JOINING US. >> THANK YOU.
>> AT THE STATE CAPITOL THIS WEEK, ANOTHER CURVE BALL IN THE
FIGHT OVER NEW VOTING MAPS. WHILE AWAITING A DECISION FROM
THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT ON WHICH DISTRICTS MAPS WILL BE IN
EFFECT FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS IN THE
LEGISLATURE ONCE AGAIN PUT FORWARD MAPS DRAWN BY DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS, ONLY THIS TIME WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
EVEN MORE SURPRISING WAS THE MAJORITY OF DEMOCRATS VOTING
AGAINST THE MEASURE, SKEPTICAL OF REPUBLICAN INTENTIONS.
NOT ALL REPUBLICANS VOTED IN LINE WITH THEIR CAUCUS, WHILE
OTHERS VOTED IN FAVOR WITH GREAT RESENTMENT.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR VAN WANGGAARD SAID OF THE VOTE REPUBLICANS
WERE NOT STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE; IT WAS A
MATTER OF CHOOSING TO BE STABBED, SHOT, POISONED, OR LED
TO THE GUILLOTINE. WE CHOSE TO BE STABBED, HE SAID,
SO WE COULD LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
>> ONCE WE PASS THE MAPS, MORE OR LESS THE LAWSUITS STOP,
THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO TRY TO DO AN APPEAL TO THE SUPREME
COURT BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED A MAP, IT'S BEEN
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO SAY THAT JEANNETTE JANET PROZ
IS BIASED AND WE NEED A CAPERTON DECISION BECAUSE SHE WON'T BE
VOTING ON THE MAPS. THE POTENTIAL WE HAVE TO GO TO
THE SUPREME COURT AND WIN ARE NO LONGER VIABLE, WHICH IS WHY, IF
THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE MAP, I AM SUPREMELY CONFIDENT THAT THAT IS
THE MAP THAT WE WILL RUN ON IN NOVEMBER.
WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH.
>> GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCE THE LEGISLATURE IS FACED WITH TWO
CHOICES: EITHER PASS THE MAPS AS IS OR ALLOW THE LIBERAL MAJORITY
TO GERRYMANDER THE STATE AT THE LAST MINUTE WITHOUT PUBLIC
INPUT. WISCONSIN VOTERS DESERVE MORE
CERTAINTY THAN WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE
LEGISLATURE. GOING TO END THIS SHAM
LITIGATION AND PASS THE GOVERNOR'S MAP.
NOMINATION PAPERS WILL BE CIRCULATED IN 62 DAYS FROM
TODAY. THE 2024 ELECTION IS ALMOST
HERE. PASSING THEY SAY MAPS AND HAVING
THEM SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR WILL GIVE THE WISCONSIN VOTERS THE
CERTAINTY THAT THEY DESERVE. >> AN I DON'T FEAR THE ELECTION
THAT I'M GOING TO BE FACED WITH MY DELICATELY SLICED DISTRICT
NOW BASED UPON THE GOVERNOR'S LAWYERS MUST HAVE PUT TOGETHER,
BUT I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THESE MAPS BECAUSE THE PROCESS THAT'S
UNDERWAY IN THE SUPREME COURT CERTAINLY DOESN'T APPEAR THAT
IT'S GOING TO TAKE OUR ARGUMENTS SERIOUSLY OR EVEN CONSIDER THEM.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE A GUN TO OUR HEAD, FRANKLIN, IS HOW IT'S
LOOKING RIGHT NOW. AND, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO GO OUT
ON A LIMB AND SAY THE GOVERNOR, AS HE'S ALREADY INDICATED, SAYS
THAT HE DOES SIGN THESE MAPS BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK HE
WANTS TO BE SO HYPOCRITICAL OR SO PARTISAN THAT HE WOULD VETO
HIS OWN EXACT MAPS THAT HE HAS PUT FORTH.
>> I DON'T LIKE THIS BILL. I DON'T LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE TODAY. I THINK IT WAS ALREADY SETTLED.
I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY AND A RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE DID THAT.
THE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT'S BEING SET IS THAT A SUPREME
COURT JUSTICE CAN RUN MAKING PROMISES OF THE OUTCOME OF A