Illinois
Illinois House GOP leader stepping down, says following Trump is ‘path of losing’
Illinois Home GOP chief says get together will proceed to lose in the event that they observe Trump
State Rep. Jim Durkin claims former President Donald Trump and the Illinois Republican Occasion’s MAGA wing bear lots of blame for the poor displaying on Election Day.
CHICAGO – The Republican chief within the Illinois Home is stepping down. This comes after Election Day left the get together mired deeper than ever in super-minority standing.
State Rep. Jim Durkin accepts accountability for errors he made, however claims former President Donald Trump and the Illinois Republican Occasion’s MAGA wing bear lots of blame.
“So long as we proceed to say that we’re the get together of Trump and that we have now to abide by the get together ideas within the platform, 100% we’re gonna proceed down this path of dropping,” Durkin stated.
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Durkin particularly urged Illinois Republicans to rethink the politics of weapons, abortion, and homosexual rights.
“Whoever succeeds me, we have to do extra to not take these strident positions on points associated to firearms, to problems with reproductive well being, points referring to the homosexual and lesbian group. There are lots of individuals who really feel very sturdy about these points who would vote for Republicans,” Durkin stated.
Durkin acknowledged that is positive to offend many Republicans, who will doubtless denounce him as a RINO — a “Republican In Title Solely.” He plans to struggle for his imaginative and prescient of the get together.