Tony Evers weighs in on security threats facing Wisconsin elections chief Meagan Wolfe
WAUNAKEE – As former President Donald Trump targets the state's top election official with false accusations about the 2020 election, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said state officials will do all they can to protect her safety while acknowledging the presumptive GOP nominee's First Amendment rights.
"First of all, he's making accusations that are nothing but a freakin’ lie. And then second of all, he's the guy that has the biggest megaphone in the world," Evers said Monday following an Earth Day event at Governor Nelson State Park. "And so how would anybody that's watching today feel about Donald Trump doing something like that to them? It's just irrational."
Trump's decision to attack Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe came as Evers had already added security measures for the state's chief election administrator in light of continued threats against her, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel previously reported.
Asked whether the state Department of Justice would get involved, Evers said, "if it gets bad enough, certainly we must."
"At some point in time, maybe there's something we can do," Evers said, noting that Trump's speech is still protected by the First Amendment. "It's tough, but we'll keep (Wolfe) protected the best way possible."
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