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This morning, the @WisGOP chairman and I went on Wisconsin Public Radio together to talk about Tuesday's election. The GOP tried to rewrite history and blame everyone except themselves. The GOP forced Wisconsinites to risk infection in order to vote. 1/
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I pointed out that @GovEvers called for ballots to be mailed to all Wisconsin voters within days of his #SaferAtHome order. GOP chair said no, he didn't call for ballots until "over two weeks later."

Facts: #SaferAtHome was 3/24. Ballot request: 3/27.

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As the crisis grew worse, it became clear that Wisconsinites shouldn't simply limit the size of gatherings—they should #StayHome. @GovEvers ordered us to stay home, and 3 days later proposed how to do that while voting: vote by mail. GOP refused instantly.
By that point, a federal lawsuit was moving through the courts. GOP intervened, opposed.

Judge ruled Thu Apr 2 that he didn't have the power to postpone—only Gov & legislature could delay.

Next day, Gov called on legislature to postpone. GOP refused.

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Saturday, April 4: GOP holds special session that lasts all of 17 seconds in Assembly, takes no action to protect voters.

Monday, April 6: @GovEvers issues executive order using emergency powers to delay. GOP sues instantly; GOP-run state Supreme Court overrides order.
On the night of Monday, April 6, the US Supreme Court ruled in "Republican National Commitee v Democratic National Committee" to stop turn in absentee ballots until Monday, April 13.

The new postmark deadline: 8pm on Election Day, April 7.

5-4 ruling.

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On Tuesday, the GOP got its way. In-person voting in a pandemic. Absentee ballots still moving towards people's homes, all invalidated. Massive lines of voters in masks, refusing to be disenfranchised. A dual emergency—for public health, and democracy.

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Trump's Super PAC just bought $2.7 million in ads in Wisconsin, $2m in MI, $5.5m in PA to push an ad attacking Biden as pro-China—on same days as Fox reports "sources" saying China created COVID-19 in a gov lab. Their 2020 Big Lie strategy, fully visible.
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As the NYT reported, Trump's team was obsessed with the idea that COVID-19 had been created by a gov lab, and accidentally unleashed. Echoing the march to war with Iraq, officials pushed WMD experts for backup.

The prob: "They didn’t have any evidence."

nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/…
The pieces all link up. Trump's relentless push to label it the "Wuhan virus" or "Chinese coronavirus." The leaked, evidence-free conspiracy theory. And now, millions in ads attacking Biden on China. It's Bush's 02-04 playbook, repurposed, with COVID-19 as this year's 9/11.
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THREAD: Democracy won in Wisconsin tonight. The GOP thought they had this election fully stolen. Trump leaned in personally. But voters, who don't like being suppressed, rose up. Organizers worked magic. Here's the story. (Also: donate! wisdems.org/spring)
Rewind a few months, and the SCOWIS race looked unimaginably different.

The GOP had one huge advantage: incumbency. Scott Walker appointed Dan Kelly to fill a vacancy. Incumbent judges in Wisconsin usually win. On our side? A primary. We wouldn't know our candidate until Feb 18.
Meanwhile, progressives had some structural advantages as well. For one, everyone was sure the Democratic presidential campaign would be competitive. People thought four—maybe six!—Democrats would be crisscrossing Wisconsin before April 7, driving up Dem turnout.
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Folks. If you like the feeling of winning in Wisconsin, help us do it again. Donate here and pass it on: wisdems.org/spring
It's time for a thread about what just happened.
In case you saw the previous tweet in this thread, where I said I'd write a thread about the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, and wondered, "where's the thread?"—well, here's the thread:
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