Billionaire Dem Running for Governor Is Caught Making Insensitive Remarks About Black Politicians

A Democratic candidate for governor of Illinois is apologizing for racially insensitive comments captured on an FBI wiretap between him and then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The billionaire businessman candidate, J.B. Pritzker, was heard suggesting Blagojevich appoint Secretary of State Jesse White to a Senate seat, calling him the “least offensive” African-American.

Pritzker, who’s considered the frontrunner in the March 20 primary, said Tuesday he regretted portions of the conversations recorded during a decade-old investigation of Blagojevich, who’s now imprisoned for convictions that included trying to trade an appointment to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat for campaign cash.

“I regret the conversations in many ways, the words that I used, and the things that I didn’t say on that call that I would have preferred to have said. … I can do better and I have,” Pritzker said. “I clearly made a mistake that day and I clearly wasn’t my best self.”

Pritzer’s family has influenced Chicago politics for decades. His sister, Penny, served as commerce secretary under Obama. (Read more from “Billionaire Dem Running for Governor Is Caught Making Insensitive Remarks About Black Politicians” HERE)

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