Thread by @benwikler

Rebecca Kleefisch, Scott Walker’s extreme-right Lieutenant Governor, just announced her campaign for governor against Tony Evers. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin. Learn more at this new site, and read this thread for 10 reasons why: radicalrebecca.com

1. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she supported repealing the ACA, gutting protections for people w/ pre-existing conditions. She supported WI joining the lawsuit against the ACA, which would’ve stripped protections for 2.4m Wisconsinites.
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2. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because @RebeccaForReal wants to make it harder for people to vote—specifically, people with disabilities, young people, people of color, and low-income Wisconsinites.

https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1416142052216250369

3. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she refuses to support public schools. Her administration slashed $800m from public ed & $250m from the UW System—said the proposed cuts were an opportunity for them to “get creative with their budgeting.” dailyunion.com/news/lieutenan…

4. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she supported legislation that led to a historic teacher shortage in WI. Because of her admin's attack on public ed the rate of teachers leaving the profession increased & remains higher than it was before. money.cnn.com/2017/11/17/new…

5. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she loves helping the wealthy and big corporations while leaving Wisconsin working families high and dry. Kleefisch-Walker administration passed tax cuts that disproportionately benefited the wealthy.
madison.com/ct/news/opinio…

6. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because, despite running on cleaning up government waste, she was an enthusiastic supporter of the disastrous multi-billion-dollar Foxconn deal: the largest gov't handout to a foreign corporation in U.S. history. theverge.com/2018/10/29/180…

7. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because, at a time when Wisconsin was working to get as many folks vaccinated as possible and end this pandemic, she posted misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines on Facebook.
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8. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she doesn’t believe in investing in our infrastructure. She and Walker were the Pothole Administration: they left Wisconsin’s roads in worse condition than they found them.
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9. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because her claims (everything ranging from health care to economy) have been described as “false,” “ridiculously false,” “pants on fire,” & “the lie of the year”—why would we want a notorious liar as our governor? politifact.com/article/2010/d…

10. #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin because she wants to take us backwards. @GovEvers had to clean up the mess she & Walker created. Thanks to @GovEvers, we’re now bouncing back from this pandemic—we can’t risk dismantling our progress by bringing her radical beliefs back.

Most Wisconsinites have no idea who @RebeccaForReal is. So it’s your job, Twitter user, to spread this thread, share the link to radicalrebecca.com, and make sure people know that #RadicalRebecca is wrong for Wisconsin. QT this thread to get the message out!