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Illinois lieutenant governor seeking US Senate seat releases video of people saying 'F--- Trump'
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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is running in the Illinois Democratic U.S. Senate primary, posted a campaign video that features footage of multiple people saying, "F--- Trump."
"They said it. We’re all thinking it," Stratton wrote in a post on X when sharing the video.
The video kicks off by showing three different people saying, "F--- Trump, vote Juliana."
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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton speaks during a news conference on Jan. 28, 2025, about the impact of President Donald Trump's order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is at right. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The candidate then appears and declares, "They said it, not me. I'm Juliana Stratton, and I'm proud to have lived my whole life on the South side of Chicago. I'm not scared of a wannabe dictator. I'm running for Senate to stand up to Donald Trump."
Referring to U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, she declares, "I'll abolish ICE and hold Trump accountable for the crimes he's committed."
She then says, "Just like they said," before three more people declare, "F--- Trump."
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President Donald Trump gestures at the end of his speech after touring the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Ga., Feb. 19, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
One of the people to drop the f-bomb on the president is Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., who has endorsed Stratton. Gov. JB Pritzker, who has also endorsed the Senate candidate, then appears next to the lieutenant governor and says, "Vote Juliana."
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Republican National Committee spokeswoman Delanie Bomar said, "Juliana Stratton is a defund-the-police radical who would rather let criminals run rampant than make Chicago safer. While she ignores crime, President Trump has swooped in to save Chicago from murderers, gangs, and illegal immigrants."
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois announced last year that he would not seek re-election in 2026.
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., meet with demonstrators protesting outside the immigration processing and detention facility on Oct. 10, 2025 in Broadview, Ill. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly are also running in the Illinois U.S. Senate Democratic primary.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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