Gov. J.B. Pritkzer declared that “Joe Biden is going to be our nominee” in his first comments since a group of governors met with the president last week
Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks during the 120th Annual Meeting of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce at the Hilton in the Loop on June 4, 2024. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday stood solidly behind President Joe Biden in the governor’s first public comments since he and other Democratic governors met with the president last week amid calls from leaders within the party for Biden to step aside.
“I’m not engaging in any hypotheticals. You can see that I’m all in for Joe Biden. Joe Biden is going to be the nominee of the Democratic Party. I’m going to go out there and wholeheartedly campaign for him,” Pritzker said. Pritzker has been discussed nationally as a possible replacement for Biden should the president step aside. So too has Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, another high-profile Democrat who recently shut down the idea that she might become a presidential candidate this year if Biden were to step down.
Illinois U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley is among small group of national Democrats to publicly call for Biden to step aside. Others, including members of the Congressional Black Caucus, have continued to throw support behind Biden, Pritzker noted. Pritzker is among those who make up a broad bench of Democrats whose names have been floated as a possible replacement for Biden or as a future Democratic nominee. He’s raised his national profile significantly in recent years, serving as a Biden surrogate and backing abortion rights initiatives through his national organization, Think Big America.
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