Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin described the sedition caucus as including “those who signed the brief supporting the lawsuit that would disenfranchise millions of Americans; who raised baseless objections to Arizona or Pennsylvania’s Electoral College votes; or who objected to impeaching President Trump.”
“The Sedition Caucus behaved in utterly irresponsible ways inconsistent with their oaths,” Rubin wrote.
But the sedition caucus - which includes Wisconsin’s U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Reps. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany - is not just a congressional phenomenon.
The Wisconsin Legislature has a sedition caucus. Fifteen Wisconsin legislators signed a Jan. 5 letter calling on Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election results. The letter amplified the lies and conspiracy theories that were advanced by Trump and the rioters he incited as they sought to block the certification of Electoral College votes from states such as
Wisconsin congressman not sure Trump to blame for Capitol riot
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Scott Fitzgerald
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wisconsin s newest member of Congress, Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, said Thursday he didn t know if President Donald Trump incited the riot last week at the U.S. Capitol and wants a full investigation to find out what motivated the mob. I don’t think we know yet, Fitzgerald said when asked at a virtual WisPolitics.com and Milwaukee Press Club event if Trump was to blame. There has to be more to this entire episode and it needs to be investigated top to bottom to see who was involved and exactly what motivated them to get to where we were, which was a very, very frightening day.
These 15 state legislators asked Pence not to certify election results wisconsinexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wisconsinexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Also on Thursday, Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz condemned the actions of 15 state Republicans who signed a letter to Vice President Mike Pence seeking to halt the count of