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'It pisses me off': JB Pritzker channels liberal anger at Trump — and his own party

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a rumored contender for the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nomination, waded into the debate over Democratic resistance and capitulation on Tuesday, name-dropping one member of his state's congressional delegation but conspicuously avoiding mention of the senior Democrat who helped Republicans pass a six-month spending bill.

"I want to commend Tammy Duckworth, who I called to ask how she was going to vote [on the government funding resolution], and she said 'my vote is hell no,'" he told an audience at a forum hosted by the Center for American Progress, a center-left think tank in Washington, DC. "I love her."

Pritzker did not mention Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the 80-year-old senior senator from his state and the Democratic whip who voted with Republicans to keep the federal government open even as President Donald Trump seeks to dismantle congressionally authorized agencies. While the two political heavyweights have already worked at cross-purposes, Pritzker's omission further underscored a frustration at party leaders in Washington who Democrats across the ideological spectrum have criticized variously as feckless, uninspiring and cowardly.

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While Senate Minority Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other Democratic "yes" votes have insisted that their party would be blamed for shutting down the government and people would suffer as