Thread by @benwikler

With @GovEvers’s veto, the Republican attempt to re-gerrymander our state and thwart our democracy has slammed into a brick wall. Governor Tony Evers has demonstrated once more that he is the last line of defense against anti-democratic attacks. 1/

https://twitter.com/GovEvers/status/1461370363493982211

Republican legislators in Wisconsin have lost sight of how a democracy works—voters are supposed to choose their elected officials, not the other way around.

The process of drawing legislative maps should be fair, transparent, and nonpartisan, but as we’ve seen, Republicans will stop at nothing to hold onto power.

We’re still paying the price for last decade’s rigged Republican maps, which were drawn behind closed doors by GOP politicians without any public input.

Ever since the people of Wisconsin elected Gov. @Tony4WI in 2018, Republican legislators have used their gerrymandered majorities to block and obstruct the people’s agenda—and at times have not even shown up to their jobs as legislators.

A decade of life in Wisconsin under Republican gerrymandering has made clear that it’s time that Wisconsin receives the fair maps it deserves.

Gov. Evers vetoed these bills because he is committed to fair maps that are crafted transparently—not maps created by political insiders and lobbyists that allow Republicans to maintain their gerrymandered grip on Wisconsin.

See our full statement here: wisdems.org/news/gov-evers…