Gov. Pritzker, in State of State Speech, Compares Trump Admin. To the Start of a Nazi Movement

RUSH TRANSCRIPT I have ░░░░░░░░ reflecting these last four ░░░░░░░░ on two important parts ░░░░░░░░ my life My work ░░░░░░░░ to build the Illinois ░░░░░░░░ museum and the two ░░░░░░░░ I have had the ░░░░░░░░ of reciting the oath ░░░░░░░░ office As some of ░░░░░░░░ know skokie Illinois once ░░░░░░░░ one of the largest ░░░░░░░░ of Holocaust survivors anywhere ░░░░░░░░ the world In 1970 ░░░░░░░░ nazis decided that they ░░░░░░░░ to March in there ░░░░░░░░ leaders of that March ░░░░░░░░ the images of swastika ░░░░░░░░ young man go stepping ░░░░░░░░ a suburban street would ░░░░░░░░ the local Jewish population ░░░░░░░░ many of whom had ░░░░░░░░ recovered from their time ░░░░░░░░ German concentration camps The ░░░░░░░░ of that March parked ░░░░░░░░ legal fight that went ░░░░░░░░ the way to the ░░░░░░░░ Court It was a ░░░░░░░░ lawyer from the aclu ░░░░░░░░ argued the case for ░░░░░░░░ nazis intending that even ░░░░░░░░ most hateful of speech ░░░░░░░░ protected under the First ░░░░░░░░ As an American and ░░░░░░░░ a Jew I find ░░░░░░░░ difficult to resolve my ░░░░░░░░ around that Supreme Court ░░░░░░░░ But I am grateful ░░░░░░░░ the prospect of nazis ░░░░░░░░ in their street spurred ░░░░░░░░ survivors and other residents ░░░░░░░░ act They joined together ░░░░░░░░ form the Holocaust a ░░░░░░░░ and built the first ░░░░░░░░ Holocaust museum in a ░░░░░░░░ in 1981 a small ░░░░░░░░ important forerunner to the ░░░░░░░░ I helped build 30 ░░░░░░░░ later here I do ░░░░░░░░ invoke the specter of ░░░░░░░░ lately But I know ░░░░░░░░ history intimately and have ░░░░░░░░ more time than probably ░░░░░░░░ in this room with ░░░░░░░░ who survived the Holocaust ░░░░░░░░ is what I have ░░░░░░░░ The route the tears ░░░░░░░░ your house as the ░░░░░░░░ begins as a seed ░░░░░░░░ seed of distrust and ░░░░░░░░ and blame A seed ░░░░░░░░ grew into a dictatorship ░░░░░░░░ Europe a lifetime ago ░░░░░░░░ not arrive overnight it ░░░░░░░░ with everyday Germans mad ░░░░░░░░ inflation and looking for ░░░░░░░░ to blame I am ░░░░░░░░ with a foreboding dread ░░░░░░░░ is happening in our ░░░░░░░░ right now A president ░░░░░░░░ watches a plane go ░░░░░░░░ in the potomac and ░░░░░░░░ without facts or findings ░░░░░░░░ a diversity higher is ░░░░░░░░ for the crash Or ░░░░░░░░ Missouri attorney general who ░░░░░░░░ sued Starbucks arguing that ░░░░░░░░ pay higher prices for ░░░░░░░░ coffee because of the ░░░░░░░░ are two female and ░░░░░░░░ The authoritarian playbook is ░░░░░░░░ bare here They point ░░░░░░░░ a group of people ░░░░░░░░ don t look like ░░░░░░░░ and tell you to ░░░░░░░░ them for your problems ░░░░░░░░ just have one question ░░░░░░░░ comes next After we ░░░░░░░░ discriminated against deported or ░░░░░░░░ all the immigrants and ░░░░░░░░ gay and lesbian transgender ░░░░░░░░ the developmentally disabled the ░░░░░░░░ and the minorities once ░░░░░░░░ have ostracized our neighbors ░░░░░░░░ betrayed our friends after ░░░░░░░░ when the problems we ░░░░░░░░ with are still there ░░░░░░░░ us in the face ░░░░░░░░ comes next All the ░░░░░░░░ of human history lurk ░░░░░░░░ the answer to that ░░░░░░░░ And if we don ░░░░░░░░ want to repeat history ░░░░░░░░ for god sakes in ░░░░░░░░ moment we better be ░░░░░░░░ enough to learn from ░░░░░░░░