WisOpinion.com: ‘The Insiders’ discuss post-Trump politics in Wisconsin
Friday, Mar 12, 2021
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the post-Trump future for Wisconsin politics and the GOP.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the post-Trump future for Wisconsin politics and the GOP.
A conservative attorney alleged private groups ran the November election in Green Bay after the city received $1.6 million from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to help cover the costs of putting on an election during a pandemic.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is opting for an all-virtual state convention in early June. The party went to a virtual formal in 2020 amid the pandemic, and its administrative committee over the weekend voted to continue that format for
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined, without comment, to hear former President Trump’s appeal of a 7th Circuit ruling rejecting his attempt to overturn Wisconsin’s election results both on the merits and because it was filed too late. The suit
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is knocking U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a new digital ad for his opposition to the COVID-19 bill while “our communities are still suffering.” The DSCC said it’s part of a five-figure buy in Wisconsin
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson, a former state lawmaker who is now the Outagamie County executive, pledged to run a 72-county campaign in his effort to defeat Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson. On Twitter, Nelson recently accused Johnson of “inciting an
The Dem group Protect Our Care is running a digital spot knocking Republicans for opposing the federal COVID-19 bill. The ad is running nationally on Facebook and in Wisconsin. It comes as U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, objected to allowing debate
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit former Trump attorney Sidney Powell filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s presidential election results. The court didn’t comment on its reasoning for not taking the case, one of more than five
GOP lawmakers have begun circulating a half-dozen bills that would impose new ID requirements on absentee ballots, create new restrictions on collecting those ballots and explicitly ban employees in assisted living facilities from unduly influencing residents’ votes. The bills come
State cybersecurity experts from multiple agencies have reviewed claims of election irregularities in a video produced by My Pillow Guy’s Mike Lindell and found them to be false, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Lindell’s video has been widely mocked
A federal judge referred a Minneapolis attorney to the Committee on Grievances for possible sanctions after finding the lawsuit he filed to overturn presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other states smacks of “political gamesmanship.” Washington, D.C.-based Judge James
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry said he will invest in his race, but will not self-fund. Lasry, the son of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, a hedge fund billionaire, said he wants to “build a great grassroots campaign from
Former state and national GOP Chair Reince Priebus has been talking with Wisconsin Republicans about a statewide bid in 2022, according to a source who’s spoken with him. Politico reported this morning that Priebus was exploring a bid for guv
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week “The senators who voted to acquit chose to look the other way as our
By Ashley Obuljen for WisPolitics.com President Joe Biden tonight suggested getting to a $15 per-hour minimum wage over time would still stimulate the economy while easing the burden on small business owners in the Midwest. “It’s about doing it gradually,”
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split as the Senate failed to convict former President Trump. The 57-43 vote was short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on the articles of impeachment filed against him. Johnson,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said there is “no reason” to impeach President Trump and maintained it’s unconstitutional to impeach a former president. Trump’s second impeachment trial is due to start Tuesday in the Senate. “This is not a good
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who is up for reelection next year.
The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the post-Trump future for Wisconsin politics and the GOP.
A conservative attorney alleged private groups ran the November election in Green Bay after the city received $1.6 million from the Center for Tech and Civic Life to help cover the costs of putting on an election during a pandemic.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is opting for an all-virtual state convention in early June. The party went to a virtual formal in 2020 amid the pandemic, and its administrative committee over the weekend voted to continue that format for
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined, without comment, to hear former President Trump’s appeal of a 7th Circuit ruling rejecting his attempt to overturn Wisconsin’s election results both on the merits and because it was filed too late. The suit
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is knocking U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a new digital ad for his opposition to the COVID-19 bill while “our communities are still suffering.” The DSCC said it’s part of a five-figure buy in Wisconsin
Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson, a former state lawmaker who is now the Outagamie County executive, pledged to run a 72-county campaign in his effort to defeat Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson. On Twitter, Nelson recently accused Johnson of “inciting an
The Dem group Protect Our Care is running a digital spot knocking Republicans for opposing the federal COVID-19 bill. The ad is running nationally on Facebook and in Wisconsin. It comes as U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, objected to allowing debate
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit former Trump attorney Sidney Powell filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s presidential election results. The court didn’t comment on its reasoning for not taking the case, one of more than five
GOP lawmakers have begun circulating a half-dozen bills that would impose new ID requirements on absentee ballots, create new restrictions on collecting those ballots and explicitly ban employees in assisted living facilities from unduly influencing residents’ votes. The bills come
State cybersecurity experts from multiple agencies have reviewed claims of election irregularities in a video produced by My Pillow Guy’s Mike Lindell and found them to be false, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Lindell’s video has been widely mocked
A federal judge referred a Minneapolis attorney to the Committee on Grievances for possible sanctions after finding the lawsuit he filed to overturn presidential election results in Wisconsin and four other states smacks of “political gamesmanship.” Washington, D.C.-based Judge James
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry said he will invest in his race, but will not self-fund. Lasry, the son of Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry, a hedge fund billionaire, said he wants to “build a great grassroots campaign from
Former state and national GOP Chair Reince Priebus has been talking with Wisconsin Republicans about a statewide bid in 2022, according to a source who’s spoken with him. Politico reported this morning that Priebus was exploring a bid for guv
Welcome to our weekly DC Wrap, where we write about Wisconsin’s congressional delegation. Sign up here to receive the newsletter directly: https://forms.gle/YLYZtJWHPSt24HhZ7 Quotes of the week “The senators who voted to acquit chose to look the other way as our
By Ashley Obuljen for WisPolitics.com President Joe Biden tonight suggested getting to a $15 per-hour minimum wage over time would still stimulate the economy while easing the burden on small business owners in the Midwest. “It’s about doing it gradually,”
U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, split as the Senate failed to convict former President Trump. The 57-43 vote was short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump on the articles of impeachment filed against him. Johnson,
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, said there is “no reason” to impeach President Trump and maintained it’s unconstitutional to impeach a former president. Trump’s second impeachment trial is due to start Tuesday in the Senate. “This is not a good
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political future of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who is up for reelection next year.
The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its Feb. 19 conference whether to take Trump’s appeal of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that he waited too long to challenge various election procedures that were in place Nov. 3. Trump asked
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who’s not up for reelection until 2024, had nearly $2 million in the bank to end 2020, according to her latest campaign finance filing. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who’s still weighing whether to seek a