Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has long invested in helping Americans understand the ongoing relevance of Nazi-era lessons. He says it’s never been more important.

Pritzker provided the committee with a five-page opening statement, in which he’ll highlight the state’s response to the migrant crisis and tout that crime is down in Illinois, in an effort to tackle the unproven rhetoric that immigrants who lack legal status are a major source of violence.

The stammering Democrat tried to deny that he had ever taken such a stance during a fiery House Oversight Committee hearing.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker did not appreciate the line of questioning he received from Rep. Mary Miller during a committee meeting on Thursday. The post Pritzker Throws ‘Hitler’ Comment Back at GOP Congresswoman: ‘I Am Not Going To Be Lectured to by Somebody Who Extols the Virtue of Adolf Hitler’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Rep. Brandon Gill dredged up the eight-year-old tweet from Pritzker during a heated House Oversight Committee hearing with sanctuary state governors.

Three Democratic governors are testifying before Congress on Thursday about their states’ immigration policies, as protests against the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts sweep the country.

Illinois Gov JB Pritzker, Minnesota Gov Tim Walz and New York Gov Kathy Hochul defend shielding illegal aliens from federal immigration enforcement before the House Oversight Committee.