Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey, a gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd during the Illinois State Fair. | Darren Bailey for Governor/Twitter
Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey, a gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd during the Illinois State Fair. | Darren Bailey for Governor/Twitter
Gubernatorial candidate and Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey recently pledged to make Chicago safe and affordable.
"We will make Chicago and all of Illinois safe and affordable again," Bailey wrote in an Aug. 19 tweet. "We love Illinois and we’re fighting for the working-class people who have been abandoned by J.B. Pritzker and the Democrat Party. Change and reform are coming, and help is on the way."
ABC 7 reports the tweet came after an Aug. 18 Republican rally at the Illinois State Fair, when Bailey said, "Chicago, that once-great city, didn't become a hell-hole just because of Lori Lightfoot and Kim Foxx. Starting with J.B. Pritzker, our leaders are all in cahoots."
Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, did not take Bailey’s characterization well and returned fire in her own statement, The Chicago Sun Times reported.
"Chicago is no hellhole, but the Bailey campaign sure is a dumpster fire," the mayor tweeted Aug. 19.
Darren Bailey is the state's Republican nominee for governor. He got 454,342 votes or 57% of the vote, according to Journal Star.
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