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Gov. Pritzker jokes he's renaming Lake Michigan, annexing Green Bay

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a plan to change the name of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois in a satirical video posted on social media.
The proclamation was forwarded to Google to update maps, poking fun at a proposal by Trump to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Pritzker's announcement included a humorous claim that Illinois would annex Green Bay, Wisconsin, for protection against enemies.
The video came shortly after a federal lawsuit was filed against Pritzker and others by the Trump administration, which Pritzker criticized.

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Crooks and Liars

Gov. Pritzker Trolls Yambo By Changing Name Of Lake Michigan

Is imitation always the sincerest form of flattery?

12 days ago·United States

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WFLD

Pritzker trolls Trump, jokingly renames Lake Michigan to ‘Lake Illinois’

Gov. J.B. Pritzker trolled President Donald Trump in a video Friday, joking that he would rename Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois."

13 days ago·Chicago, United States

Pritzker trolls Trump by 'renaming' Lake Michigan as 'Lake Illinois,' joking he'd annex Green Bay

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.

14 days ago·New York, United States

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Michigan Live

Midwestern governor says he’s renaming Lake Michigan in announcement mocking President Trump

As if the Chicago Bears stealing Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions wasn’t enough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he is renaming Lake Michigan after his state. In a video released Friday, Pritzker made the “announcement” in a skit clearly mocking President Donald Trump.

14 days ago·Michigan, United States

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WirePoints Illinois Financial News

Trolling Trump, Pritzker jokingly renames Lake Michigan, annexes Green Bay – CBS2 (Chicago)

"The world's finest geographers, experts who study the Earth's natural environment, have concluded a decades-long council, and determined that a Great Lake deserves to be named after a great state," Gov. JB Pritzker said in a minute-long video posted to his campaign social media accounts. "So today, I'm issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois." The governor ended his straight-faced video b…

14 days ago

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Daily Kos

Illinois governor mocks Trump with ‘important announcement’

On Friday, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois posted a video with the title: “A Special Announcement from Governor JB Pritzker.” In the video, Pritzker mocked some of President Donald Trump’s more comically egregious proclamations in the few weeks...

14 days ago·United States

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