Today, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner says he would “absolutely” drink the water at the state-run veterans home in Quincy.
That’s after a WBEZ investigation into repeated outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease at the facility - including as recently as last month.
Rauner defends his administration’s handling of repeated diagnoses of the outbreaks.
But when asked repeatedly by reporters if he himself had a moral responsibility for what’s happened there, Rauner didn’t give a direct answer.
RAUNER: “Bottom line, I work every day to support our veterans. They are our heroes and I will never ever back down or give up on fighting and working to keep our veterans safe.”
Also today - WBEZ has learned there have been six cases of Legionnaires’ in 2017 at the Quincy veterans home.
Before now - the Rauner administration had publicly disclosed just three.