(The Center Square) – A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman says Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker eroded public trust and is trying to reinvent public health.

The governor thanked Democratic state lawmakers last week when he signed legislation to empower the Illinois Department of Health to circumvent the federal government and issue its own vaccine guidelines.

“I’d also like to acknowledge the folks who are debunking the federal government’s junk science, our public health leaders who advocated for this bill to protect the well-being of the people of Illinois,” Pritzker said.

State Rep. Bob Morgan, D-Deerfield, joined Pritzker’s criticism of President Donald Trump’s administration and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“Illinois will go on the

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