Calls of 'shame' as Wisconsin Republicans aim to curb incoming Democrats' power

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

DECEMBER 4, 2018 / 11:01 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Joseph Ax, Brendan O'Brien
4 MIN READ

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Protesters chanting “Shame!” disrupted a tree-lighting ceremony and a legislative session at the Wisconsin state capitol on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers moved toward a vote on bills to weaken the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.

Wisconsin’s lame-duck Republican-majority legislature called a rare post-election session this week to consider the proposals before Governor-elect Tony Evers takes office in January and can exercise his veto power.

Democrats say the moves undercut the results of Nov. 6 elections, when their party broke years of total Republican control of state government in Wisconsin.

A similar effort is underway in Michigan, where the Republican-controlled legislature is weighing new laws that would hamstring incoming Democrats.

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[mysteryowl]

1. Maybe the chanting word needs to be "CORRUPTION"!

[dalton99a]

2. This is a coordinated effort to subvert the people's will.

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. It is, and I'll bet dollars to donuts the Kochs are behind it.

The Kocks, with ALEC help. Almost all the bad shit that has happened since the Rs took over Wisconsin in 2010 has come straight from those two organizations. Walker, Vos, Fitzgerald, and Vukmir are/were never more than empty vessels put in place to do their masters' bidding. Well, OK, Vos has always been a particularly nasty little prick, but the rest of them are pretty much sock puppets for the Kochs and ALEC.

[onetexan]

5. yep, dirty as hell

[videohead5]

4. I don't think the courts

Will allow this.

[regnaD kciN]

6. I can't see why they woulldn't...

It's simple: the current legislature is entitled to pass legislation for the current governor to sign and turn into law. It doesn't matter in the slightest if they're lame ducks -- they're still the legitimate legislative and executive authorities until their terms end.

[videohead5]

8. They didn't in North Carolina

The Republicans tried the same thing and the courts threw it out.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Residents need to call their GOP and

Dem reps and tell them they will not stand for this!

[Firestorm49]

9. ALEC. Hard at work.

It must be ALEC because these guys are too stupid to think of this by themselves

[Just a Weirdo]

10. They need to start the recall petitions now

And have them turned in for Republicans who signed on to this bill. Courts should bar an recall candidate from legislating while under recall.

[moondust]

11. These power grabs in Wisconsin and Michigan

make it much, much easier to believe there may have been election crimes committed in those states in 2016 possibly even involving these GOP crooks conspiring with Russian hackers.