Chicago violence victims' families call on Darren Bailey to stop commercials.

[ShazzieB]

CHICAGO -- Vickie Ponciano feels like breaking her television every time she sees a video clip of her nephew's murder being used in a Republican ad campaign that seeks to pin violence in Chicago on Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the city's Democrats.

"Every time I see that freaking commercial I just start cursing in front of my kids. And I don't know how to control it," Ponciano said Thursday while standing alongside the Rev. Michael Pfleger during a rally at 875 N. Michigan Ave., the building formerly known as the Hancock Center.

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"Mr. Bailey, stop pimping. Stop pimping the pain and trauma of families for your own political self - either stop these commercials or get out of the whole damn race, we're tired of you using our families," Pfleger said.

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The PAC has also come under fire for using footage of a Lake View woman being mugged in a separate ad seeking to showcase the city's violence.

"Whatever we need to do to raise awareness and wake people up to understand the situation with what's going on," Bailey previously said when asked of his personal opinion of that commercial. "Because it's real. And some parts of the city, they may not understand it."

https://abc7chicago.com/darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-chicago-violence-shooting/12255983/

So evidently, Darren Bailey, a farmer from deep southern Illinois, thinks he understands what's going on in Chicago better than the city's own residents? What an arrogant jerk. Hey, Darren, how would you like it if Lori Lightfoot and JB showed up at your farm and started telling you how to plant your corn and soybeans? Not much, right? Good thing they won't, because unlike you, they have enough sense to stick to what they know.

Ugh, I hate those ads, and I can't stand that arrogant clown. I can't wait till the election is over and that hick goes back to the sticks where he belongs.

[SheltieLover]

1. Omg, Shazzie!

Please tell me this magat is not favored to win!

I hope someone can find a way to stop this jerk!

[ShazzieB]

2. Don't worry, he's not!

I haven't seen a recent poll, but everything I read says he's trailing. He has some support in the redder parts of the state, but he's made a ton of enemies in Chicago with those awful ads and his comments calling Chicago a hell hole. That is NOT how you win a statewide election here in the Land of Lincoln!

[SheltieLover]

3. Glad to hear!

Jerk!

[HillbillyDaoist]

4. Darren Bailey is a fat Nazi shitstain

I live about 30 miles from where Bailey is from. He is a fascist pig fucker who makes trump look like a Kennedy. He is a media whore who stages stunts with the press on hand just like deSatan and the orange turd. He made folks' lives (like mine) who work in healthcare absolutely miserable during the pandemic. I know several healthcare professionals who received death threats from his zombie followers during the pandemic. It's sad his black female running mate hasn't figured out she is his token Stepin Fetchit as he is unbelievably racist and misogynistic. Hoping the evil fat fucker goes down in flames.

[obamanut2012]

5. His running mate knows exactly who he is

And what her role is. They are some black female MAGATs.

[live love laugh]

6. Yes anti-choice MAGAt and black ...

[HillbillyDaoist]

8. Agreed. Pathetically sad

[Midnight Writer]

9. Howdy, neighbor! Welcome to DU. Darren Bailey yard signs up all over my neighborhood.

Now I know which of my neighbors are idiots.

[ShazzieB]

10. Ugh, he sounds even worse than I thought he was.

And that, I assure you, is saying something.

I am outraged to hear about all the trouble he caused during the pandemic, and deeply sorry you and other health care professionals were put through that. What a dickhead!

[UpInArms]

7. Running an ad of his farm should have voice over saying

“This is what monoculture looks like. Acre after acre of genetically modified seeds … where forever chemicals leach into the soil and pollute the water supply. This is America on drugs. Only you can stop it. Vote Blue in November.”