Thank you Governor Pritzker. I feel so grateful and proud to be from Illinois. Your words and leadership are incredibly powerful and motivating. You inspire us to keep up our courage and not let go of our hope for a better democracy. Please continue to model how true leaders should act and unite us

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country.

We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.

I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.

Merry Christmas Ame! Thank you for always posting authentic, funny, heartfelt posts!