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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,764 posts)
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:09 PM Jan 2022

Wisconsin GOP leader: 'Zero chance' of taking over elections

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin said Friday that there is “zero chance” the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over awarding the state's 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told The Associated Press in an interview that he also opposes dissolving the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission, which oversees elections, or making wholesale changes to how it operates.

There has been an intense focus on Wisconsin and its election laws since President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by nearly 21,000 votes last year. Trump and his allies falsely claimed the election was stolen, and some Republican lawmakers have pushed conspiracy theories and other baseless claims in attempts to undo the results and make wholesale changes before the 2024 presidential election.

“This idea that we need to blow up the entire system? I just don’t see that,” Vos told the AP. “I do not favor some kind of a radical change to how the elections commission operates.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wisconsin-gop-leader-zero-chance-of-taking-over-elections/ar-AASxIib

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Wisconsin GOP leader: 'Zero chance' of taking over elections (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
Never trust them. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #1
Yup TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #3
Well, if that lying shitweasel says it, it must be true. Nevilledog Jan 2022 #2
I'm sure we ALL, here know that if these type of people say the word yes,it's bluestarone Jan 2022 #4
Hmmm? Can this guy be trusted? Many republicans are known to lie quite often. brush Jan 2022 #5
Robin Vos is among the worst in Wisconsin Poiuyt Jan 2022 #14
Lol jcgoldie Jan 2022 #6
Just don't look at the dozen attempts to blow up bottrott Jan 2022 #7
That's pretty much a GUARANTEE that they will AleksS Jan 2022 #8
That stupidity might work with your Republican voter, but we really see through it! Emile Jan 2022 #9
so that's your play? 0rganism Jan 2022 #10
Sure, Jan. nt crickets Jan 2022 #11
Never known Republicans to lie. Emile Jan 2022 #12
Why didn't he quash that idea when it first came out? Don't trust him. LiberalFighter Jan 2022 #13

TheRealNorth

(9,471 posts)
3. Yup
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:19 PM
Jan 2022

Vos is a two-faced weasel that would sell his own daughter to Trump if it got him more power.

The best bet for Democrats is to keep the governorship, and then to take State Supreme Court, and then challenge the gerrymandered map. But I am not sure when the next GOP seat in the court is up.

bluestarone

(16,872 posts)
4. I'm sure we ALL, here know that if these type of people say the word yes,it's
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:23 PM
Jan 2022

NO! NEVER trust them again! NEVER!

bottrott

(81 posts)
7. Just don't look at the dozen attempts to blow up
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:30 PM
Jan 2022

the system they proudly tout including one to allow DA's to screw around in other jurisdictions. Vos, you and your party are as credible as Nixon and as detestable as Martin Shkreli. May your intestinal microbiota revolt more successfully than the 1/6 Q-idiots. I still ain't buying your shiz.

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
8. That's pretty much a GUARANTEE that they will
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:31 PM
Jan 2022

They all, but especially Vos, lie like rugs. Anything they say you can take the exact opposite to be true.

0rganism

(23,931 posts)
10. so that's your play?
Fri Jan 7, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jan 2022

Everything they say publicly re. politics is direct lies, so here we go

* there is “zero chance” = there is 100% chance
* opposes dissolving the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission = legislation dissolving the commission has already been written
* “I do not favor some kind of a radical change to how the elections commission operates.” = "I will promote the most radical changes possible, should the commission remain intact"


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