(WTVO) — Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna, on Tuesday, said the reason Gov. JB Pritzker (D) issued an executive order directing offices to slash the general fund by 4% has nothing to do with Trump's policies.

"He wants to blame Trump because to he wants to set up a tax increase," McCombie told The Center Square.

Pritzker blames Trump for a host of Illinois budget shortfalls and said appropriating 4% of general fund revenue is necessary to combat federal cuts he says are "disastrous" to the state.

"By the policies of the big ugly bill, the policies of his administration, there are hundreds of millions of dollars that are going to have to be made up for as a result of the cuts that he is making,” Pritzker said Tuesday during a press conference in Chicago.

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