The next visitor put up was written for Every day Kos by Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Occasion of Wisconsin. This put up doesn’t characterize an official endorsement by Every day Kos.
This week, Wisconsin’s Supreme Courtroom election beat the file—a file set simply two years in the past in Wisconsin. It’s now the most costly judicial election in American historical past.
On one aspect is Brad Schimel—now generally known as “Elon Schimel” due to Elon Musk’s eight-figure funding in placing him on the court docket. 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 aspect is Choose Susan Crawford, the form of common sense choose any defendant would need behind the bench.
On Wednesday night time, Schimel and Crawford confronted off for the state Supreme Courtroom’s one debate. Try among the highlights (or can watch the complete debate right here).
Schimel repeatedly defended the state’s 1849 abortion ban as “valid.”
Requested whether or not the case wherein the Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom declined Trump’s try and 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 troublesome to get your message out,” he stated—a veiled thank-you to the richest man on the planet, who occurs to be shredding the Social Safety Administration, the Veterans Administration, and our Structure, all whereas his personal court docket case affecting his backside line strikes by means of the Wisconsin court docket system.
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Crawford, in the meantime, reminded us why she’s precisely the fitting individual to serve on the Supreme Courtroom: clear solutions, Wisconsin values, and nice care to clarify that she wouldn’t prejudge circumstances that 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 had been supporting earlier than the primary query was requested. To win this election, it’s on all of us to succeed in the a whole lot of hundreds of dedicated Democrats—and mates of freedom and democracy—who didn’t watch it.
And Musk’s tens of millions are standing in the way in which.
Musk’s technique is two-fold. First, spend tens of millions of {dollars}, by means of numerous teams and PACs he’s funding, on relentless advertisements making an attempt to suppress assist for Crawford by mendacity about her file 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 considered one of 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, that may in truth 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 group 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 legislation, 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 aspect may have extra vitality on this race or who will finally vote. However in particular elections to date this 12 months, margins have swung towards Democrats by a mean 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 vitality, 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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