Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sidestepped questions about his state’s gerrymandered congressional map, instead accusing Texas Republicans of threatening “democracy.”
In an interview on NBC News that aired Sunday, Pritzker dismissed criticism of Illinois’ map as a distraction when pressed on whether his attacks on Texas’ redistricting push were hypocritical.
“What they’re talking about is a distraction. The reality is that the violation of people’s voting rights is what Texas is attempting to do. That’s what’s wrong with their efforts right now. And the fact that the president of the United States knows it and, nevertheless, is asking them to do it — that is what’s wrong with what we’re seeing right now. Democracy is at stake,” said Pritzker.
Watch the clip below:
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, whose state has been gerrymandered to give Democrats a 14-3 congressional seat advantage, is asked how he can oppose what Texas is doing when his state is far worse. His brain malfunctions as he attempts to answer: pic.twitter.com/Hv4atw0kQC
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 10, 2025
From The Daily Wire:
“Meet The Press” host Kristen Welker pointed to “F” grades that Illinois’ congressional map has received on the “fairness” of its district lines from independent watchdogs.
According to Common Cause, one of the watchdogs Welker referred to, “Illinois represents a nearly perfect model for everything that can go wrong with redistricting.”
“Illinois legislators used the redistricting process this cycle to protect a Democratic supermajority in the legislature and squeeze one additional Democratic congressional district out of the map despite the state’s loss of one U.S. House seat post-census,” the Common Cause report said.
Pritzker has hosted many of the Texas Democrats who fled their state earlier this month to deny a quorum in the Texas legislature and hold up passage of a newly redrawn congressional map. The map is expected to win Republicans five more seats in the U.S. House during midterm elections.
Pritzker was also recently called out for Illinois’ gerrymandering by now-cancelled late-night host Stephen Colbert.
Watch the clip below:
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Now STEPHEN COLBERT is calling out Illinois for their Dem gerrymandering and Gov. JB Pritzker couldn't even defend it…In fact, he INSULTED his own map. pic.twitter.com/6f6xKLd9Gc
"We handed it to a Kindergarten class and let them decide."
They DON'T EVEN HIDE IT.…
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 6, 2025
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