It was largely quiet around the state Capitol as Joe Biden was sworn in more than 800 miles away. A handful of protesters walked around the grounds, including Ronald Gay, of Evansville, who described himself as an arborist, mechanic and
A Lincoln Project ad includes U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is what it calls a “new Jim Crow Caucus” working to disenfranchise Black voters. The ad list Johnson, R-Oshkosh, along with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and U.S. Sens. Ted
The WisOpinions Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the performance of the Wisconsin congressional delegation following the Capitol riot and look ahead to Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, the newest member of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, says he doesn’t know who is responsible for last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol and called for an “absolute top-to-bottom” investigation. President Trump during a speech at
The state Dem Party’s TV ad targeting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson calls the Oshkosh Republican “unfit to serve.” The spot is running on broadcast TV in the Green Bay, La Crosse and Wausau markets and statewide on cable. A party spokeswoman said the
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher said President Trump lied to his supporters, but the Green Bay Republican is not convinced that impeachment is what is best for the country. “The country is barely being held together right now. It’s a tinderbox,”
Wisconsin’s federal Dem lawmakers have joined calls for Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. “President Trump incited a violent insurrection against Congress as we were working to faithfully carry out our constitutional
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind slammed congressional Republicans, saying mayhem in the U.S. Capitol stemmed directly from “unfounded accusations lacking any evidence or facts about voter fraud in this election.” “What did they expect the reaction to be? They have unleashed
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a phone interview said he knew the effort to challenge Arizona’s electoral votes would fail because House Dems wouldn’t support it. But he wanted the objection raised so the chambers could debate claims of irregularities
GOP U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany were the only Wisconsin members who backed rejecting electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania as Congress confirmed Joe Biden’s presidential win in a session delayed by violent pro-Trump protesters. U.S. Sen. Ron
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, told President Trump “you have got to stop this” as the president’s supporters stormed the nation’s Capitol yesterday and interrupted a vote on certifying Joe Biden’s victory. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of
The U.S. Supreme Court has now docketed the two petitions President Trump filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s election results. But the Feb. 3 deadline to respond listed on the court website is two weeks after Joe Biden is scheduled to
President Trump, having been shot down by multiple courts in his attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the state’s Nov. 3 election “failed” and have the GOP-controlled Legislature appoint presidential
Two GOP state reps and a Republican running in the special election for the 89th AD are among the plaintiffs in a new federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the presidential election results in five states, including Wisconsin. The suit raises
A group of Senate Republicans has informed Gov. Tony Evers they intend to prioritize changes to election laws in the upcoming legislative session. In a letter to the guv yesterday, 15 members of the incoming Senate GOP caucus cited testimony
President Trump has asked a federal appeals court for an order that would declare Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast Monday were the result of a “flawed” election and invalid. Thursday’s appeal to the 7th Circuit also seeks an order requiring Dem
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s claim that fraud undoubtedly occurred in last month’s election spurred the panel’s ranking Dem member to accuse the Oshkosh Republican of peddling destructive rhetoric. Johnson during yesterday’s Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing investigating
Wisconsin’s slate of Dem electors unanimously voted to allocate the state’s 10 Electoral College votes to the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket. The move came an hour after a split state Supreme Court rejected a challenge from the Trump
A split state Supreme Court today affirmed a reserve Racine County judge’s ruling that rejected President Trump’s challenge of more than 221,000 ballots in heavily Dem Dane and Milwaukee counties. Justice Brian Hagedorn, writing for the 4-3 majority, wrote Trump
A Racine County reserve judge today rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Wisconsin’s election results, affirming Joe Biden won Wisconsin’s presidential election. “The bottom line here is that the court should do everything to ensure that the will of the
It was largely quiet around the state Capitol as Joe Biden was sworn in more than 800 miles away. A handful of protesters walked around the grounds, including Ronald Gay, of Evansville, who described himself as an arborist, mechanic and pastor at a small church. Gay, who has demonstrated at
A Lincoln Project ad includes U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is what it calls a “new Jim Crow Caucus” working to disenfranchise Black voters. The ad list Johnson, R-Oshkosh, along with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. The ad, which includes
The WisOpinions Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the performance of the Wisconsin congressional delegation following the Capitol riot and look ahead to Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, the newest member of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, says he doesn’t know who is responsible for last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol and called for an “absolute top-to-bottom” investigation. President Trump during a speech at the Jan. 6 Washington rally ahead of the riot told
The state Dem Party’s TV ad targeting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson calls the Oshkosh Republican “unfit to serve.” The spot is running on broadcast TV in the Green Bay, La Crosse and Wausau markets and statewide on cable. A party spokeswoman said the buy, which is more than $100,000, also includes a digital
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher said President Trump lied to his supporters, but the Green Bay Republican is not convinced that impeachment is what is best for the country. “The country is barely being held together right now. It’s a tinderbox,” Gallagher said in an interview Sunday on “UpFront,” produced in
Wisconsin’s federal Dem lawmakers have joined calls for Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. “President Trump incited a violent insurrection against Congress as we were working to faithfully carry out our constitutional duties to accept the vote of the American people,” U.S.
U.S. Rep. Ron Kind slammed congressional Republicans, saying mayhem in the U.S. Capitol stemmed directly from “unfounded accusations lacking any evidence or facts about voter fraud in this election.” “What did they expect the reaction to be? They have unleashed dark forces in our society now who would think that
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a phone interview said he knew the effort to challenge Arizona’s electoral votes would fail because House Dems wouldn’t support it. But he wanted the objection raised so the chambers could debate claims of irregularities in the Nov. 3 election. Johnson said he believed the
GOP U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany were the only Wisconsin members who backed rejecting electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania as Congress confirmed Joe Biden’s presidential win in a session delayed by violent pro-Trump protesters. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, over the weekend said he planned to join
U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay, told President Trump “you have got to stop this” as the president’s supporters stormed the nation’s Capitol yesterday and interrupted a vote on certifying Joe Biden’s victory. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, accused Trump of “inciting domestic terrorism” as members of
The U.S. Supreme Court has now docketed the two petitions President Trump filed seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s election results. But the Feb. 3 deadline to respond listed on the court website is two weeks after Joe Biden is scheduled to be sworn in as president. Trump’s attorneys asked the court
President Trump, having been shot down by multiple courts in his attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin, today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare the state’s Nov. 3 election “failed” and have the GOP-controlled Legislature appoint presidential electors. Trump’s campaign filed a petition to have the U.S.
Two GOP state reps and a Republican running in the special election for the 89th AD are among the plaintiffs in a new federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the presidential election results in five states, including Wisconsin. The suit raises a series of complaints about how Wisconsin’s election was run
A group of Senate Republicans has informed Gov. Tony Evers they intend to prioritize changes to election laws in the upcoming legislative session. In a letter to the guv yesterday, 15 members of the incoming Senate GOP caucus cited testimony from last week’s contentious joint election hearing and state Supreme
President Trump has asked a federal appeals court for an order that would declare Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast Monday were the result of a “flawed” election and invalid. Thursday’s appeal to the 7th Circuit also seeks an order requiring Dem Gov. Tony Evers to issue a certificate of determination “consistent
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s claim that fraud undoubtedly occurred in last month’s election spurred the panel’s ranking Dem member to accuse the Oshkosh Republican of peddling destructive rhetoric. Johnson during yesterday’s Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing investigating election “irregularities” pointed to testimony from a pair of Trump
Wisconsin’s slate of Dem electors unanimously voted to allocate the state’s 10 Electoral College votes to the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ticket. The move came an hour after a split state Supreme Court rejected a challenge from the Trump campaign to throw out votes in heavily Dem Dane and
A split state Supreme Court today affirmed a reserve Racine County judge’s ruling that rejected President Trump’s challenge of more than 221,000 ballots in heavily Dem Dane and Milwaukee counties. Justice Brian Hagedorn, writing for the 4-3 majority, wrote Trump isn’t entitled to the relief that he seeks and the
A Racine County reserve judge today rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Wisconsin’s election results, affirming Joe Biden won Wisconsin’s presidential election. “The bottom line here is that the court should do everything to ensure that the will of the voters prevail,” Judge Stephen Simanek said from the bench this