On Friday, Pritzker posted a (in all probability) satirical video on social media the place he introduced a plan to alter the title of Lake Michigan to Lake Illinois.
“The world’s most interesting geographers, consultants who research the Earth’s pure surroundings, have concluded a decades-long council and decided that an amazing lake deserves to be named after an amazing state,” Pritzker started.
“So right this moment, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be referred to as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to make sure the world’s maps replicate this momentous change.”
The announcement appears to have been supposed to mock Trump, who stated final month that he needs the Gulf of Mexico to now be referred to as the “Gulf of America,” as a result of “it’s ours.”
However Pritzker wasn’t completed together with his geographical declarations.
In response to Trump’s December declaration that he needs the U.S. to purchase and management Greenland, Pritzker stated his state “will now be annexing” Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin, “to guard itself towards enemies, international and home.”
NBC Chicago famous that Pritzker’s cheeky Inexperienced Bay remark was a reference to the truth that the Packers are thought-about the Chicago Bears’ greatest rival.
However Pritzker had extra plans for annexation.
“I’ve additionally instructed my staff to work diligently to arrange for an vital announcement subsequent week concerning the Mississippi River,” he stated. “God bless America and bear down.”
You may see Pritzker’s publish beneath.
JHB reached out to the White Home for remark, however nobody instantly responded.
Nevertheless, Trump’s proposal to rename the Gulf is getting blended evaluations.
Though Google agreed to go together with the title change, Britain introduced it is not going to, angering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene within the course of.