Month: January 2025

CHICAGO — It may be a new year, but it’s the same old failures and corruption from Illinois Democrats. Between the Democrats’ lies and a new leftist official being caught red-handed in corruption schemes seemingly every week, the Illinois Democrat Party is in shambles.

Take a look at some of the worst failures that have plagued Illinois Democrats to start the year:

Corruption between Chicago Public Schools and Chicago’s Teachers Union:

Rafael Yáñez, a Chicago Public Schools board member appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, was found conspiring with the vice president of the Chicago’s Teachers Union regarding contract negotiations during a private meeting. The interaction highlights the suspiciously close relationship between CTU and CPS. More corruption was exposed when Johnson faced ethics concerns regarding his dual role at CPS and CTU. The situation outlines unholy alliances in Chicago’s education system under Democrat rule.

Brandon Johnson hiding Chicago’s sanctuary city status:

As President Trump follows through with his vow to deport dangerous illegal immigrants, Brandon Johnson, the worst mayor in America, refuses to say if he will testify before Congress about Chicago’s sanctuary city policies that hinder law enforcement and protect illegal immigrants. Meanwhile, Johnson has reaffirmed Chicago’s stance as a sanctuary city, a policy that has allowed around 50,000 illegal immigrants into the city. Given his past record, Chicagoans shouldn’t expect Johnson to step up to the plate and own his responsibilities anytime soon.

Officials LIE about ICE deportations to ignite fear: 

Chicago Public Schools officials and Democrat politicians flat-out lied about ICE agents visiting Hamline Elementary to ignite fear and chaos in Chicago. President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan criticized Illinois Governor JB Pritzker for spreading fear instead of verifying the facts and demanded he apologize to ICE. No apologies yet.

Bottom Line: President Trump has been in office for 11 days getting results while Illinois Democrats focus on infighting and continuing Chicago’s culture of corruption.

CHICAGO — ICE Raids targeting criminals and gang members have arrived in Chicago. While many Democrats across the country have embraced and even supported President Trump’s targeting of criminal illegal migrants, JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson continue to grandstand side by side prioritizing protecting criminals over the safety of Illinois families.

Here’s some of the people that they are protecting:

• Nine Tren de Aragua terrorists
• Seven sexual predators who committed crimes against children
• Two murderers

Tom Homan said it himself – “everybody we arrested in Chicago yesterday was a significant public safety threat.”

“The Trump Administration is making our communities safe again and placing the lives and wellbeing of Americans first. I am a proud supporter of the new Administration’s efforts to step up and take the action that Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson are too cowardly to take themselves,” said Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi. “This is a nation of laws, laws that Governor Pritzker and Mayor Johnson are fine ignoring for the sake of their own radical agenda. President Trump is doing exactly what the American people elected him to do, and we stand ready to assist him in his efforts to secure our border and keep our streets safe.”

CHICAGO — It’s been one week of President Trump’s America First agenda and a lot of great policies that improve the lives of Illinois residents went into effect. See for yourself what President Trump did in week one:

• Declared a national emergency at our southern border
• Ended catch-and-release and reinstated the Remain in Mexico policy
• Realigned foreign aid to better align with American interests
• Returned to America First and Peace through Strength policies
• Directed agencies to implement policies that lower the cost of living
• Revoked the electric vehicle mandate
• Ended DEI mandates across government
• Rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions

Bottom Line: It’s been just over one week with President Trump back in office and America and Illinois are trending in the right direction. Over the next four years, President Trump will continue to work for the American people to secure our border, fix our economy and Make America Great Again!

CHICAGO — In case you missed it, Illinois Democrats took a false report from Chicago Public Schools and ran with it, spreading lies and creating hysteria. On Friday, CPS officials (and Ald. Jeanette Taylor) reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents visited an elementary school and were turned away. Hours later, it was revealed that Secret Service agents were investigating a threat, NOT ICE.

It begs the question – when will Democrats like JB Pritzker retract their ICE lies?

Bottom Line: Pritzker, along with multiple Democrat officials, ran with unsubstantiated reporting because it is convenient to their political agenda.

1st State Central Committee Application Period Now Open

Chairman Kathy Salvi hereby issues notice pursuant to Article II Section C of the Bylaws of the Illinois Republican Party that a vacancy exists in the office of State Central Committeeman for the 1st Congressional District.  Tim Ozinga resigned this post on January 12.  The 1st District Congressional Committee, consisting of the Republican Chairmen from Cook, Kankakee, and Will Counties, are responsible for appointing a new State Central Committeeman to represent the 1st  Congressional District. 

Interested applicants should submit their application to the Illinois Republican Party’s Executive Director Matt Janes at [email protected].  All applications must be received by 5:00 PM on February 7, 2025.

The 1st District Congressional Committee will meet on February 8 by Zoom to vote on a candidate to fill the vacancy.  The committee members will cast a weighted vote in accord with the voting strength of their respective counties.

Please feel free to forward this email and application materials to your various Republican networks.

Serving on the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, State Central Committeemen responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Establish, organize, and promote the operations of the Illinois Republican Party
• Attend and participate in quarterly State Central Committee meetings
• Attend local GOP meetings and functions
• Conduct the business of ILGOP State Convention

For the application, please click the link below

CHICAGO — In case you missed it, Chuck Hernandez, chairman of the Chicago Republican Party and a former detective with the Chicago Police Department joined WTTW to discuss President Trump’s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship.

Throughout the interview, Hernandez highlighted President Trump’s mandate election and keeping his promises to the American people, saying, “The Trump administration is going to enforce immigration law. That’s what he ran on, that’s what he won on, that’s what the American people voted for overwhelmingly.”

Hernandez also pointed out how people are taking advantage of the United State’s immigration laws, saying, “When you look at citizenship, the 14th Amendment citizenship clause is clear. It’s not only being born on U.S soil, but it’s also not having your jurisdiction to another country. So if you’re a foreign person from another country, you should not be automatically granted citizenship in the United States. People are using this to exploit our immigration system.”

To hear more about what Chuck Hernandez, chairman of the Chicago Republican Party, said on WTTW, click here.

CHICAGO — Yesterday, after President Trump’s historic inauguration, he immediately got to work for the American people – signing Executive Orders on inflation, immigration, foreign policy and even designating criminal cartels as terrorists.

Meanwhile, billionaire Governor, JB Pritzker immediately took issue with President Trump’s work, jumping on his high-horse to decry the Trump Administration’s decision to end birthright citizenship. Pritzker blasted the decision saying “In Illinois, we follow the law…Illinoisans can count on me to stand against unconstitutional actions.”

If JB Pritzker wants to defend Illinois from unconstitutional actions, he should start by looking in the mirror.

DON’T FORGET that parts of Pritzker’s SAFE-T Act were ruled unconstitutional by a Kankakee County judge.

DON’T FORGET that Illinois’ court system ruled that Pritzker and his crony Democrats attempt to remove the ability to slate candidates without a primary was unconstitutional.

DON’T FORGET that a Federal Judge ruled Pritzker’s assault weapons ban unconstitutional.

Bottom Line: If JB Pritzker wants to get serious about combatting unconstitutionality, he should start by looking in the mirror at his own grandstanding policy agenda.

CHICAGO — Today, Americans will witness the second historic inauguration of President Donald J. Trump as America’s 47th President. Republicans across the country will use the next four years to secure our southern border, fix our economy and get to work for the American people. 

ILGOP Chair Kathy Salvi released the following statement:

“Today, thousands of Illinoisians are in Washington D.C. to watch as President Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Illinois families can sigh a breath of relief knowing that the chaos and instability of the last four years is behind us, and a new reality of unity, prosperity and peace through strength begins. Illinois Republicans look forward to working with President Trump to restore liberty, lower costs, and create safer communities for Illinois families.”

As Illinois faces the brunt of failed Democrat policies, including high inflation and a wide-open southern border, the common-sense conservative policies instituted by President Trump will further empower the Illinois Republican Party to Make Illinois Great Again!

CHICAGO — Welcome to 2025 where the drama from Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inability to answer even some of the simplest questions continues. Mayor Johnson was confronted about the role he continues to hold with Chicago Public Schools as he is on leave to serve as mayor. Being on leave means that he is still an employee of the Chicago Public Schools, which means that he would directly benefit from the contract with the Chicago Teacher’s Union that he, as mayor, is currently negotiating. 

When asked about the seeming conflict of interest, what is his response? 

“There is no conflict of interest.”

Well THAT cleared things up! He might want to consider calling Governor Pritzker for his thoughts, unless he lost the Pritzker’s direct line.

In case the mayor needed a refresher, here’s a tidbit on what constitutes a Conflict of Interest from Harvard’s Kennedy School: “A conflict of interest is thus best understood as a set of circumstances that is reasonably believed to create a substantial risk that an official’s judgment of a primary, public, interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest which typically though not exclusively involves financial gain (Thompson, 1993 see also chapter 2 of Institute of Medicine, 2009). A conflict of interest thus increases the risk of corruption. We have learned from common experience that secondary private interests can taint official’s judgment about how best to advance the public interest.” 

Bottom Line: While the Mayor represents the people of Chicago, Brandon Johnson is out here working to advance his own interests, and those of his cronies in the Chicago Teacher’s Union to the detriment of Illinois taxpayers.