Pritzker pronounced the GQP acronym slowly and carefully in response to a question about Monday’s state Senate vote. It’s been used by some Democrats nationally to label Republicans as the “Grand QAnon Party,” more interested in dismantling government and chasing dark conspiracy theories than governing.
All members of the Republican superminority, as expected, voted down Pritzker’s nominees, but it was the supermajority Democrats who ultimately sank their nominations.
"This is the result of failed tough-on-crime rhetoric meant merely to incite fear and score cheap political points," said Jennifer Soble, executive director of the Illinois Prison Project.