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Quotes of the Week Biden wants to lock down your homes. He’s ready to lock it down. I mean, you guys are already in a lockdown, so you might not notice it as much. Hey, governor, you’ve got to open
Quotes of the Week We said, “Let’s give him the money, let’s give him flexibility and he can do what he thinks is best.” … We don’t need to come in because we gave him all the flexibility that he
Quotes of the Week If the Legislature is unconvinced that a state of emergency does exist, the Legislature has the ultimate power to terminate it. – St. Croix County Judge Michael Waterman, who upheld the Evers administration’s statewide mask mandate.
Quotes of the Week All of this is about individual responsibility, every single piece of it, whether it’s related to our order or related to people’s behavior in their home or any place. – Dem Gov. Tony Evers on the
Quotes of the Week My prayers are with the President and First Lady, with the families who have suffered at the hands of this virus, and with the families who have lost someone to coronavirus. I remain committed to defeating
Quotes of the Week Due to Donald Trump’s lies and incompetence in the past six months, we’ve seen one of the greatest losses of American life in history, in history. He said he didn’t want to start a panic. Trump
Quotes of the Week Biden would absolutely eradicate your state’s economy. If Biden wins, China wins, the mob wins, the rioters, arsonists and flag burners win. – President Trump during a rally yesterday in Mosinee. Trump told the crowd former
Quotes of the Week My mindset has always been 5 o’clock is the witching hour. If it’s 5 o’clock and 1 second, you’re past the deadline. If that’s a finding of law that the commission made, I have a mind
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The battle for key Assembly seats is largely about the suburbs right now. The path for Speaker Robin Vos to get the GOP to a two-thirds majority would require him to net
Quotes of the Week I feel confident we have met our obligations. Do I wish it hadn’t turned out the way it did? Of course. Who wants to see the type of drama and destruction that is happening in Kenosha?
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, who has urged Wisconsinites to limit their travel, avoid mass gatherings and stay home as much as they can to limit the spread of COVID-19, listed just two official
Quotes of the Week It was working; it had driven down some of the numbers that we had going. And if I had done differently, it would’ve been to allow us to go to the end of May. And I
Quotes of the Week I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that I’m very, very disappointed in this professionally and personally because I think we all have had so much pride in having Milwaukee chosen. – Milwaukee Mayor
Quotes of the Week While I am still hopeful that the federal government will adopt further bipartisan proposals to stabilize funding for state and local services, in the face of continued inaction and uncertainty, the unfortunate reality is that we
Quotes of the Week Today’s ruling departs from decades of precedent and only creates chaos and confusion. As I said yesterday, we’re not going to let folks who are bitter about an election that happened nearly two years ago stop
Quotes of the Week You happen to have a Democrat governor right now. If you would have had Gov. Walker, that wouldn’t have happened. – President Trump during a Fox News town hall meeting in Green Bay on a violent
Quotes of the Week I appreciate the strong support from the search committee at Wisconsin, and for all those who supported my candidacy, but it’s clear they have important process issues to work out. – Jim Johnsen, president of the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (May 30-June 6, 2020) Rising State Bar: If public employees can’t be forced to pay union dues, how can lawyers be required to pay mandatory
Quotes of the Week Why are people working 7-5 p.m. on the phones when we have people waiting eight weeks to get a paycheck that they need in order to make ends meet? – Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, during a
Subscribers: We are sending this PM Update today in place of the usual Friday REPORT. The REPORT will return next week. Thank you for subscribing! Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, 2020) Rising: Joe Biden, Ron Kind, Devin LeMahieu Mixed: Tony Evers, Ben
Quotes of the Week Biden wants to lock down your homes. He’s ready to lock it down. I mean, you guys are already in a lockdown, so you might not notice it as much. Hey, governor, you’ve got to open up your state here. You’ve got to open it up.
Quotes of the Week We said, “Let’s give him the money, let’s give him flexibility and he can do what he thinks is best.” … We don’t need to come in because we gave him all the flexibility that he needs. – JFC Co-Chair Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, saying
Quotes of the Week If the Legislature is unconvinced that a state of emergency does exist, the Legislature has the ultimate power to terminate it. – St. Croix County Judge Michael Waterman, who upheld the Evers administration’s statewide mask mandate. He said the GOP-controlled Legislature’s “inaction is relevant and it
Quotes of the Week All of this is about individual responsibility, every single piece of it, whether it’s related to our order or related to people’s behavior in their home or any place. – Dem Gov. Tony Evers on the state’s “out of control” increase in COVID-19 cases, which has
Quotes of the Week My prayers are with the President and First Lady, with the families who have suffered at the hands of this virus, and with the families who have lost someone to coronavirus. I remain committed to defeating this virus and protecting our health. – U.S. Rep. Bryan
Quotes of the Week Due to Donald Trump’s lies and incompetence in the past six months, we’ve seen one of the greatest losses of American life in history, in history. He said he didn’t want to start a panic. Trump panicked. The virus was too big for him. – Dem
Quotes of the Week Biden would absolutely eradicate your state’s economy. If Biden wins, China wins, the mob wins, the rioters, arsonists and flag burners win. – President Trump during a rally yesterday in Mosinee. Trump told the crowd former Vice President Joe Biden would “surrender our country to the
Quotes of the Week My mindset has always been 5 o’clock is the witching hour. If it’s 5 o’clock and 1 second, you’re past the deadline. If that’s a finding of law that the commission made, I have a mind to agree with that. – Brown County Judge John Zakowski
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The battle for key Assembly seats is largely about the suburbs right now. The path for Speaker Robin Vos to get the GOP to a two-thirds majority would require him to net three seats, most likely by picking up a couple in
Quotes of the Week I feel confident we have met our obligations. Do I wish it hadn’t turned out the way it did? Of course. Who wants to see the type of drama and destruction that is happening in Kenosha? It’s not acceptable. – Gov Tony Evers, who during a
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, who has urged Wisconsinites to limit their travel, avoid mass gatherings and stay home as much as they can to limit the spread of COVID-19, listed just two official events outside of Dane County during the four months after
Quotes of the Week It was working; it had driven down some of the numbers that we had going. And if I had done differently, it would’ve been to allow us to go to the end of May. And I think, frankly, that we’d be in a better place today
Quotes of the Week I would be lying if I didn’t tell you that I’m very, very disappointed in this professionally and personally because I think we all have had so much pride in having Milwaukee chosen. – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Joe Biden deciding not to come to
Quotes of the Week While I am still hopeful that the federal government will adopt further bipartisan proposals to stabilize funding for state and local services, in the face of continued inaction and uncertainty, the unfortunate reality is that we must take these steps and make more significant cuts. –
Quotes of the Week Today’s ruling departs from decades of precedent and only creates chaos and confusion. As I said yesterday, we’re not going to let folks who are bitter about an election that happened nearly two years ago stop us from getting things done for the people of our
Quotes of the Week You happen to have a Democrat governor right now. If you would have had Gov. Walker, that wouldn’t have happened. – President Trump during a Fox News town hall meeting in Green Bay on a violent protest in Madison. Protesters toppled the statues of Lady Forward
Quotes of the Week I appreciate the strong support from the search committee at Wisconsin, and for all those who supported my candidacy, but it’s clear they have important process issues to work out. – Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska system, withdrawing his name from consideration as
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … Political Stock Report -A collection of insider opinion- (May 30-June 6, 2020) Rising State Bar: If public employees can’t be forced to pay union dues, how can lawyers be required to pay mandatory fees to the Wisconsin State Bar? It is an interesting
Quotes of the Week Why are people working 7-5 p.m. on the phones when we have people waiting eight weeks to get a paycheck that they need in order to make ends meet? – Sen. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, during a hearing in which Republicans grilled Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman