Wednesday, February 14, 2018 

Thirteen Veterans and spouses died from a Legionnaires crisis at the Quincy Veterans’ Home that was fatally mismanaged by Bruce Rauner. Sadly, this was just the latest disaster for a governor whose historic budget crisis devastated veterans’ services. Rauner’s misplaced priorities and failed leadership left many of our state’s heroes without the care that they deserve.

REALITY CHECK:

• Bruce Rauner’s 736-day budget crisis halted construction of a 200-bed Veterans’ home on Chicago’s Northwest side and forced cuts to critical Veterans’ services.
• His fatal mismanagement of the Legionnaires’ outbreak at the Quincy Veterans’ Home led to the deaths of 13 Veterans and spouses with families still waiting for answers from their failed governor.
• Quincy staff testified that they were kept in the dark by the Rauner administration and learned of outbreaks from media reports. Rauner later accused staff of lying.
• Despite his fatal mismanagement, Rauner maintained that he “would not do anything different.”
• Rauner refused to take moral responsibility for the deaths, and instead pulled a political stunt as he continues to fail to get the crisis under control.

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