Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is freaking out over the Trump administration’s request for him to turn over the state’s voter rolls in order to investigate for voter fraud.
He said he’s terrified that they’re going to put “soldiers at polling places” and claimed that there is “very little fraud” in the first place.
If that’s true, then why is he so scared?
Watch for yourself:
🚨 Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER says he is terrified of the Trump administration getting ahold of his state's voter rolls: "They want to be able to find voter fraud."
"They're calling for all these databases so they can look through them."
Pritzker is also concerned about federal… pic.twitter.com/IyUCtafqBh
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 11, 2025
🚨 Illinois Gov. JB PRITZKER says he is terrified of the Trump administration getting ahold of his state’s voter rolls: “They want to be able to find voter fraud.”
“They’re calling for all these databases so they can look through them.”
Pritzker is also concerned about federal agents being near the voting locations: “You’re going to have soldiers or people dressed as soldiers at polling places saying ‘we’re protecting your voting rights.'”
Now why would ANY of that be a problem?
Turn over the voter rolls, Pritzker. They need to be heavily cleansed.
Back in August, the DOJ formally requested the Illinois voter rolls.
But, the request was denied.
Illinois cited ‘privacy concerns’ as the reason why they wouldn’t turn over voting data.
Capitol News Illinois reported:
It’s a similar response to the one given in deep blue Illinois, where the Illinois State Elections Board, not the secretary of state, oversees elections.
“We take Illinoisans’ privacy very seriously; data breaches and hacking are unfortunately common, and the disclosure of sensitive information contrary to state law would expose our residents to undue risk,” ISBE general counsel Marni Malowitz wrote the DOJ on Sept. 2.
A spokesperson for Illinois’ elections board said Monday the state has not heard from the DOJ since sending that letter.
As the Trump administration demands that states turn over voter data, some Republican state officials are pushing back.
At least four states with Republican chief election officialshave offered public data but not the sensitive information — driver’s license and partial Social Security numbers — sought by the Justice Department, even as they take pains not to pick a fight with President Donald Trump. Another has refused to turn over any data.
Yeah, right. I’m not buying that for one second.
There’s only one reason that would make Gov. Pritzker this worried over the Trump administration getting their hands on his state’s voter rolls…
Stephen Miller pointed out:
DOJ asked you to remove illegal alien voters from the rolls and you refused. https://t.co/1bkITPaHlJ
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) October 10, 2025
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