The next visitor submit was written for Day by day Kos by Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Occasion of Wisconsin. This submit doesn’t signify an official endorsement by Day by day Kos.
This week, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court docket election beat the document—a document set simply two years in the past in Wisconsin. It’s now the most costly judicial election in American historical past.
On one facet is Brad Schimel—now often called “Elon Schimel” due to Elon Musk’s eight-figure funding in placing him on the courtroom. He’s probably the most excessive, pro-Trump MAGA candidate we’ve ever seen. He even dressed as Donald Trump in a rubbish truck drive costume for Halloween.
On the opposite facet is Choose Susan Crawford, the form of common sense choose any defendant would need behind the bench.
On Wednesday evening, Schimel and Crawford confronted off for the state Supreme Court docket’s one debate. Try a number of the highlights (or can watch the total debate right here).
Schimel repeatedly defended the state’s 1849 abortion ban as “legitimate.”
Requested whether or not the case wherein the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket declined Trump’s try to overturn the 2020 presidential election was appropriately determined, Schimel answered, “I don’t know.”
Requested if he embraces Musk’s endorsement, Schimel hemmed and hawed.
“It’s costly and it is tough to get your message out,” he stated—a veiled thank-you to the richest man on the earth, who occurs to be shredding the Social Safety Administration, the Veterans Administration, and our Structure, all whereas his personal courtroom case affecting his backside line strikes by the Wisconsin courtroom system.
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Crawford, in the meantime, reminded us why she’s precisely the proper individual to serve on the Supreme Court docket: clear solutions, Wisconsin values, and nice care to clarify that she wouldn’t prejudge instances which may come earlier than her.
She received the controversy strolling away. However solely a tiny variety of voters watched the controversy, and practically all of them already knew who they have been supporting earlier than the primary query was requested. To win this election, it’s on all of us to achieve the a whole bunch of 1000’s of dedicated Democrats—and mates of freedom and democracy—who didn’t watch it.
And Musk’s thousands and thousands are standing in the way in which.
Musk’s technique is two-fold. First, spend thousands and thousands of {dollars}, by varied teams and PACs he’s funding, on relentless adverts attempting to suppress assist for Crawford by mendacity about her document as a choose. Second, launch an enormous mail-and-door-hangers marketing campaign focusing on Republicans with a easy promise: “BRAD SCHIMEL WILL SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AGENDA!”
Right here’s one in all their mailers:
Is it working?
Effectively, a right-wing dark-money group posted its ballot saying the race is tied 47-47. If Democrats and Republicans vote in equal numbers, which may in reality be the case.
However the Democrats’ job is to out-organize and out-communicate the Republicans—and clear Schimel’s clock by driving up turnout for Crawford. That’s why anti-Schimel billboards went up this week round Wisconsin.
And that’s why Wisconsin Democrats will probably be out in each neighborhood within the state this weekend, knocking on doorways, calling telephones, and spreading the phrase to mates—{that a} vote for Crawford is a vote for freedom, democracy, and the rule of regulation, and a vote for Schimel is a vote for abortion bans and Elon Musk.
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No person has a dependable technique to measure prematurely which facet can have extra power on this race or who will in the end vote. However in particular elections thus far this yr, margins have swung towards Democrats by a median of virtually 10 factors. And all it takes is a intestine test to know that Democrats are livid about what Musk, Trump, and the GOP are doing to this nation. If we channel that outrage into electoral power, we’ll win this race.
And the entire world will see that no quantity of Musk spending is sufficient to deter us from defending the nation that we love.
Let’s get on the market. Simply 18 days to go.
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