Both Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Republican challenger Darren Bailey took their pitches to suburban voters on Monday, with Pritzker accusing his opponent of spreading misinformation and Bailey taking aim at the governor’s policies on fighting crime.
Bailey, who has been a vocal critic of the Pritzker-supported “SAFE-T Act,” campaigned on Monday with former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who made a high-profile split with the Democratic party earlier this year.
“He is who our founders were talking about when they said that we needed a government of, by and for the people,” she said of Bailey. Bailey called crime Illinois’ number one problem, and says that Gabbard has lent her support to his campaign because of his stances on the issue. Sign up for NBC Chicago newsletters.Pritzker, who also campaigned in Arlington Heights on Monday, fired back at the comments, criticizing Gabbard as a “pro-Russian conspiracy theorist” who was helping Bailey spread misinformation about his policies.
“She’s a pro-Russian conspiracy theorist. She’s somebody that since she used to be a genuine Democrat has clearly bought into some of the Facebook vagaries,” he said.
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