They’re doing this in Michigan too and did it in North Carolina. Talk about sore losers. They are unwilling to respect the wishes of the voters. Of course, the national Republican party says nothing.
One Republican lawmaker said the measures were needed because the GOP didn't trust the incoming governor in Wisconsin. https://t.co/De5n29VZXG
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 4, 2018
Protest has begun, as a sea of demonstrators stretches out in the freezing Wisconsin night in front of the Capitol. @NicholsUprising kicks us off. “They are trying to undo democracy!” pic.twitter.com/62ELTWbc5R
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 3, 2018
Wisconsin Republicans got 46% of votes but won 63% of seats b/c of extreme gerrymandering & now undertaking brazen & unconstitutional power grab to prevent Dems from undoing their voting restrictions. Read this thread 👇 https://t.co/3u4AROehiM
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 1, 2018
Wisconsin Republicans are holding a hearing this afternoon on their anti-democratic plan to strip powers from the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general before they take office. The Republicans plan to be voting on it by tomorrow. https://t.co/Em0s8VFeFG
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 3, 2018
I’m a political scientist who studies media, partisan polarization & democracy. What is proposed in Wisconsin is extraordinarily undemocratic. It is an active subversion of democracy to, as the architects themselves put it, make it easier to win elections and have more power. 1/ https://t.co/EOCKxHi9Ov
— Mike Wagner (@prowag) December 3, 2018
State Elections Commission — three Republicans and three Dems — comes out against plan to move Wisconsin's 2020 presidential primary. https://t.co/AQLmITYed3
— Patrick Marley (@patrickdmarley) December 3, 2018
In the @washingtonpost, read this piece on the WI & MI power grabs by @ColbyItkowitz & @feliciasonmez. First quote: @Tony4WI's dead-accurate characterization of the power grabs as "a repudiation of the last election."https://t.co/EpdXfPDQvq
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 3, 2018
Now stealing from voters in Wisconsin, Michigan and Missouri. Party of Putin, not party of Lincoln. https://t.co/z8fIe3ibwy
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) December 3, 2018
Wisconsin Republicans are mounting a North Carolina–style assault on democracy: https://t.co/CrUGZNiBDJ pic.twitter.com/sDRP4EfHa6
— Slate (@Slate) December 3, 2018
GOP press conference re their power grab attempt to kneecap the incoming Gov and AG. Their message literally provoking laughs in the room: “We’re trying to restore the balance of powers in the Wisconsin state government.” pic.twitter.com/gm55RK2zXO
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) December 3, 2018
What Wisconsin Republicans are trying to do isn’t a good look for American democracy — changing the rules after you lose. https://t.co/CEOt9BOWGD
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) December 3, 2018
From Wisconsin https://t.co/Gs1B9brxGO
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 3, 2018
This should be one of the biggest stories in America. It is a crisis for democracy https://t.co/ZuskNH8vZc
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 3, 2018
Every civil rights victory since the 13th Amendment has been undermined by thinly veiled oppressive tactics, like the ones we are seeing today. https://t.co/e1l6xfvpgK via @MotherJones
— Voting Rights Inst. (@The_VRI) December 3, 2018
Sad! 