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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't think this has been addressed here,
Evers defeating Michels is a huge huge deal!
This guy was a trump loving hard core fascist! He's even on record saying if he got elected no Democrat would ever win any race in the state again.
My favorite vote a couple of weeks ago was against this asshole!
secondwind
(16,903 posts)magicarpet
(14,145 posts)... actually announce that in public.
"If I win this election for the governorship - a Democrat will never be elected in this state again."
This dude should have "I AM A FASCIST" across the forehead - and a large swastika tattooed on each cheek. So when he leaves the house to go outside,... everyone knows and is warned - this piece of shit is a fucking Nazi.
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)throwing all nurses and doctors involved with an abortion in prison as well. an absolute asshole!
soldierant
(6,857 posts)Although I grant it is not easy to find language to accurately describe him and his ilk. One is probably always going to be unfair to someone or something.
Hotler
(11,420 posts)Give him something he can't take off.
Tetrachloride
(7,839 posts)especially going down the hills.
Brownsville is the HQ for Michels company.
The cop can see you over half a mile away.
When in doubt, just pull over and chill for a while.
Hwy 175 is a reasonable detour.
Chautauquas
(4,440 posts)Tony Evers will forever have my respect for defeating Scott Wanker and now defeating Michels. The political landscape in Wisconsin is pretty bleak these days but it would be much worse if Wanker had won another term or if Michels had won this year. Thank you, Governor Evers!
calimary
(81,238 posts)LOVE it!!!
And he certainly WAS one.
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)niyad
(113,284 posts)wide attention.
Johnny2X2X
(19,060 posts)It's one of the 2 or 3 most jerrymandered states in the country. In Michigan we used ballot proposals to redistrict with a non partisan panel. IS that possible in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is a blue state, but it's sending mostly red candidates to Washington and Madison.
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)wouldn't allow this to get to a ballot. Yes, it needs to be corrected.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)to control government.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Lots of times we hear, WI got what they voted for.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)question everything
(47,476 posts)wryter2000
(46,039 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,626 posts)Evers did a superb job during Covid (when all the RepubliQans did was obstruct him) and calmly does his job, fixing roads, improving schools, and steering the ship of state against all the R headwinds.
Michels remains a Connecticut businessman who has never held elected office. (This was his third attempt, WI Senate in 1998, US Senate in 2004, and WI Governor in 2022, LOSING every time.)
calimary
(81,238 posts)And cant - or WONT - get the message. There seems to be a fair amount of that syndrome circulating through the Republican mindset.
StClone
(11,683 posts)newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)StClone
(11,683 posts)...pos, of all. I still think his Arian appearance--blond, blue eyes, and wealth--attracts a lot of subconscious racist appeal. And those effing ads!
newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)show a shooting, pic of Mandela. Show a riot with a burning building. pic of Mandela. Show a terrified old lady in her home, pic of Mandela. Then he'd end all of his ads with the pic of Mandela with his chin jutted upward, dog whistling about uppity. I watched those commercials and just new they would've loved to use the n word but couldn't. The most Blatend racist commercials I've ever seen!
StClone
(11,683 posts)...ever increasingly worse governing.
After getting elected they scoot off to beg money from their backers only to reappear for a flood of ads when re-election comes... otherwise MIA. The creeps I never see or hear about unless it's a cya situation or publicity scam. If ever I see one of these so-called "Elected" I have a pet line: "Hey why don't you make elections fair in WI so I can elect my own representation instead of you being forced on us."
CitizenZero
(525 posts)We should have put more effort into the Wisconsin Senate Race. It was close. Johnson is an evil bastard.
republianmushroom
(13,590 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)article that no democrat would ever again win in the state, but I couldn't remember his name.
Serves him right (his loss) and if he's a businessman operating in the state, I hope he goes out of business, especially threatening a rival American political party long established in the state for a long time. People need to boycott him.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Cha
(297,190 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)newdayneeded
(1,955 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)just to vote against that fascist!