You know, I am really getting sick of Robin Vos and these f**king Wisconsin Republicans. A week or so ago, Charlie talked about how angry and *seething* they were about the balance shift on the court. Are they now.
It is the height of gall the way these anti-democratic jackasses consider themselves to be entitled to rig voting districts t…
You know, I am really getting sick of Robin Vos and these f**king Wisconsin Republicans. A week or so ago, Charlie talked about how angry and *seething* they were about the balance shift on the court. Are they now.
It is the height of gall the way these anti-democratic jackasses consider themselves to be entitled to rig voting districts to guarantee they remain in power. And just what is Vos's rationale for considering impeachment of Protasiewicz? Because she "prejudged" the case by making a remark at one point that Wisconsin's maps were rigged.
Which is damn near the most asinine justification for removal of a judge I have ever heard. *Every* judge has preconceptions and political values. Tell me Robin, did you plan on demanding that Daniel Kelly recuse himself from votes regarding the state's abortion laws, since he touted his support from the state's three major anti-abortion groups? Oh, he didn't say how he'd rule, but neither did Protasiewicz. She told voters what her *values* were, something which every judge signals in one way or another, while risibly claiming that they aren't making any commitments on how they'd rule. Protasiewicz hasn't "prejudged" the case any more than any other partisan judge.
Of course, what Vos is really upset about is the mere fact that Democrats may now be able to break his corrupt stranglehold on power. After the 2018 midterms, when Republicans' gerrymandered maps produced another perversely lopsided result in the state legislature, despite Democrats winning an overall majority of the votes (53%-45%), Vos went straight to the usual Republican tactic of dismissing areas that vote for Democrats. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) says the maps are drawn to ensure the Legislature represents the majority of the state and not just the populous Madison and Milwaukee. He said Democrats won on Tuesday in statewide races because the two largest voting blocs are in liberal cities of more than 300,000 people.
"If you took Madison and Milwaukee out of the state election formula, we would have a clear majority — we would have all five constitutional officers and we would probably have many more seats in the Legislature," Vos said. "As much as they complain about gerrymandering and all things that I think are made up issues for their failed agenda, I think we won a fair and square election."
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You see? They just want the maps to represent "the majority of the state" – even though the majority of the state voted for Democrats.
Oh, but that's only because of Milwaukee and Madison, you see. If you just remove them from the equation, then Republicans have a majority – so let's pretend we did that! And then the maps are fine! It's just two cities, after all ... two cities that contain one seventh of the population of the state, but that's a trivial number of people to ignore given that they're all bunched into one place, which everyone knows ought to reduce their voting power. Especially when that one place is full of Democrats.
This is a constant refrain we hear from Republicans – that Democrats don't deserve to be counted in full because they aren't spread out enough. It just isn't fair. Look at all those sparsely populated counties painted red – it really looks like they should have more! The Democrats may have more people, but they've got more dirt, and that should count for something. In fact, it should count for everything. Can dirt vote? Well it should, and that's why they have to gerrymander, to make sure Republican dirt isn't subjugated to Democratic people.
Which, by the way, is the *only reason* Democrats win statewide races in Wisconsin. Y'know – having more people. Why should something like that determine who wins an election?
You know, I am really getting sick of Robin Vos and these f**king Wisconsin Republicans. A week or so ago, Charlie talked about how angry and *seething* they were about the balance shift on the court. Are they now.
It is the height of gall the way these anti-democratic jackasses consider themselves to be entitled to rig voting districts to guarantee they remain in power. And just what is Vos's rationale for considering impeachment of Protasiewicz? Because she "prejudged" the case by making a remark at one point that Wisconsin's maps were rigged.
Which is damn near the most asinine justification for removal of a judge I have ever heard. *Every* judge has preconceptions and political values. Tell me Robin, did you plan on demanding that Daniel Kelly recuse himself from votes regarding the state's abortion laws, since he touted his support from the state's three major anti-abortion groups? Oh, he didn't say how he'd rule, but neither did Protasiewicz. She told voters what her *values* were, something which every judge signals in one way or another, while risibly claiming that they aren't making any commitments on how they'd rule. Protasiewicz hasn't "prejudged" the case any more than any other partisan judge.
Of course, what Vos is really upset about is the mere fact that Democrats may now be able to break his corrupt stranglehold on power. After the 2018 midterms, when Republicans' gerrymandered maps produced another perversely lopsided result in the state legislature, despite Democrats winning an overall majority of the votes (53%-45%), Vos went straight to the usual Republican tactic of dismissing areas that vote for Democrats. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) says the maps are drawn to ensure the Legislature represents the majority of the state and not just the populous Madison and Milwaukee. He said Democrats won on Tuesday in statewide races because the two largest voting blocs are in liberal cities of more than 300,000 people.
"If you took Madison and Milwaukee out of the state election formula, we would have a clear majority — we would have all five constitutional officers and we would probably have many more seats in the Legislature," Vos said. "As much as they complain about gerrymandering and all things that I think are made up issues for their failed agenda, I think we won a fair and square election."
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You see? They just want the maps to represent "the majority of the state" – even though the majority of the state voted for Democrats.
Oh, but that's only because of Milwaukee and Madison, you see. If you just remove them from the equation, then Republicans have a majority – so let's pretend we did that! And then the maps are fine! It's just two cities, after all ... two cities that contain one seventh of the population of the state, but that's a trivial number of people to ignore given that they're all bunched into one place, which everyone knows ought to reduce their voting power. Especially when that one place is full of Democrats.
This is a constant refrain we hear from Republicans – that Democrats don't deserve to be counted in full because they aren't spread out enough. It just isn't fair. Look at all those sparsely populated counties painted red – it really looks like they should have more! The Democrats may have more people, but they've got more dirt, and that should count for something. In fact, it should count for everything. Can dirt vote? Well it should, and that's why they have to gerrymander, to make sure Republican dirt isn't subjugated to Democratic people.
Which, by the way, is the *only reason* Democrats win statewide races in Wisconsin. Y'know – having more people. Why should something like that determine who wins an election?