GRACIE SKOGMAN, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AT THE CAPITOL THIS WEEK,
SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTED TO FIRE
WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATOR, MEAGAN WOLFE.
DEMOCRATS CONTEND THE LAW SAYS
WOLFE DOESN'T NEED SENATE
CONFIRMATION TO CONTINUE IN HER
ROLE AND THE VOTE SHOULDN'T HAVE
HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE
BECAUSE THE BIPARTISAN WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION DIDN'T HAVE
A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS SEND IT TO
THE SENATE.
SHORTLY AFTER THE VOTE TOOK
PLACE, WOLFE, WHO WAS
UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED BY THE
SENATE IN 2019, MADE A STATEMENT
AND DEMOCRATIC STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL, JOSH KAUL, ANNOUNCED A
LAWSUIT.
>> DURING MY 12 YEARS WORKING AS
A NON-PARTISAN ELECTION
OFFICIAL, I'VE LEARNED THAT WHEN
POLITICIANS OR EITHER SIDE OF
THE AISLE ARE UPSET WITH ME,
IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE I WILL NOT
BEND TO POLITICAL PRESSURE.
THE SENATE'S VOTE TODAY TO
REMOVE ME IS NOT A REFERENDUM ON
THE JOB I DO BUT, RATHER, A
REACTION TO NOT ACHIEVING THE
POLITICAL OUTCOME THEY DESIRE.
>> WE HAVE ASKED THE COURT TO
ISSUE A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AND
AN INJUNCTION MAKING CLEAR THAT
MEAGAN WOLFE REMAINS THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WISCONSIN
ELECTION COMMISSION.
THE SENATE WOULD NOT HAVE A
UNLESS HAD A MAJORITY VOTE IN
FAVOR OF AN APPOINTMENT.
SO THE STORY TODAY IS NOT WHAT
THE SENATE PURPORTS TO HAVE
HAPPENED; THE STORY IS THAT THE
STATE SENATE HAS BLATANTLY
IGNORED WISCONSIN LAW IN ORDER
TO PUT ITS STAMP OF APPROVAL ON
BASELESS ATTACKS ON ELECTIONS IN
WISCONSIN.
>> IN MORE BOMBSHELL NEWS, STATE
ASSEMBLY THURSDAY APPROVED AN
WIZARD OF OZ-STYLE REDISTRICTING
BILL.
THE QUICKLY FASHIONED ABOUT-FACE
FROM REPUBLICAN LEADERS WHO HAVE
LONG OPPOSED NON-PARTISAN
MAP-MAKING COMES AS THE
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
ANNOUNCED A $4 MILLION AD
CAMPAIGN TO PRESSURE REPUBLICANS
TO BACK DOWN FROM TALK OF
IMPEACHING LIBERAL JUSTICE JANET
PROTASIEWICZ IF SHE DOESN'T STEP
ASIDE FROM TWO LAWSUITS OVER THE
CURRENT MAPS.
UNDER THE BILL, THE MAPS WOULD
BE DRAWN BY THE LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE BUREAU, NON-PARTISAN
STAFF WHO WORK FOR THE
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATORS WOULD THEN VOTE UP
OR DOWN ON THE PLAN, AND IF