses that legal and moral precedent demand – and that
the vast majority of Americans hoped to hear from.
“Here is the undeniable truth: President Trump
used our tax dollars to help his reelection campaign by refusing to give an
ally needed aid until they helped his political operation.
“As governor of the nation’s fifth-largest
economy, I’m going to continue to make Illinois a firewall against Donald
Trump’s assaults on our democracy and hold him accountable on behalf of all the
working families he has harmed.
“Illinois will always stand on the side of all
the brave individuals across this nation who are fighting to hold the United
States of America to its own ideals of liberty and justice for all.”
