Quotes of the Week I will secure our elections: one-day voting, with paper ballots and proof of citizenship and voter ID. – Donald Trump during a speech in Waukesha on Wednesday despite many of his fellow Republicans urging their supporters to vote early. Observers are welcome to observe. But the

Quotes of the Week Drink more. Tweet less. Get to know your colleagues in real life before trashing them on social media. – U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Allouez, after his early departure from Congress telling Fox 11 WLUK what he learned serving Wisconsin’s 8th CD for nearly four terms. I

Quotes of the Week There’s no path to victory without organizing in rural Wisconsin and across the country, as well as suburbs, cities and small towns and big towns. In a state like Wisconsin, where four of the last six presidential elections came down to 1 percentage point, you can’t

Quotes of the Week Even when they work hard and pay their student loans, their debt increases and not diminishes.  Too many people feel the strain and stress, wondering if they can get married, have their first child, start a family, because even if they get by, they still have

Quotes of the Week I think that the fact that we have so many lifers and careerists in this institution is why it’s so dysfunctional, and that the framers, when they created the Constitution and this country, had in mind that you would embark on a season of service and

Quotes of the Week The people who organized this are so out of touch with reality. And I’m just going to keep saying it over and over again: they are morons, they are stupid. These people do not deserve the respect that anybody gave them for the last three months,

Quotes of the Week It’s truly sad that a group of people who didn’t get their way in the 2020 election are wasting resources and effort working with Democrats to settle a political score rather than better using their time to defeat our ineffective Democrat President. – Assembly Speaker Robin

Quotes of the Week It is the duty of lawyers to vigorously represent their clients, regardless of their popularity, within the bounds of the law. Our representation was vigorous and ethically appropriate. – Former President Donald Trump’s attorney, Jim Troupis, defending his plan to transmit fake electoral votes on Trump’s

Quotes of the Week I cannot sign a bill that lets polluters off the hook for cleaning up their contamination and asks Wisconsinites to foot the bill. – Gov. Tony Evers vowing to veto a GOP bill seeking to fight PFAS contamination in the state. Dems started circulating legislation this

Quotes of the Week  When I promised I wanted fair maps — not maps that are better for one party or another, including my own — I damn well meant it. – Gov. Tony Evers after signing the redistricting plan he proposed into law. We sent him those maps, not

Quotes of the Week The geography of Wisconsin alone gives Republicans an electoral advantage in legislative districts unless you politically gerrymander, which is what the court is poised to do. – GOP Majority Leader Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, arguing the only way Dems could have an advantage in legislative

Quotes of the Week Let’s be clear, our maps have been rejected for one reason and one reason alone, they don’t produce the partisan outcomes the experts or many on the Court want. – WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg blasting the state Supreme Court-chosen map experts’ decision that

Quotes of the Week It sure the hell is about “who makes the decisions.” Wisconsinites should have the freedom to make their own decisions about their reproductive healthcare. And Republican legislators should have nothing to do with it. – Gov. Tony Evers responding to Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, who argued

Quotes of the Week When we as members allow the abuse of power by leaders of this chamber, we erode the prestige and the honor of the Assembly and we damage the legitimacy of our democratic republic. We step onto a slippery slope that leads to even greater abuse of

Subscribers: There will be no WisPolitics products Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Thank you for subscribing! Quotes of the Week I am a firm believer that private entities, run by those with expertise in this area of medicine, are more efficient and more effective than

Quotes of the Week This deal is part of a systematic racist deal. And it is discriminatory toward students, faculty and staff of color, because their experiences should never have a price tag and should never be bought out on what inclusion looks like on our campuses. – Legislative Black

Quotes of the Week The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus is appalled and ashamed that our state is going to such measures to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from our educational institutions. We ask the question, who was at the table making negotiations on behalf of our black and brown students

Quotes of the Week “It was done by my predecessor and frankly it’s done to kind of protect my work time. And it doesn’t impact anybody. – Gov. Tony Evers defending his use of baseball Hall of Famer Warren Spahn’s name as an email alias, arguing former GOP Gov. Scott

Quotes of the Week Just like the movie, at the current rate, Congress is on track to wake up on February 2 and find itself in a similar predicament to the one it’s in today: no closer to a fully funded government and no closer to fixing our broken appropriations

Quotes of the Week We are thrilled to see a global powerhouse like Microsoft continue to see the value and benefit of growing their operations here in Wisconsin and the booming Southeast region of our state. – Gov. Tony Evers this afternoon announcing Microsoft will invest billions to expand its