GOP Slammed After Mocking JB Pritzker's Weight With Juvenile Valentine's Day Post

Illinois Republican Darren Bailey denounces his own party after Pritzker weight joke – JournalStar/Yahoo

Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey denounced a social media post made by his party last week that denigrated Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

GOP Slammed After Mocking JB Pritzker's Weight With Juvenile Valentine's Day Post

Republicans are facing bipartisan criticism after the national party shared a cruel post on X targeting Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for his weight on Valentine's Day.The national GOP account shared an image depicting Pritzker eating fast food—including a burger, pizza, chicken, and nachos—alongside the caption:"My love for you is bigger than JB Pritzker."You can see it below. @GOP/XPritzker has long been the subject of fat jokes, which Republi…

The last thing JB Pritzker expected was to be answering 2028 presidential run questions over something this personal, but here we are

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has visibly lost weight recently, but he is making it clear that his health journey has nothing to do with any plans for a 2028 presidential run. He wants people to stop reading political meaning into something he says is purely personal. When Pritzker spoke with journalist Astead Herndon, the conversation turned to his weight loss. Pritzker pushed back on the idea that there were political motivations behind it, sa…