By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News

(CHICAGO) Governor Bruce Rauner is taking it on the chin from a leading national conservative magazine.

The National Review is doing a cover story calling Rauner “the worst Republican governor in America.”

It stings him for signing the abortion bill after vowing to veto it, bailing out Chicago public schools and failing to prevent the state income tax hike.

Leading Republican Kirk Dillard is defending Rauner, noting “When you make tough decisions, sometimes your approval ratings drop. It’s a long way until the election and I’ve told people the gubernatorial race is a toss-up and I don’t put much stock in anybody’s ratings in the National Review or anyplace at this point in time.”

But the cartoon on the cover of the National Review has Rauner trying to thumb a ride after his motorcycle crashes in what the piece calls Bruce Rauner’s Illinois Breakdown.

You can read more about the story here in National Review.  You can listen to John and Ray’s interview with Bill Cameron here:

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