Pritzkers swagger stunt backfires as critics roast viral video: Cringiest thing hes ever posted
Illinois Gov.JB Pritzker showed off his swagger in a tongue-in-cheek social media video Monday, prompting a wave of mockery from critics online.The video, recorded in black and white and notching more than 1 million views, features Pritzker making a variety of model-like expressions at the camera behind a caption that reads "when you’re in an aura-farming contest and your opponent in JB." Aura-farming is a common piece of slang used to describe the taking of certain actions with the explicit goal of acquiring swag.Many social media users did not agree with Pritzker’s assessment of himself.PROGRESSIVE MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR'S VIRAL HIP-HOP MOVES SPARK 'HUMILIATION RITUAL' MOCKERY ONLINEPost made to Gov.
JB Pritzker's X account on Aug.24.
(X/@JBPritzker)"Only thing bigger than the ratio this tweet is getting is…well," White House deputy assistant to the president Kaelan Dorr posted in response to the video."Pritzker is kind of a medical marvel," conservative commentator Matt Walsh wrote."He looks gaunt and frail from Ozempic and also still morbidly obese at the exact same time.
He's taking the concept of ‘skinny fat’ to places never thought possible."WHITE HOUSE FIRES BACK AFTER 'SLOB' JB PRITZKER SAYS TRUMP IS SUFFERING FROM 'DEMENTIA'Illinois Gov.JB Pritzker holds a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, to sign the Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act (HB 5295) into law.
(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Pritzker wrote the phrase "governor-maxxing" alongside his video on X."Maxxing" as a suffix denotes that someone is doing something in a highly optimized way.
"Looks-maxxing," for instance, refers to the act of taking one's appearance, physical fitness, and demeanor seriously as to maximize attractiveness.Some on social media used the governor’s phrasing to poke fun at him.Brian Costin, who is a high-level staffer at a right-of-center advocacy group in Illinois, accused Pritzker of "property-...