Fact Checking Pritzker's Davos claims

Gov. @jbpritzker joined CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to promote #illinois' “achievements,” but his interviewers consistently challenged or rejected his many claims on crime, jobs and the flight of major companies from Illinois.

Wirepoints sets the record straight below.

Gov. Pritzker said “crime is coming down gradually” in Chicago. Not true. Crime in Chicago was up 41% in 2022.
https://wirepoints.org/dont-buy-the-tribune-headline-chicago-crime-worsened-in-2022-wirepoints/

Gov. Pritzker said Illinois was “attracting jobs and businesses to the state.” Not true. Illinois employment has shrunk by 173,000 people since the governor took office in 2019. That’s the 3rd-worst performance by any state in the country.
https://wirepoints.org/about-gov-pritzkers-1-trillion-gdp-brag-wirepoints/

Gov. Pritzker said that “one business left” the state – Citadel. Not true. Illinois lost, in 2022 alone, the headquarters of Fortune 500 companies Caterpillar, Boeing and Tyson Foods.
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-has-been-bleeding-its-wealthiest-residents-for-years-now-its-ken-griffins-turn-to-leave-wirepoints

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