TUE PM Update: Steineke rejects Gableman’s call for lawmakers to consider decertifying Wisconsin’s electoral votes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — One of the Assembly’s top leaders today rejected the call from former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman that legislators “take a hard look” at decertifying the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden — a move that legislators’ nonpartisan attorneys have said isn’t possible. Meanwhile, Speaker Robin Vos — who signed a contr… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Racine Mayor Mason: Statement on release of “Gableman Report”

City of Racine – Today, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason released the following statement on release of the “Gableman Report”: “Do not be fooled: Gableman and the GOP’s intention with this absurd “investigation” is to undermine our democracy. These baseless and unsubstantiated claims of election illegalities do a profound disservice to Wisconsin’s municipal election clerks and election officials, who all worked tirelessly and creatively to ensure citizens’ ability to vote in the midst of a pandemic. Even more concerning, Gableman’s recommendations lay bare an agenda that aims to make it harder for Wisconsin residents, particularly residents of color, to

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Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership: Former diplomat Gary Locke to address U.S. foreign policy at UW-La Crosse

MADISON—The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership and UW–La Crosse Political Science and Public Administration Department are pleased to announce that Ambassador Gary Locke will speak at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The address will take place at 12pm at the UW–La Crosse Graff Main Hall in Hesprich Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Gary Locke, a former diplomat, cabinet member, and governor, will explore what is happening in U.S. foreign policy, including U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia relations. Locke was the first Chinese-American to be elected governor in U.S. history. He

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Rep. Shankland: Statement on Gableman report

MADISON- Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) released the following statement in response to a report released today by former Justice Michael Gableman: “Our state’s elections are secure, fair, and accurate thanks to the efforts of clerks and election officials across our state. Wisconsin election officials have worked tremendously hard to adapt to unprecedented challenges and ensure that voting remains accessible and safe for all. “This report is an embarrassment to the Legislature and insulting to our democracy. We will not decertify the 2020 election results, and we’re also not going to allow Mike Gableman to continue misleading the public into thinking

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Rep. Neubauer: Michael Gableman’s investigation must end

MADISON – After the conclusion of Michael Gableman’s deceptive presentation to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) released the following statement: “Michael Gableman embarrassed himself and his legislative Republican handlers in front of the people of Wisconsin today. Before the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Gableman gave a presentation filled to the brim with inaccurate information and unconstitutional guidance. It’s clear that this sham investigation, which has been riddled with blunders from the beginning, has completely abandoned reality. “It is deeply disturbing that Gableman continues to assert that the legislature should pursue

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Rep. Dittrich: Responds to Gableman interim report

Oconomowoc – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) issued the following statement regarding Special Counsel Michael Gableman’s testimony on March 1st in front of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, in which he presented his interim report on the 2020 election: “Since the November 2020 general election, I have been working hard on behalf of my constituents to weed through hyper-partisan vitriol on both sides of the aisle in order to get to the truth regarding election integrity. The interim report from Special Counsel Gableman presented in front of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections affirmed much of

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WisDems: Do Johnson, Kleefisch, and the WisGOP agree with Trump that Putin is ‘smart,’ ‘savvy’ and a ‘genius’?

MADISON, Wis. – As Russian President Vladimir Putin began his war in Ukraine, he was met with praise from former President Trump that he is “smart,” “savvy,” and a “genius.” But as has been the story for the past five years, Trump’s terrible remarks were met with silence by Senator Ron Johnson, gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch, and the rest of the Wisconsin Republican Party. “Wisconsinites deserve to know – do Ron Johnson, Rebecca Kleefisch, and the rest of Wisconsin’s Republican candidates agree with Trump’s assessment that Vladimir Putin was ‘smart,’ ‘savvy,’ and a ‘genius’ to invade Ukraine, or will they,

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Speaker Vos: On election investigation

Madison… Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement after Special Counsel Gableman’s election investigation report. “I’d like to thank the Office of Special Counsel for their tireless efforts in finding the truth. They’ve done a good job at showing there were issues in 2020, and the report is intended to ‘help correct these processes for future elections.’ Unfortunately, we’re experiencing obstruction by ligation, and must first get through the nine separate lawsuits that have been filed to allow us to complete the review.”

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Wisconsin Elections Commission: Response to special counsel Gableman’s second interim report

MADISON, WI – Transparency is the backbone of the Wisconsin Elections Commission in that all our decisions are made fully in public and require bipartisan agreement. Special Counsel Gableman’s report is based upon mischaracterizations of Wisconsin election statutes and administration, and therefore, the utility of his report is minimal. Nearly every item in Special Counsel Gableman’s report has already been litigated or otherwise addressed. There appeared to be very little new information or research presented to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections Tuesday. Every decision affecting the 2020 presidential election was fully transparent and made in open meetings. Complainants had every

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American Bridge 21st Century: NRSC Chair Rick Scott recommits Senate GOP to tax hike

NRSC Chair Rick Scott just recommitted Senate Republicans to his plan that would hike taxes for seniors and more than half of Americans, and which “sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years,” according to GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. According to NBC News’s Leigh Ann Caldwell, Scott plugged his plan as a good way for “people […] to know what we’re going to do when we get a majority” in the Senate —  something that every single 2022 Republican candidate will have to answer for during the next 8 months.

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Disgusted by Gableman ‘phony report’

Contact: Matthew Handverger, (508) 561-5226 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) issued the following statement in response to a report released by former Justice Michael Gableman questioning the legitimacy of the free and fair 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin: “Justice Gableman’s pointless investigation was an amateur clown show from the beginning. Not only was this incompetence a national embarrassment, but an enormous waste of tax dollars, yielding nothing but a set of recommendations that attack our democracy. It’s time for the GOP to end this charade, start working for the American people, and accept that Joe Biden won the election

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Dept. of Transportation: Gov. Evers congratulates West Bend for opening new business road

Governor Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), today congratulated the city of West Bend for completion of Forge Place, a new road funded in part by a $250,000 Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant. The road, which had a total project cost of $2.1 million, will provide access to a new Milwaukee Tool manufacturing plant that will create 50 new jobs. “We’ve worked hard over the last three years to fix more than 1,770 miles of highways and more than 1,250 bridges across our state, and the completion of Forge Place will continue to improve and expand

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WisDems: Chair Ben Wikler’s statement on Michael Gableman’s Report

MADISON, Wis. — After months of delays, typos, attempts to jail mayors and election officials, bafflingly incompetent legal missteps, and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars wasted, Michael Gableman has released a conspiracy-theory laden, sham interim report on the 2020 election, requested by the Wisconsin GOP.   Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement:   “The GOP’s handpicked prosecutor just encouraged the Wisconsin Legislature to throw out and disenfranchise the votes of the more than 1.6 million Wisconsinites who voted for the president in 2020 and illegally decertify the results of a free, fair, and secure

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Reps. Spreitzer, Emerson, Subeck: Statement on interim report hearing

MADISON – Today, Democratic members of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections  released the following statement on the reckless assertions made by Mike Gableman in front of the  Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections:  “Today, conspiracy theorists got exactly what they wanted from the sham investigation overseen by  Republican Speaker Robin Vos. For hours, innuendo and wild accusations took center stage in the  Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.  “Mike Gableman’s assertion that the Legislature should consider decertifying the 2020 election – which  nonpartisan attorneys have determined is illegal – represents a direct attack on our democracy. The only 

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Sen. Agard: Eight months in, Gableman Investigation is still a sham

Madison, WI – Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement today in response to a report released by former Justice Michael Gableman: “It is unfortunate that Wisconsin has continued to see serious attacks on our democracy and our elections. Let me say it again for former Justice Gableman and those who have refused to accept the truth: the November 2020 election was fair, free, and secure. “Former Justice Gableman’s investigation has been a sham—our elections are not. The GOP and former Justice Gableman have wasted hundreds of thousands of hard-earned taxpayer dollars for this so-called ‘investigation’ to do nothing

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TUE PM Update: Steineke rejects Gableman’s call for lawmakers to consider decertifying Wisconsin’s electoral votes

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — One of the Assembly’s top leaders today rejected the call from former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman that legislators “take a hard look” at decertifying the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden — a move that legislators’ nonpartisan attorneys have said isn’t

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Racine Mayor Mason: Statement on release of “Gableman Report”

City of Racine – Today, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason released the following statement on release of the “Gableman Report”: “Do not be fooled: Gableman and the GOP’s intention with this absurd “investigation” is to undermine our democracy. These baseless and unsubstantiated claims of election illegalities do a profound

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Rep. Shankland: Statement on Gableman report

MADISON- Rep. Katrina Shankland (D-Stevens Point) released the following statement in response to a report released today by former Justice Michael Gableman: “Our state’s elections are secure, fair, and accurate thanks to the efforts of clerks and election officials across our state. Wisconsin election officials have worked tremendously hard to adapt

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Rep. Neubauer: Michael Gableman’s investigation must end

MADISON – After the conclusion of Michael Gableman’s deceptive presentation to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer (D-Racine) released the following statement: “Michael Gableman embarrassed himself and his legislative Republican handlers in front of the people of Wisconsin today. Before the Assembly Committee on

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Rep. Dittrich: Responds to Gableman interim report

Oconomowoc – Representative Barbara Dittrich (R – Oconomowoc) issued the following statement regarding Special Counsel Michael Gableman’s testimony on March 1st in front of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, in which he presented his interim report on the 2020 election: “Since the November 2020 general election, I have

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Speaker Vos: On election investigation

Madison… Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement after Special Counsel Gableman’s election investigation report. “I’d like to thank the Office of Special Counsel for their tireless efforts in finding the truth. They’ve done a good job at showing there were issues in 2020, and the report is intended

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U.S. Rep. Pocan: Disgusted by Gableman ‘phony report’

Contact: Matthew Handverger, (508) 561-5226 WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) issued the following statement in response to a report released by former Justice Michael Gableman questioning the legitimacy of the free and fair 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin: “Justice Gableman’s pointless investigation was an amateur clown show from the

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WisDems: Chair Ben Wikler’s statement on Michael Gableman’s Report

MADISON, Wis. — After months of delays, typos, attempts to jail mayors and election officials, bafflingly incompetent legal missteps, and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars wasted, Michael Gableman has released a conspiracy-theory laden, sham interim report on the 2020 election, requested by the Wisconsin GOP.   Democratic Party of

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Reps. Spreitzer, Emerson, Subeck: Statement on interim report hearing

MADISON – Today, Democratic members of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections  released the following statement on the reckless assertions made by Mike Gableman in front of the  Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections:  “Today, conspiracy theorists got exactly what they wanted from the sham investigation overseen by  Republican

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Sen. Agard: Eight months in, Gableman Investigation is still a sham

Madison, WI – Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) released the following statement today in response to a report released by former Justice Michael Gableman: “It is unfortunate that Wisconsin has continued to see serious attacks on our democracy and our elections. Let me say it again for former Justice Gableman and

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