Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) has vowed to launch a campaign to promote radical gender reassignment procedures in his state in the wake of Donald Trump's landslide election.
Pritzker used Transgender Awareness Week — Nov. 12-19 — as a platform to flaunt the issue, FOX News reported
“This Transgender Awareness Week, I want you to know that as Governor I see you and support you,” Pritzker wrote to X. I will always have a home here. ”
Pritzker's cousin, James Nicholas Pritzker, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Illinois National Guard, is a transgender man who now goes by the name “Jennifer” and will give grants to organizations supporting “gender and humanity.” He runs a left-wing organization. sexuality. ”
As governor, billionaire Pritzker has been at the forefront of promoting extreme and dangerous trans ideology. In 2021, he directed the state Department of Human Services to create a list of protections for “transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming students” as part of a reinterpretation of the 1979 Illinois Human Rights Act.
“Ensuring that every student in Illinois has access to a safe and validated learning environment where they can be their authentic selves is a top priority for my administration,” Pritzker said in a 2021 release. Ta. “This guidance from the Illinois Department of Human Rights is another tool for students, parents, and educators to ensure classrooms are welcoming, affirming, and inclusive for all students.”
Land of Lincoln is one of those deep-blue states that allows students to use any restroom they want at any time without proving they received a medical procedure. State authorities also forced all schools to allow boys who identified as girls to play girls' sports.
State officials also authorized the use of Medicaid funds to pay for radical transgender surgeries on people under 21.
But Mr. Pritzker may be going against the tide of public opinion in the state. While Donald Trump did lose Illinois, he lost the state by a much smaller percentage than in 2020 or 2016.
A few days after Election Day, it was revealed that Mr. Trump had lost to Ms. Harris in Illinois, 53.4% to 45.0%. However, that margin is small That compares with a 57.54 percent to 40.55 percent loss to Biden in 2020 and an even larger 55.83 percent to 38.76 percent loss to Clinton in 2016.
Plus, support for Trump in the usually deep blue city of Chicago. almost doubled In 2016, Trump received just 12.4 percent of Chicago's vote. In 2020, it increased slightly to 15.6%. However, this year it reached 22.1%.
Additionally, polls generally find that only a small minority of Americans agree with radical transgender policies.
A Rasmussen Report survey conducted in October found that a 60 percent majority of Americans oppose transgender issues.
A similar poll conducted by Center Square Found The results are nearly identical, with 59% opposed to minors receiving transgender-related medical procedures or treatment. Another poll conducted earlier this year found that voters do not want to see trans athletes competing alongside women.
Additionally, a June poll found that many voters felt the entire transgender issue was a distraction from politics.
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