Thread by @benwikler

THREAD: Mere hours after releasing a radical policy manifesto, Scott Walker’s Lt Gov @RebeccaforReal filed paperwork to run for gov in 2022. We know Kleefisch isn’t interested in unifying Wisconsin or finding solutions. Her record says so. Let's review.
apnews.com/article/wiscon…

First, as Rebecca Kleefisch continues to waffle on her decision on when to officially announce her candidacy, let’s remember that she supported Scott Walker’s legislation that led to a historic teacher shortage.
money.cnn.com/2017/11/17/new…

Kleefisch also notoriously supported repealing the Affordable Care Act, which would result in 430,000+ Wisconsinites losing their insurance, ending protections for 2.5m Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions, and severely damaging our state’s economy.
jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

Despite running on cleaning up government waste, Rebecca Kleefisch negotiated a massive piece of corporate welfare for the Taiwanese company Foxconn, which could have cost Wisconsinites $3 billion—and later escalated to $4.5 billion.

This disastrous deal represented the largest government handout to a foreign corporation in American history.
theverge.com/2018/10/29/180…

And while they had no problem granting major tax breaks to a foreign company, Kleefisch and Walker defunded transportation and infrastructure, leaving Wisconsin’s roads in dangerously bad condition.
madison.com/ct/news/local/…

After the Kleefisch-Walker admin cut transportation funding, “A 2017 state audit found the percentage of state highways in ‘fair, poor or worse’ condition more than doubled between 2010 and 2015.” They weren't called the Pothole Administration for nothing.
wpr.org/walker-evers-t…

And what really differentiates Kleefisch from our current, fantastic governor (aka the Education Governor) is this: Kleefisch fought to gut education funding. In 2011, the Kleefisch-Walker agenda cut $800 million from public education.
wisn.com/article/walker…

Rebecca Kleefisch’s policy agenda represents a doubling-down on the worst policies of the Walker era. Wisconsin can’t afford her in the Governor’s Mansion. So let’s make sure folks find out about her terrible record.

At this moment, as Kleefisch teeters on the edge of officially announcing a campaign against Gov. Evers, we have the chance to introduce Wisconsinites to her without a blizzard of GOP lies and distortions. Can you help share this thread so folks can help spread the word?