Gov. J.B. Pritzker | Facebook
Gov. J.B. Pritzker | Facebook
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is calling on Congress to impeach President Donald Trump after the attack at the U.S. Capitol yesterday.
Prtizker tweeted his statement late last night.
“I don’t make a statement like this lightly: Two weeks is too long for Donald Trump to remain in office, where he can continue to incite more untold violence,” he tweeted.
Pritzker said in his statement that the violence must end.
“I say this after careful thought and reflection on my responsibilities as an American and as Governor of Illinois,” Pritzker said in the statement. “We are in the middle of a deadly pandemic that continues to need the full time and attention of our state resources. We are working to oversee a massive vaccination effort that will require the full focus of our state agencies and first responders."
Pritzker said because of the U.S. Capitol attack, which he believes was incited by Trump, he was forced to deploy the state police resources to engage in life-saving missions and heighten their presence at government buildings.
"As the heart of our democracy was under siege and blood was literally being spilled in our most sacred halls, Donald Trump was praising the attackers," Pritzker said. "There are real questions about what efforts the President made to protect our Congress or what obstructions he committed that has prevented the ending of the siege."
Pritzker said there is no doubt in his mind that Trump encouraged the coup, which he feels represents high treason to all Americans, the Constitution and democracy as a whole.
"He poses a danger to our nation," Pritzker said. "He must be impeached and removed from office immediately. And every person in a position of public trust, elected or otherwise, who enabled the systematic dismantling of our democratic norms and failed to speak up or take action bears some responsibility for the culmination of four years of spreading bile."
Pritzker said the violence was the natural conclusion of Trump's efforts to further divide the nation.
"It must end," Pritzker said.
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