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(via Pat Quinn On MSNBC’s The Ed Show: Illinois Governor’s Job Creation Advice? ‘Don’t Listen To Scott Walker’ (VIDEO))

Democratic Illinois Governor Pat Quinn appeared Wednesday evening on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” with host Ed Schultz to discuss Wisconsin’s disappointing job outlook since controversial Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took office last year.

“Wisconsin’s dead last at job growth. Don’t listen to Scott Walker if you want to get jobs in your state. We sure haven’t listened to him,” Quinn told Schultz of Walker, whom the Democratic governor described as “an ideologue.”

“You have to honor the workers of our country, whether they work in the private sector or public sector. They’re the heart and soul of America and ‘made in America’ are my favorite words,” the governor later said, despite the fact that Quinn himself has faced heat from labor unions over his recently proposed reforms to state worker pension program.

Quinn jabbed back in a statement last week that “one would wonder what a governor with a terrible economic record could have to say about jobs and economic growth.”

Meanwhile, on his own future gubernatorial prospects, Quinn said this week that he plans to run for a second term and that he expects to win.

h/t: Huffington Post