Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker clashed with a local reporter on Tuesday while discussing COVID-19, with the governor slamming the reporter for “spreading misinformation.” After a press conference in Chicago where Pritzker signed legislation expanding access to mental healthcare, the governor took questions from reporters.
WIND reporter Amy Jacobson, who has criticized the mask mandate on her Twitter feed, asked Pritzker about whether he would shut down in-person learning at schools again should COVID-19 numbers continue to rise.
Although adamant he would not want to do such a thing, Pritzker did not rule out a move should a “widespread” outbreak occur. “If all of a sudden we started to see that there was a widespread delta— or something that