During the last round of recall elections against those Republican State Senators who voted in lockstep with Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on collective bargaining rights for public employees, Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald made it clear he supported fake Democrats running in primaries against Democratic challengers to the incumbent Republican State Senators. At the time, it was estimated those fake Democrats running would cost tens of thousands of dollars in additional primary costs, additional costs Sen. Fitzgerald had no problem foisting upon taxpayers in order to try to delay the democratic process.
Now that Sen. Fitzgerald himself is the target of a recall election and faces what looks to be a tough fight, there seems little doubt we can expect him to defend his own seat even more vigorously than he defended the seats of his Republican colleagues, and in anticipation of dirty tricks by Sen. Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Progress sent out an email encouraging voters to sign a petition encouraging Sen. Fitzgerald and his three Republican colleagues facing recalls from running fake Democrats in order to delay the inevitable.
Last summer, the Senate Republicans ran fake Democrats in the recall elections to try and trick voters and steal the election. These fake Democrats forced local municipalities to hold meaningless primary elections and cost taxpayers millions of dollars. After the elections were over, some Republicans even claimed that running fake candidates helped some of their Republican incumbents win their elections!
We are now hearing rumors that the Republicans may run fake candidates again!
We can’t let the Republicans run fake Democrats again. These dirty tricks have no place in Wisconsin politics.
Be sure to sign Wisconsin Progress’ petition today to encourage Sen. Scott Fitzgerald to run an honest campaign free from shenanigans and hijinks,
Do you really think Fitzgerald gives a flip about a petition like this?
Checking the recall petitions should unmask any poseurs?
Anybody know if this Ward fellow running against Lazich signed her recall petition?