Politics
Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans pick new presidential electors following 2020 fake electors debacle
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin picked new presidential electors on Tuesday, almost four years after Republicans from the state posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump.
The Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses and legislative candidates met in the state Capitol to select 10 people from each party who will represent voters in the presidential election. The winner of the popular vote in each state determines which party’s electors are sent to the Electoral College, which meets after the election in December to certify the outcome.
Ten Wisconsin Republicans posed as fake electors for Trump in 2020, including then-La Crosse County Republican Party chair Bill Feehan.
Those 10 filed paperwork falsely saying Trump had won the battleground state.
Democrats filed a lawsuit against them in 2022.
The Republicans ultimately agreed to a settlement last year that called for them to admit they were trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, acknowledge Biden won the state and agree to never serve as presidential electors in 2024 or any other election involving Trump.
The 2024 Republican electors include Fond Du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney, state GOP chair Brian Schimming and former Gov. Tommy Thompson.
Democratic electors include Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez.
Kevin
October 8, 2024 at 6:31 am
The AP keeps calling it a fake board of electors, that is manipulation, it was hardly fake. It was real, alternate slate of electors that in the event of at least one of the judges actually doing it’s job and investigating the 2020 election, and the included anomalies, then putting a pause on the results until someone could definitively say, “yes, this election was fair and secure”, or ‘no, there was nefarious activity and the count was wrong, then that slate of electors would be present and ready to be counted.
Not fake, at least not fake in the way that saying the border is secure, the covid vaccine is 100% effective, inflation will go away, Biden is healthy and mentally sound, there are no illegals voting, the US government works for the US citizen, carbon causes climate change, WIZM has a fair and balanced news reporting team.