Earlier this week, I posted a lengthy thread about the WI GOP's blistering attacks on democracy. It's gotten worse in the last few days. Now Republicans are threatening to jail mayors of WI cities. Thread (and—donate! wisdems.org/november) ⤵️
https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/1465719451337338891
Michael Gableman, the far-right crackpot Stop the Stealer who is spending taxpayer $ to advance conspiracy theories (thanks to GOP Speaker Robin Vos) is now threatening to jail the mayors of Madison and Milwaukee if they won't agree to private interviews
jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
It's essentially political intimidation, because Gableman's legal case is, per the Green Bay mayor's lawyer, "lacking in legal merit and built upon a gross distortion of the relevant facts"—to the degree that the mayor intends to file a motion for sanctions. 
The Racine County Sheriff conducted his own "investigation" that led to his recommendation of felony charges for Wisconsin election commissioners. This new threat to jail mayors furthers an extremely disturbing trend of criminalization of democracy.
In that vein, it's worth reading and internalizing this whole deeply reported story: talkingpointsmemo.com/news/republica…
Meanwhile, in an ironic about-face, Wisconsin Republicans—who years ago stripped all power from Wisconsin's Secretary of State—are now running a candidate who wants to restore that power. Not hard to see why: so it can be used to overturn election results.
wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/12/02/gop…
wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/12/02/gop…
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