A Look Back On Governor Pritzker’s Pandemic Response
On the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker says he feels more optimistic now than he has all year.
On the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, Gov. JB Pritzker says he feels more optimistic now than he has all year.
“We feel forgotten,” said Hannah Chavez, 31, a Whole Foods worker from Logan Square.
Pritzker spoke with WBEZ about his optimism about vaccinations, struggles with the mask mandate and thoughts about Republican criticism of his pandemic response.
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Sixty-two percent approve of the job the president is doing handling the pandemic, but he gets a lower 49% overall job approval rating, signaling potentially tough legislative fights ahead.
The president’s announcement also came on the day he signed a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill. In his speech, he also, denounced “vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans.“