has branded governor JB Pritzker as “rotund,” “sloppy” and “pathetic” in a fiery social media outburst after the lawmaker called him a “felon” earlier this week.
The , who is the US’ wealthiest elected official, isn’t shy in hiding his disdain towards the 77-year-old presumptive . Minutes after Trump was convicted of all 34 counts in his criminal hush money trial last month, Pritzker was quick to brand the ex-president a racist, a homophobe and a swindler.
The 59-year-old is an ardent supporter of , and is desperate to “fight to keep him in the White House,” and in turn Trump out, he said on X on Friday.
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JB Pritzker called Trump a 'felon' on Wednesday (AP)“I can’t mince words when it comes to talking about who Donald Trump is,” Pritzker told The New York Times on Wednesday. “It’s important, I think, for people to really refocus on the idea that: Do they really want a president who is a felon who faces jail time?”
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Trump was quick to clap back in the ongoing war of words, making a number of cheap jibes at Pritzker’s appearance, commercial success and political prowess.
“Sloppy J.B. Pritzker, the Rotund Governor from the once great State of Illinois, who makes Chris Christie look like a male model,” Trump said while also attacking the Republican former governor of New Jersey in a fiery outburst on Sunday.
Despite Pritzker's estimated $3.5 billion fortune, according to Forbes, the former president claimed that his family “wanted him out of the business” – global hotel chain, – before doubling down on his “pathetic” business acumen.
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Trump called Pritzker 'sloppy' and a poor businessman (AFP via Getty Images)After his initial bombardment of insults surrounding his commercial ventures, Trump went on to attack the senior Democrat’s politics. The incumbent has been a longtime financial supporter of the Democrat Party and has served since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois.
The ex-president, however, blamed Pritzker for presiding “over the destruction and disintegration of Illinois at levels never seen before in any State,” he claimed
Trump concluded: “Crime is rampant and people are, sadly, fleeing Illinois. Unless a change is made at the Governor’s level, Illinois can never be Great Again!”
Pritzker has long criticised Trump’s inflammatory language and staunch conservative stance on women's rights.
“It’s President Biden who is fighting to restore reproductive rights or Trump who bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade,” Pritzker said last month at The Democratic National Convention.
Rewind to November and he also accused Trump of using descriptions mirroring those of Nazis in the 1930s.
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“The rhetoric that’s being used by Trump, by some of the Maga extremists, is rhetoric that was used in the 1930s in Germany [and] I am very concerned about the direction of the country if we see policies like what Donald Trump is espousing come to light,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki.
“And I’m deeply concerned about his predilection for revenge and what that will mean for groups of people that didn’t support him in the 2024 election if he gets elected.”
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