Online Socialists Flock to a Billionaire Governor in Illinois as Aging Icons of the Movement Fade
‘People like JB because he was a Democrat who ran on things that were very popular amongst Democrats, and then he did basically *all* of those things in office.’
Some self-described socialists perched on the left wing of the Democratic Party have settled on a new hero to replace aging icons like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and that person is the multibillionaire governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker.
A Twitter account titled “Socialists for Pritzker” has amassed nearly 11,000 followers over the last month. Laden with memes, the account posits Mr. Pritzker — the hotel magnate who became governor in 2019 — as a viable challenger to President Biden in 2024.
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