Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

While Pritzker never said his proclamation was a joke, it was likely in jest of President Trump's Executive Order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. However, the lake was named "Lac ...

GREEN BAY — A minute-and-five-second video posted to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's official X account Friday afternoon was all ...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker jokingly announced that the name of Lake Michigan had been changed to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump's Gulf of America. Pritzker posted a video ...

Lake Michigan shall be known as Lake Illinois. The proclamation has been forwarded to Google to ensure the world's maps reflect this momentous change." Trump signed Executive Order 14172 on his ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley) As if the Chicago Bears stealing Ben Johnson from the Detroit Lions wasn’t enough, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says he is renaming Lake Michigan after his state. In a video ...

where he asserts that he is renaming Lake Michigan to "Lake Illinois," poking fun at Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Pritzker Bashes Trump Order ...

Oh, and Green Bay, Illinois will no longer sit along Lake Michigan anymore. Per the governor's message earlier in the video, Lake Michigan will henceforth be named Lake Illinois. "A Great Lake ...