The Chicago Way w/John Kass: GOP AG candidate Tom DeVore questions the ethics of his opponent
The Chicago Way
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🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know who's going to win the race for governor, but I do know that critically |
| 0:06.7 | important to everyone in the state is who's the attorney general. |
| 0:13.2 | Years ago we had boss Madagans daughter Lisa running and winning, surprise, surprise, |
| 0:22.5 | as attorney general, and I don't know. |
| 0:27.2 | I don't think it was all that inspiring and nothing about the law from her, from a lawyer, |
| 0:33.0 | nothing about actually changing or shaping the law itself. |
| 0:40.5 | Now we have Tom DeVore, Republican running against Kwame Raul, who was installed by |
| 0:47.3 | Madagan to replace his daughter. |
| 0:50.1 | I think there was a million dollars in campaign funds, correct, given to Kwame from the Democrats, |
| 0:59.7 | from Madagan and the Democrats. |
| 1:03.2 | And now Tom DeVore is running in the reason why I think it's important is because he will |
| 1:09.5 | change the debate itself. |
| 1:13.0 | If he wins, Tom DeVore will change the debate itself about the nature of government in Illinois, |
| 1:23.2 | from the ending of no cash bail to the draconian ideas and rits that Governor Pritzker gives |
| 1:33.1 | us. |
| 1:34.1 | For example, I can go to the casino, I can go to the strip club, but I can't go to church. |
| 1:44.0 | Remember that one? |
| 1:46.0 | Joining us as always is Jeff Carlin, executive producer at WGN Radio, my friend, co-host |
| 1:55.2 | here, and where are you? |
| 2:00.6 | We start peeling the onion away from what Pritzker and Kwame Raul don't want us to peel, |
| 2:07.6 | the thornly case. |
| 2:11.1 | And where are you with Kwame Raul doing what Tony Prekweiko wants him to do? |
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