Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker got caught in a “flat out” lie during an appearance on Wednesday on Fox News’ “Special Report,” and Elon Musk wasted little time in calling the Democrat out for the fib.
Pritzker, who is worth an estimated $3.9 billion, was asked by anchor Bret Baier, “Why does Chicago have the highest murder rate of all the big cities?”
“We’re not in the top 30, in terms of our murder rate,” the governor replied. “Our murder rate has been cut in half over the last four years, and every year it’s gone down by double digits, and if you look at all of the violent crime over the last four years–”
Baier: "Why does Chicago have the highest murder rate of all the big cities?"
Pritzker: "We're not in the top 30."
Baier: *shows him a map showing Chicago is number one*
Pritzker: "Look, you can pull statistics up but our murder rate has been cut in half." pic.twitter.com/1Sg2JbyeIR
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 23, 2025
Baier produced a map showing that Chicago leads the nation.
“Here’s a map. Most populous U.S. cities. 17.47 per 100,000 population. Chicago is number one over Philadelphia, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego.”
“Look, you can pull statistics up–,” Pritzker deferred, before Baier shot back, “No, no, no, these are murders!”
“I’m explaining to you that our murder rate has been cut in half, and very importantly, Bret, you gotta hear this, very importantly, we’ve been doing the things that are necessary to bring crime down,” the Democrat countered, before claiming that President Donald Trump is “doing the opposite.”
Pritzker continued a long-standing campaign of denigrating ICE agents, breaking from previous comparisons to Nazis to essentially call them racists.
“They’re literally going after black and brown people because of the color of their skin,” he claimed.
The governor created the Illinois Accountability Commission to track ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and document “unlawful attacks” by agents tasked with enforcing U.S. immigration laws.
BREAKING: JB Pritzker signed an executive order creating a special commission to track ICE agents
Democrats are creating policies to PROTECT criminal illegals that have invaded their cities and put agents in harm’s way.
Interfering with immigration operations is a CRIME. pic.twitter.com/4Q0GTdbI82
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 23, 2025
On that note, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Fox News’ “Jesse Waters Primetime” to say she will “charge” those who impede ICE efforts to enforce the law.
BREAKING: AG Pam Bondi announces INVESTIGATIONS into Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Lori Lightfoot and others for targeting ICE agents.
Lightfoot is being IMMEDIATELY instructed to preserve all documents related to her actions.
“It appears she is [violating the law!] You CANNOT… pic.twitter.com/HMNsU3ADyU
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 24, 2025
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
JB Pritzker just flat out lied about an obvious fact https://t.co/GpqAulmQxu
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 24, 2025
His supporters are ignorant, so as long as they believe it, he doesn’t care about lying.
— Riley (@riley1999) October 23, 2025
— Mirthful Moments (@moment_mirthful) October 24, 2025
Pritzker has absolutely no ability to tell the truth. One of the great gaslighters in the Democratic Party, and that’s saying something among a bunch of All-Star gaslighters.
— Colorado Sports Fanatic (@CSportsFanatic) October 23, 2025
Reporter: “Chicago leads the nation in murder rate.”
Pritzker: “Not if you close your eyes.”— legislation (@legislationpage) October 23, 2025
That’ll be the last time Pritzker’s ego allows him to go on Fox News.
— Wake Up Democrats (@WakeUpDemocrats) October 23, 2025
Bret could have pushed back harder
— mary bartkowski (@marybartkowski1) October 23, 2025
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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