Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is attacking the state comptroller over a new report her office released this week.
That report from Democrat Susana Mendoza shows the state accrued $1-point-1 billion dollars in late interest penalties during the two-year-long budget impasse. Her office says that’s more than the state accumulated over the past 18 years.
Republican Governor Bruce Rauner criticized Mendoza, saying she voted for bills that helped create the state’s deficit when she was in the House of Representatives.
“We gotta get real here, ladies and gentlemen. There’s rascals and scoundrels who are misrepresenting the truth and who are really responsible and they’re trying to brush off that responsibility.”
But Mendoza responded by saying - quote - “Rauner lies. The numbers don’t.”