(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Reaction to Gov. JB Pritzker’s mask mandate rollback announcement was, for Republicans, negative.
Among the GOP critics: state Sen. Darren Bailey of Xenia, who hopes to win the Republican nomination to run against Democrat Pritzker. He has long said Pritzker overstepped his bounds with various COVID-19 restrictions.
“After seeing what Gov. Pritzker has done to our students, businesses, churches, and people since he has taken office, I want to ask you a very simple question: Years from now, when your children and grandchildren ask you where you stood when their freedom was on the chopping block, what will you be able to tell them?” Bailey said Wednesday.
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It wasn’t much better from state Rep. Blaine Wilhour, R-Beecher City, who said:
“We have seen a governor who believes he has the absolute power and the security to do whatever the hell he wants without regard for facts, the data, common sense, statutory authority, the Constitution, or even the rulings of courts in the state of Illinois.”
Pritzker on Wednesday said he expects to lift the indoor mask mandate on Feb. 28 for most public places, including restaurants and supermarkets. But he wants K-12 schools in Illinois to keep mask requirements in place, for now.
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