Krishnamoorthi joins aggressive Illinois Senate race, criticizes Trump and Musk

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ailing., has launched a bid to win a Senate seat held by longtime lawmaker Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ailing., who introduced in late April that he wouldn’t search reelection.

Krishnamoorthi is becoming a member of an already crowded area that features Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ailing., and Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who has the help of Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ailing., can also be reportedly contemplating a bid of her personal. Nevertheless, Krishnamoorthi enters the race with a large $19 million marketing campaign conflict chest, based on Politico. 

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In an announcement video posted Tuesday on his marketing campaign’s X account, Krishnamoorthi vowed to face as much as “bullies like Donald Trump and Elon Musk,” although the latter left the White Home final week. The congressman portrayed the president as a pacesetter who’s “ignoring the Structure” and is “out for revenge.”

President Donald Trump speaks on the White Home in April. (AP/Alex Brandon)

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The congressman highlighted his household background as a first-generation American whose mother and father “have been ready to make use of meals stamps and public housing to maneuver us into the center class.” He additionally referenced his shut ties to former President Barack Obama, saying that he “confirmed that Illinois offers you a shot even when you may have a humorous identify.” He then touted his A+ score from the Deliberate Parenthood Motion Fund and F score from the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation.

Consultant Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, questions witnesses throughout a Home Intelligence Committee impeachment inquiry listening to in Washington, D.C., in 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photograph/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs)

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“I’ll by no means be quiet whereas billionaires like Elon Musk and a convicted felon deny the goals of the subsequent technology for their very own egos and private revenue,” Krishnamoorthi stated within the video. He additionally vowed to “make America work for working folks.”

Krishnamoorthi was first elected to Congress in 2016 and at present serves because the rating member of the Choose Committee on the CCP. He’s additionally the rating member on the Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on Well being Care and Monetary Companies.