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Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., was pressed by NBC's Kristen Welker on his billionaire status as other members of the Democratic Party, including New York City mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani, continue to rail against billionaires.

"Some in your party are openly questioning whether billionaires such as yourself should exist at all, governor," Welker said before she played a clip of Mamdani saying the United States shouldn't have billionaires.

Welker asked the Democratic governor if the party should be embracing an anti-billionaire message.

"Look, how much money you have doesn’t determine what your values are, and I’m a Democrat because I believe that everyone deserves health care. I’m a Democrat because I believe we’ve got to fu

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