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Last week, gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey was driven to the Republican Day event at the Springfield State Fair, on a large John Deere tractor, a tailor-made image for TV and print reporters alike.

Political commercial uses images from a speech the mayor gave earlier this year.

Conservative Dan Proft told the Sun-Times in a text statement that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s accusation about his PAC’s ad was “an insane assertion,” adding “We did nothing to her pigmentation just as we did nothing to [the] pigmentation of our pasty blowhard of a governor.”

One Democrat called the ad “racialized carnage porn.” The PAC called Lightfoot’s allegation “insane.”

Rich Miller Capitol Fax column about GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and his financial ability to run for governor

In the clip, Lightfoots skin appears noticeably darker than in other, unaltered recordings of her speech, during which the Democrat offered a more optimistic take on the citys current crime situation.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot detests a political action committee ad she claims makes her skin appear darker and employs racist tropes.

Bailey has not yet shown any ability to raise substantial money on his own, either before the primary or since. Bailey’s only reported contribution last week was just $1,000.

A candidate needs money to put images and zingers in TV ads and to amplify them throughout the online world. Darren Bailey still has no money to do that.

An Illinois appellate panel has revived a defamation suit filed by Loevy & Loevy attorney and former Illinois Rep. Scott Drury against a conservative radio host and political action committee, finding a lower court erred in granting the defendants summary judgment before resolving a discovery dispute.