Out of touch Democrat Rebecca Cooke is touting the endorsement of a group that advocates for “biological males competing in women’s sports” and “gender mutilation for trans-confused children.”
“Radical Rebecca Cooke continues to show her true colors by aligning herself with far-left groups. Commie Cooke is too extreme for Western Wisconsin.” – NRCC Spokesman Zach Bannon

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WI Leftist In Moderate’s Clothing Endorsed By Teachers Union That Backs Radical Trans Agenda
The Federalist
M.D. Kittle
June 22, 2026

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The state’s teachers union has heartily endorsed Cooke’s third campaign for Congress. She is publicly proud of WEAC’s endorsement, one of several far-left labor organizations to back the congressional candidate — vocally and financially. 

And WEAC is proud of its support for the radical Pride movement, from lobbying for biological males competing in women’s sports to gender mutilation for trans-confused children and more. 

In March, WEAC celebrated Democrat Gov. Tony Evers’ veto of what the union described as “GOP Anti-Trans Bills.” 

“I’d love to write ‘Hell no,’” Evers said as he killed bills that would have barred males pretending to be females from competing in girls and women sports, banned the dangerous practice of so-called “gender-affirming care” on children, and blocked schools from changing the pronouns of students without parents’ consent. 

State Rep. Amanda Nedweski, a Republican from Pleasant Prairie, said the leftist governor again had sided with a “multi-billion-dollar industry profiting off irreversible procedures on minors.” 

Of course, Evers vetoed the bills on International Transgender Day of Visibility “in a room full of transgender and LGBTQ+ students and their families and longtime supporters” like WEAC President Peggy Wirtz-Olsen.

Two years earlier, WEAC lambasted Wisconsin Republican lawmakers for passing a bill barring male athletes from participating in girls’ sports. A Marquette University Law School poll found more than 70 percent of respondents were “in favor of requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with.” Certainly some of those supporters are WEAC dues-paying educators. 

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Cooke did not return two messages from The Federalist seeking comment about her views on biological males competing in girls’ sports and transing procedures on children. Her silence isn’t surprising. Cooke has repeatedly dodged such questions. She has to. The Democrat establishment has spent a lot of time and money manufacturing Cooke’s moderate image for a purple district campaign that is a must-win if the party hopes to take back the House in November.