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Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
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“I think we all should want to restore the confidence in our election system,” said Sen. Ron Johnson as he kicked off his last hearing as chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday. In fact, the hearing aimed to do just the opposite. Its purpose “examining irregularities in the 2020 election” was to sow doubt and undermine confidence in the election.
“Even though courts have handed down decisions, and the Electoral College has awarded Joe Biden 306 electoral votes, a large percentage of the American public does not believe the November election results are legitimate,” Johnson lamented. “This is not a sustainable state of affairs in our democratic republic.”
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About two hours into a joint legislative hearing Friday, state Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said he had enough of the âshamâ gathering called by Republican lawmakers to investigate the Nov. 3 election.
âMaybe that will speed things up a bit,â joked Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who oversaw the daylong hearing before two legislative elections committees.
The terse exchange was repeated several times until all five of the Democratic lawmakers walked or logged out of the hearing, which some had attended by video.
Fridayâs event at the Wisconsin State Capitol was the latest in a series of hearings held by Republican lawmakers in swing states aimed at challenging President-elect Joe Bidenâs win over President Donald Trump. A partial recount called by Trumpâs campaign in heavily Democratic Milwaukee and Dane counties affirmed Bidenâs 20,600-vote victory in Wis
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Biden s win, rejects Trump lawsuit Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Democrat Joe Biden s Wisconsin win Monday, handing President Donald Trump a defeat less than an hour before the Electoral College was to meet.
The 4-3 ruling was the latest in a string of dozens of losses for the president across the country as Republicans pursue last-gasp efforts to give Trump a second term.
In the majority, conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn joined the court s three liberals to confirm Biden s win. They found one of Trump s arguments was without merit and the others were brought far too late.
Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Trump campaign effort to toss ballots just before electors meet By Adam Brewster Electoral College affirms Biden s victory
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Trump s challenge to the state s recount, which found President-elect Joe Biden won Wisconsin by more than 20,600 votes.
It was the latest legal loss for Mr. Trump in his effort to overturn election results in the key battleground state. The court s decision came down an hour before Wisconsin s electors were slated to cast the state s 10 Electoral College votes for Mr. Biden.
In their challenge to the recount, Mr. Trump s lawyers tried to throw out more than 220,000 absentee ballots that it claimed had been illegally cast by voters in Dane and Milwaukee counties. These ballots included the following: those cast during early in-person absentee voting which the Trump campaign claimed lacked proper written applications; ballots cast by people who imp