SHIRLEY, IL — Today, Darren Bailey appeared at the Illinois Agricultural Legislative Roundtable Candidate Forum and offered Illinois farmers nonsense and lies instead of solutions. Illinois farmers deserve a governor who knows how to govern, put more money in their pockets, and stand up against the chaos coming out of Washington.
Here are five shocking moments:
- Darren Bailey said that minimum wage workers are overpaid.
- Reality Check: They aren’t. Darren Bailey, however, voted against Illinois’ $15 minimum wage increase, legislation that delivered a raise to an estimated 1.4 million workers across the state.
- Darren Bailey told Illinois farmers that Trump’s tariffs, which are forcing them out of business, are “short-term pain for a long-term gain.”
- Reality Check: In Illinois, Trump’s tariffs sent the break-even price for soy and corn skyrocketing. Average household costs increased by $2,200, manufacturing lost 7,500 jobs, and GDP decreased by $5 billion.
- Darren Bailey said he and his lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Aaron Del Mar were “two governors for the price of one” a week after Del Mar called abortion a “sin against God.”
- Reality Check: No one wants this.
- Darren Bailey claimed JB Pritzker owns 25 percent of Facebook.
- Reality Check: He does not.
- Darren Bailey demonstrated a toddler-level grasp of energy policy, including by suggesting that Illinois is no longer a net exporter of electricity.
- Reality Check: Illinois is a net exporter of electricity, the nation’s fifth-largest electricity producer, and exports about a fifth of the power it produces to other states.
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