DGA Statement on Illinois GOP Primary Results

DGA Statement on Illinois GOP Primary Results

DGA Executive Director Meghan Meehan-Draper released the following statement in response to Darren Bailey becoming the Republican nominee for governor in Illinois:

"Illinoisans already rejected Darren Bailey and his extreme agenda once before, and the only thing different about this year is that he brings even more baggage to the race. Bailey already supported banning abortion without exception for rape and incest, had downplayed the Holocaust, and perpetuated dangerous conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen. Now, he can add to his laundry list of fringe positions that he is all in on Trump's cost-hiking tariffs, supports bringing the chaos and dysfunction of DOGE to Illinois, thinks the National Guard should be deployed on Illinois streets, and has called for his political opponents to be jailed. Bailey was too extreme then, he's too extreme now, and Illinoisans will reject him yet again in November."

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