Wis. Dems call on GOP election commissioner to resign over election turnout comments

[RandySF]

Senate Dems are calling for GOP commissioner Bob Spindell to resign from the Wisconsin Elections Commission or for Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu to rescind his appointment if he refuses the call.

The move comes as Spindell has been criticized for comments he made about reducing voter turnout in Milwaukee last fall, particularly in areas with high Hispanic and Black populations. He called the result a “great and important decrease in Democrat votes in the City” due to a “well thought out multi-faceted plan,” in an email.

Sen. LaTonya Johnson at a Capitol press conference Wednesday said she wants the Republican Party and Spindell to know “communities of color are not stupid, and we are not desperate.”

“In the famous words of Maya Angelou, ‘when someone shows you who they are, believe them,'” the Milwaukee Dem said. “And I want Republicans to know that communities of color know exactly who they are, and we believe what we see.”

Spindell rejected calls for him to resign. Meanwhile, LeMahieu’s office didn’t immediately provide comment.

During a Capitol news conference, state Sen. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, slammed Spindell for supporting former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election investigation and his role in an effort to turn over a false slate of electors that favored Donald Trump despite his loss to Joe Biden in 2020.




https://www.wispolitics.com/2023/dems-call-on-spindell-to-resign-over-election-turnout-comments

[GreenWave]

1. Resign.

+1

[TigressDem]

2. Spindell is an embarrassment to justice.

He voted as a FAKE Elector and VOTED on NOT holding himself and others accountable.

Slipped out of that noose and a judge UNtargeted him specifically, aiming only at the Commission for allowing him to vote to not sanction himself and others.

NOW that he was allowed to ROAM FREE he depressed voter turn out and is openly proud of it.

HE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE SOMEHOW.