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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took to Instagram last Friday to share what he called a "Special Announcement From Governor JB Pritzker."
Standing in front of a podium, Pritzker announced that he was issuing a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan.
“I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts who study the Earth’s natural environment, have concluded a decades-long council and determined that a great lake deserves to be named after a great state. So today, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change.”
While Pritzker never said his proclamation was a joke, it was likely in jest of President Trump's Executive Order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. However, the lake was named "Lac des Illinois" on a map before the United States became a country,
The video continued and Pritzker made another announcement that Illinois would be annexing Green Bay, the home of the Chicago Bears' rival NFL team, the Green Bay Packers.
“In addition, the recent announcement that to protect the homeland, the United States will be purchasing Greenland, Illinois will now be annexing Green Bay to protect itself against enemies, foreign and domestic,” said Pritzker. “I’ve also instructed my team to work diligently to prepare for an important announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River. God bless America and Bear down. Thank you.”
The annexation of Green Bay is likely a reference to the proposed idea that the United States purchase Greenland for national defense purposes.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker took to Instagram last Friday to share what he called a "Special Announcement From Governor JB Pritzker."
Standing in front of a podium, Pritzker announced that he was issuing a proclamation to rename Lake Michigan.
“I’m here today to make an important announcement,” Gov. Pritzker said in the video. “The world’s finest geographers, experts who study the Earth’s natural environment, have concluded a decades-long council and determined that a great lake deserves to be named after a great state. So today, I’m issuing a proclamation declaring that hereinafter, Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world’s maps reflect this momentous change.”
While Pritzker never said his proclamation was a joke, it was likely in jest of President Trump's Executive Order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. However, the lake was named "Lac des Illinois" on a map before the United States became a country,
The video continued and Pritzker made another announcement that Illinois would be annexing Green Bay, the home of the Chicago Bears' rival NFL team, the Green Bay Packers.
“In addition, the recent announcement that to protect the homeland, the United States will be purchasing Greenland, Illinois will now be annexing Green Bay to protect itself against enemies, foreign and domestic,” said Pritzker. “I’ve also instructed my team to work diligently to prepare for an important announcement next week regarding the Mississippi River. God bless America and Bear down. Thank you.”
The annexation of Green Bay is likely a reference to the proposed idea that the United States purchase Greenland for national defense purposes.
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