This is disgraceful. Republicans are trying to neuter the election results.
update 12/4/18
Panelist calls attempted GOP power grab ‘disgusting’ https://t.co/7dMt7vuYXx @MargaretHoover @JohnAvlon @AsteadWesley @pbump discuss @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 4, 2018
That is the new party philosophy, stated outright by the majority leader of the Wisconsin senate. https://t.co/awWkKqohZo
— Esquire (@esquire) December 4, 2018
This is Wisconsin Republicans' official explanation for the anti-democratic plan they're trying to pass today to strip powers from the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general. pic.twitter.com/m05Vj5gAY4
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 4, 2018
A typically insightful and revealing @WisVoter look at why no state may be closer to the epicenter of 2020 than WI (though MI may not be far behind). https://t.co/AHqJfe4YTQ
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) December 3, 2018
In other Wisconsin news today, the state posted the official 2018 Assembly election results. It's a beautiful gerrymander. Dems got 190,000 more votes but Reps got 63/99 seats. Key is assuring many GOP districts get just over 50% of vote even in a bad year for the party. pic.twitter.com/WEOvpr4EUD
— Barry Burden (@bcburden) December 4, 2018
This should not be controversial: "The peaceful transfer of power in republican democracies requires that lawmakers do not change the job descriptions, between Election Day and Inauguration Day, of the elected offices their party lost." https://t.co/jMwC8k0NaI
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) December 4, 2018
In 2016, Republican assembly candidates in Wisconsin got about 161k more votes than the Dems and won 64 of the 99 seats.
In 2018, Democrats got about 205,000 more votes — and Republicans won 63 of the 99 seats. https://t.co/NRFgHciOjc
— Philip Bump (@pbump) December 4, 2018
An example of this is what has happened to Doug La Follette, the secretary of state (and one of the only Dems who was serving statewide). His office used to have 50 staffers. Under Walker, that was changed to ONE PERSON. And his office is now in the basement. https://t.co/TuNIFPts1l
— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) December 4, 2018
Wisconsin Republicans are mounting a North Carolina–style assault on democracy: https://t.co/5YSABEd8Oh pic.twitter.com/XYeQLmRtJJ
— Slate (@Slate) December 4, 2018
Wisconsin Republicans voted late last night to move forward with their undemocratic proposals to reduce the powers of the new Democratic governor and attorney general; they intend to hold final votes today. https://t.co/YzfihltoKS
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 4, 2018
My op-ed on the #WisconsinPowerGrab is up at the @washingtonpost. Please read and share https://t.co/yW2EmEaAiy
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) December 4, 2018
Events in Wisconsin aren't getting enough national attention. Not only are Republicans trying to emasculate a new elected Democratic governor, they're doing so to empower a legislature they will control only due to gerrymandering 1/ https://t.co/28rtwXriHZ
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 4, 2018
Republicans nationally increasingly treating elections as valid only if they win. That's terribly dangerous for democracy. https://t.co/urf8ov3HqH
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) December 4, 2018
Sad! 