Many are now saying Jussie Smollett needs to apologize to Chicago. But why? How is the hate exhibited by Smollett towards President Trump and his supporters materially different from the hate many pillars of the Chicago community direct towards President Trump on a daily basis?

Republicans in other states get it, but the Illinois GOP remains clueless – and cowardly.

In this age of Trump, it’s not about pigeonholing people by ideology, it’s about doers. That’s what we’re woefully lacking in Illinois.

People ask me if I’m voting for Rauner Tuesday, and I say of course not. I didn’t vote for him four years ago, so I’m certainly not voting for him now when everything I warned about came to fruition.

Until Trump came along, the GOP’s first instinct was to fold to pressure which of course only emboldened the other side, sending the clear signal that character assassination works.

Latest example of the kind of pettiness and self-dealing that continues to keep the Republican Party from being a serious winning force in Illinois.

WATCH: Donald Trump reads portions of an editorial by our very own Editor-in-Chief Doug Ibendahl at three rallies during the campaign.

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