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Good Tuesday morning, Illinois. And what a pleasure to meet the deputy ambassadors of the EU countries based in D.C. who are visiting Chicago. I hope you get a chance to try the deep dish.
Hillary Clinton acknowledges the applause at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago with interviewer Charlotte Alter on Monday, May 22, 2023. | POLITICO's Shia Kapos
Hillary Clinton played all the hits at the Riviera in Chicago on Monday.
Striking a chord: The former U.S. senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate called former President Donald Trump a cult leader who will likely win the GOP presidential nomination. She pushed back at a question about older lawmakers not knowing when to hang it up.
And Clinton took vindication in a New York Times report that the Trump administration spent four years investigating the Clinton Foundation and didnt find a file a single charge.
Singing the blues: Of course, Clinton talked about feeling crummy about losing the 2016 election and disbelief after the 2020 election so dystopian, she said. And she hopes that bipartisanship can one day be a reality.
I remain an optimist, but an optimist who worries a lot, said Clinton, echoing her friend, the late Madeleine Albright.
The Q&A: Clintons comments came during an interview with Charlotte Alter, a Time correspondent and granddaughter of the late Joanne Alter, who in 1968 was the first woman to win a countywide election in Chicago when she was elected in commissioner for the Metropolitan Sanitary District,
The Chicago Humanities Festival sponsored the event, which was held at the 2,500-seat Riviera Theatre, built in the early 1900s as a movie theater.
First lady of Illinois MK Pritzker, who with husband Gov. JB Pritzker was a major donor to Clintons presidential campaign, attended Mondays event. The first lady also hosted a reception for Clinton at her home. The governor was in Springfield, where lawmakers are still trying to nail down a budget.
On Trump, Clinton said hell benefit from the winner-take-all rule that most GOP primaries follow in awarding delegates. So, he will most likely become the Republican nominee again, and he will be defeated by Joe Biden, Clinton said to applause from the crowd.
On ageism: Alter, who is 33, referred to Democratic disconnect with the younger generation and asked why smart people often make sort of foolish retirement choices. Specifically, Alter pointed to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and to Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Clinton bristled. You know, I have a very negative response to that question, she said, adding Ginsberg was energetic and sharp to the end and made the same judgment that a lot of men have made about staying on the job. Ginsberg had planned to retire had Clinton been elected president, Clinton noted.
As for Feinstein, Clinton said the Democratic senator from California has suffered greatly from the bout of shingles and encephalitis. But the real challenge is that Republicans will not agree to add someone else to the Judiciary Committee if she retires, Clinton said. Right now, she cant if were going to get judges confirmed.
SPOTTED: All the big names attended the reception for Clinton at the Pritzkers Chicago home: Ariel Investments John Rogers Jr., Black Opal CEO Desire Rogers, Johnson Publishing veteran Linda Johnson Rice, Conlon Public Strategies Kevin Conlon, businessman Kevin OKeefe, Northwestern Universitys Valerie Alexander, real estate developer Elzie Higginbottom, restaurateurs Karen and Phil Stefani, businessman Lee Miller, SPAAN Tech CEO Smita Shah, commentator Laura Schwartz, state Rep. Margaret Croke, attorney Lisa Duarte, businessman Raj Fernando, DSC Logistics CEO Ann Drake, business consultant Donna Zarcone, AmeriCorps board member Leslie Bluhm and environmentalist Wendy Abrams.
GUN TALK: Illinois and Chicago are strict about trying to clamp down on guns, yet crime rates are still higher than they should be. The thinking is that guns are harder to curb when theyre brought in from other states.
So when those states address gun issues, Illinois watches.
In Memphis, Tenn., federal investigators and local law enforcement officers are trying to slow down the proliferation of switches as a way to curb gun violence, according to The Associated Press. Illinois has already done that. Switches are devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into machine guns.
And get this: The Tennessee legislature is also planning a special session to focus on gun-related legislation. So what, you say, Illinois Democratic-led legislature has already done that. Yes, but Tennessees legislature is controlled by Republicans.
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We asked what you remember from your first day on the job.
Lisa Brasch: My boss left a vase of fresh cut lilacs on my new desk.
Lucas Hawley: I started at the Board of Review as an analyst on the same day as a Cook County Board meeting, so I was able to stop by and surprise Commissioner Deborah Sims, who I knew when I was going to school.
Conny Moody: As an analyst for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget (now called GOMB), I was handed a $1 billion proposed budget for a state agency and being told Please analyze this and be ready to present your analysis to Director [Joan] Walters at the end of the week. I met the deadline!
Jennifer Olaya, with the Illinois Secretary of State Securities Department: I was conferencing a case that was going to trial when one of the lawyers asked me, How long have you been working here? I looked at the courtroom clock and said, about 10 minutes. I ended up working at that job for six years!
Golnar Teimouri, former policy adviser to the mayor: On my first day at City Hall straight from Mayor Lori Lightfoots inauguration, I asked where the coffee was. I was told, Honey, this is the government. You go buy your own coffee.
Alison Pure-Slovin: Meeting the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi Marvin Hier, in his L.A. office. I noticed the two Academy Awards he won for Holocaust documentaries and he then pointed me to the nearby bookcase, saying, what keeps the spirit of the Jewish people alive is contained in our sacred books, not the shiny awards
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