.@RepGrothman initially told me he was unworried about the storming of the Capitol but later noted his office does not overlook the Capitol and said he was appalled by what's going on.
“It’s an embarrassment to our republic that people would behave this way,” he said.
He said @realDonaldTrump should intervene by speaking to the country on television.
“I think President Trump should be exerting more leadership,” he said. “I strongly believe he should get on TV and address the crowd.”
Grothmann criticized Trump and others for suggesting his supporters could get Congress to change the results of the election.
“I have been critical of expectations being raised by people including the president as to what will happen today,” he said.
When I first talked to Grothman at 1:30 p.m. CT he said he had not decided how to vote on the Electoral College slates.
When I spoke to him at 2:30 p.m. CT he said he had made a decision but repeatedly declined to tell me what it is. He said he will send out a news release.
UPDATE: Grothman now says he wants congressional leaders to just quickly wrap up the Electoral College votes.
That would end the matter and many members would not have to vote on the slates of electors, he says.
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Evers says he will extend mask mandate, veto stricter rules for absentee voting, decide later whether to run again jsonline.com/story/news/pol… —via @MollyBeck
.@GovEvers hasn't decided whether he will seek a second term in 2022 but also doesn't want his lieutenant governor, @TheOtherMandela, to run for U.S. Senate that year.
.@GovEvers said he may try to legalize recreational marijuana next year to raise money for the state.
He would be sure of facing stiff resistance from Republicans who control the Legislature if he did that.
.@judgekarofsky comes out swinging in arguments over lawsuit Trump brought over the election in Wisconsin's two most populous counties.
"This lawsuit, Mr. Troupis, smacks of racism," Karofsky tells Trump attorney Jim Troupis.
.@justicedallet notes Trump is challenging an election form that has been in use for more than a decade. That form was used when Trump won the state in 2016.
"What I’m hearing you say then is really the form was fine in 2016 when it helped the president to win," Dallet says.
At the outset of a trial in one of Trump's lawsuits, Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek says he will not allow anyone to intervene or file friend-of-the-court briefs.
Meanwhile, Trump's allies in the state Legislature will hold a hearing today over how the election was conducted. Some background on that hearing is here: jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
Thursday could prove crucial in Trump's elections lawsuits in Wisconsin bit.ly/2JVklYd
Today's hearing is going slowly.
After 30 minutes of technical troubles and a discussion of how to handle witnesses, the court is taking a 20-minute break.
After the break, U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig will likely decide how much testimony to allow.
After a two-hour break, the court is back.
Judge Brett Ludwig tells the attorneys that handing over the state's electoral votes to state lawmakers would likely be the most remarkable ruling in the history of the judiciary.
The Republican state lawmaker leading a hearing on elections won't say whether he believes Biden won in Wisconsin bit.ly/2K5Hgjw
Rep. @Ron_Tusler, the chairman of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, said he would not vote early in person in the spring election, as he did in November, because he no longer believes the procedure is being conducted legally by officials around the state.
Asked if he wanted to have the Legislature change how the state’s electoral votes will be cast, Tuslersaid “I’m undecided on that right now."
He acknowledged any change would have to happen before the Electoral College meets Monday & doing so would be difficult.