Barton Lorimor<p>A few passages from a speech delivered Wednesday in Springfield by former <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> Gov. Jim Edgar, a <a href="https://federated.press/tags/NeverTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverTrump</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> who served in statewide office from 1981 until 1999. The Governor spoke hours after DHS Sec. Noem's executive aircraft left the capital city following her media tour throughout town invoking the name of a murdered local activist. It was the Governor's first public appearance since a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.</p><p>Transcript and video are here >> <br><a href="https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/08/former-gov-jim-edgar-last-hundred-days-scariest-of-my-life/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitolfax.com/2025/05/08/form</span><span class="invisible">er-gov-jim-edgar-last-hundred-days-scariest-of-my-life/</span></a></p>