Trump tells governors to stop ‘blaming’ him after they request more help from feds

In response, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “You wasted precious months when you could’ve taken action to protect Americans & Illinoisans.”

President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and “a very small group” of other governors for “blaming” his administration “for their own shortcomings.”

“.@JBPritzker, Governor of Illinois, and a very small group of certain other Governors, together with Fake News @CNN & Concast (MSDNC), shouldn’t be blaming the Federal Government for their own shortcomings,” Trump tweeted. “We are there to back you up should you fail, and always will be!”

(NBC News is a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corp.)

Pritzker responded to Trump on Twitter soon after, saying, “You wasted precious months when you could’ve taken action to protect Americans & Illinoisans. Continue reading.