Scott Fitzgerald Has Very Bad Week
First he violates congressional oath, then says he doesn’t know if Trump to blame for Capitol takeover. By James Rowen - Jan 17th, 2021 02:36 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Scott Fitzgerald. Emily Hamer/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Wisconsin’s newest Republican U.S. Representative
Scott Fitzgeraldmay have set the record with the fastest violation of a Member of Congress’s swearing-in-oath.
It was after the rioters had occupied and trashed the Capitol, injured scores of police officers, endangered all members of Congress and left dead bodies behind that Fitzgerald voted to give
Donald Trump and the rioters what they wanted, as Wisconsin Public Radio reported:
Addressing pandemic, broadband access, redistricting and “broken” unemployment system. //end headline wrapper ?>Gov. Tony Evers. File photo by Emily Hamer/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Gov.
Tony Evers paused his 2021 State of the State speech to ask everyone who tuned in to observe a moment of silent remembrance for the more than 5,000 Wisconsinites who have died from COVID-19 over the past year.
“When I delivered my last State of the State address, no one could have predicted the rest of the year would go quite like it did,” said Evers. “What we now know about 2020 is that it was among the most unrelenting years many of us have ever experienced.”
Proud of his administration’s response to COVID-19, “we turned that around a little bit.” //end headline wrapper ?>Gov. Tony Evers. File photo by Emily Hamer / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.
Gov.
Tony Evers began 2020 talking about how to spend a budget surplus and preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
By the end of the year, the first-term governor had overseen a sweeping government response to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, mobilized the National Guard following destructive protests in Madison and Kenosha, and fought repeated Republican lawsuits seeking to overturn President-elect
As 2021 begins, Evers will have to negotiate a new budget with Republican lawmakers, and if he decides to seek a second term lay the foundation for his reelection campaign.