First in this round of treasonous/separatist behavior was California which initiated a boycott of conservative states.
Now the governor of Illinois has decided his state will boycott the country of El Salvador.
This from frontpagemag.com.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered agencies in his state to boycott work with El Salvador amid the detention fight over Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Pritzker said he was requesting the Illinois State Board of Investment, the State Universities Retirement System, and the Teachers’ Retirement System review their investments to “identify any fund investments” that are wholly or partially managed, owned or controlled by the Salvadoran government or has ties to business in El Salvador.
The governor’s office also directed the state Department of Central Management Services to launch a review to identify contracts awarded to companies affiliated with El Salvador’s government or Salvadoran businesses.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has also been directed to conduct an analysis of trade between the state and El Salvador, including the “scale and nature of imports” and the extent to which Salvadoran goods are in the supply chain of products manufactured in the state.
El Salvador exports coffee (remember how the media was freaking out last week about the effects of tariffs on coffee) and knit t-shirts. There may be a plan for boycotting those items, but pension plans are supposed to be used to maximize returns for public employees, not to pick political fights.
If J.B. Pritzker wants to criticize a country, he can do so. He is rich enough that a personal boycott will have no impact on him personally. But state boycotts of a country using public funds and without a legislative vote seem abusive and in this case a calculated effort to undermine the president’s foreign policy by misusing state authority.
In this case, Pritzker is using state assets to try to force a country away from cooperating with the White House. That is arguably treasonous behavior. And a country cannot function if state governments directly sabotage foreign relations. A nation divided against itself cannot stand. Much like Pritzker.
