By Townhall Chicago News Staff
Former Illinois state Rep. Jeannie Ives criticized Illinois Democratic campaign tactics Friday and cited a Chicago Transit Authority worker’s killing as an example of what she called unaddressed problems in state government.
Ives said a CTA worker was stabbed to death by a felon who was out on electronic monitoring despite pending felony cases. She said the Cook County state’s attorney has acknowledged problems with the monitoring system.
“A CTA worker was stabbed to death by a felon who was AWOL with felony cases and on electronic monitoring,” Ives said. “The state’s attorney admitted there’s a problem with electronic monitoring, but her party, the Democrats, control all the levers of power, so she needs to stop complaining and do something about it.”
Ives also criticized Illinois Senate candidate Laura Elman for a campaign ad on insulin costs, saying the underlying legislation passed both chambers of the General Assembly without opposition. She did not cite a specific bill number.
Ives outlined three tactics she said Illinois Democrats use heading into the midterm elections: claiming credit for bills that passed with bipartisan support, raising issues only the federal government can address, and promising to fix problems their party has controlled in Springfield for three decades.
“Democrats need you to be uninformed,” Ives said.
Neither Elman’s campaign nor the Cook County state’s attorney’s office had issued a public response as of Friday.
