Stealing Wisconsin

Democrats want to steal the state:

Last week, The New York Times inadvertently dropped a bombshell as it covered April’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race between conservative Brad Schimel and Susan Crawford — a race that will determine ideological control of the court in a pivotal swing state. Crawford, a far-left circuit court judge, and Wisconsin Democrat Party Chairman Ben Wikler (who just finished second in the contest for national Dem chair) invited high-profile supporters to a “donor advisers briefing” with the subject line “Chance to put two more House seats in play for 2026.” As if that weren’t clear enough, the email laid out their intentions clearly: After Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the WI Supreme Court in an April 2023 election, the new pro-democracy majority struck down Wisconsin’s super-gerrymandered state legislative districts. Democrats then gained 14 state legislative seats in 2024, creating the potential to win chamber control in 2026. Now one of the judges who make up the pro-democracy majority is retiring, putting control of the WI Supreme Court up for grabs again. … [W]inning this race could also result in Democrats being able to win two additional US House seats, half the seats needed to win control of the House in 2026. In addition, the briefing was arranged by aides for megadonor Reid Hoffman, who has given nearly $15 million to Wisconsin Democrats in recent years. Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who now chairs the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, will also be campaigning for Crawford in Wisconsin. If Crawford wins and replaces retiring leftist Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, then she will vote to strike down Wisconsin’s congressional maps and force the creation of new ones that will draw more Democrats into the two most hotly contested districts, resulting in Steil and Van Orden losses next year.

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