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3 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
UPDATE: Thanks to you, @WisDems absolutely crushed our Feb fundraising goal of 110 new monthly donors on Sunday night! Thank you for believing in this work. Protecting and fighting for our democracy wouldn’t be possible without the support from a powerful, grassroots movement.
I’m also super excited to share a picture of the BRAND NEW @WisDems Grassroots Donor Wall now hanging in my home office! Every single monthly donor’s name is on this wall. It’s so huge that I moved around the maps in my office to fit them all. Image
Every time I see this wall, I’m reminded of the people power that fuels our work. So again, thank you to every single sustaining donor, no matter how large or small. Together, we’ll end Ron Johnson’s political career, reelect Gov Evers, & elect strong Dems up & down the ballot.
By the way—I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that it’s not too late to get YOUR name on the donor wall! I’ll be updating it throughout the year with the names of new monthly supporters.

Sign up here to become a monthly WisDems donor: wisdems.org/Donate-Defeat-…

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28 Feb
Want to end Ron Johnson’s political career? Help the Democratic Party of Wisconsin make it happen. We’re 110 new monthly donors short of our February goal. Deadline is midnight tonight. We can’t wait till 2022—can you sign up, and/or share this thread? 1/
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This week, Ron Johnson claimed “fake Trump supporters” were behind the 1/6 attack. Last week, he said it “didn’t seem like an armed insurrection.” Which lie is it? Doesn’t matter—what matters is, Johnson will say *anything* to please Trump & his sycophants. @Maddow has it right:
Johnson has been condemned by just about everyone who's paying attention. But it’s the people who *don’t* follow every up and down of the news cycle who wind up swinging elections one way or the other. In 2016 & 2010, those folks didn’t realize how bad Johnson was.
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26 Feb
ELECTION ALERT: This April 6, alongside the statewide school superintendent election and local races, two special elections for the state legislature are on the ballot. Chip in to send Melissa Winker @WinkerforWI to the state Senate: secure.actblue.com/donate/winker4…
Melissa Winker is an extraordinary leader—a small business owner, mom of 5, deeply rooted in her community (a family with 5 generations in Oconomowoc!). To know her is to believe in her. Share her video & sign up to volunteer:
This seat is open because GOP state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald went to Congress, where he promptly joined the sedition caucus. The GOP candidate in the race promises more of the same. Volunteer for Melissa Winker: winkerforwisconsin.com/get-involved
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17 Feb
ALERT: The first statewide election since Biden became president is coming up in—you guessed it!—Wisconsin. This April 6, WI voters choose the state’s next head of public schools. @WisDems just endorsed Jill Underly, who’s up against a Scott Walker ally. Here’s why it matters: 1/
In WI, the state Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction is a statewide office elected in the spring of off-years. The last person elected: none other than now-Governor Tony Evers. The primary was yesterday, and the two final candidates are Jill Underly & Deb Kerr.
Most people aren't tuned into this race. But it’s time to focus on it. Voucher school advocates certainly are. Right-wing billionaire Arther Dantchik‚ a Betsy DeVos ally, is the biggest donor in the race—& helped make Kerr the top-raising primary candidate.madison.com/wsj/news/local…
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12 Feb
Today, if Johnson bothers to show up for the impeachment trial, he’ll hear a flimsy defense of the indefensible. Then he faces an existential, character-defining choice: Country and Constitution, or party and personal power. We have a guess. But first, let’s review some clues.
Just a couple of days before the impeachment trial began, Ron Johnson said that there was “no reason” to hold the trial—and that barring Trump from ever holding federal public office again would “pre-emptively” disenfranchise people. wisn.com/article/upfron…
Ron Johnson knows something about disenfranchisement. In fact, he’s a big fan of it. He sought to disenfranchise millions of voters who chose Biden, spreading lies and fueling the fire of the January 6th insurrection.
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9 Feb
The 1/6 insurrection is going to haunt Wisconsin Republicans for a long, long time. You know about Ron Johnson. But do you know about Derrick Van Orden, who was one of the GOP’s top House candidates in 2020 trying to unseat Ron Kind?
Derrick Van Orden was at the Jan 6th rally before the insurrection, proudly posting selfies with fellow attendees. Totally silent re the Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt, Confederate flags, other ugliness. Says he left when it got violent; deleted his own tweet. wispolitics.com/2021/wisdems-f…
When things got violent, he then tweeted a series of apologies and rejections of what happened at the Capitol. But he’s never acknowledged his own role in fueling the anti-democracy conspiracy theories that led to the rally… or to his own attendance.
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5 Feb
THREAD: Wisconsin’s coronavirus crisis is a crisis of democracy. For over 290 days, Republicans in our state leg have done nothing but attack public health measures—and now voted against masks & passed a trash bill that @GovEvers has vetoed. Why is this happening? 1/
In 2020, Wisconsin’s legislature was literally the least active state in the country. Instead of passing COVID-19 protections, Republicans went to court to strike down @GovEvers’ emergency powers & kill his stay-home order. We went after them for it. madison.com/wsj/news/local…
Across Wisconsin in the fall of 2020, as Wisconsin suffered through one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Dems and public interest groups made calls, sent mail, and ran ads hammering the GOP for undermining health protections. Like this billboard, for example:
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