Some of the Wisconsin Republican delegation returned to the state this week, expecting a hero’s welcome. They might have forgotten what happened when Scott Walker and the GOP tried to ram tyranny down our throats in 2011 only to be met by hundreds of thousands of protesters, but this week was a good reminder.
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald held a town hall meeting in West Bend in one of the deepest red parts of the state. He was ready to boast about what President Elmo and First Concubine Felonia accomplished in their first month but instead got a reality check when his constituents started booing long and hard, especially when he tried to pass off the bullshit about the supposed waste and fraud that was allegedly found. That was a pretty interesting take for a guy who admitted that he had never been briefed about DOGE to begin with.
Fitzgerald had a walk in the park compared to the time Rep. Glenn Grothman had. Grothman had a crowd that was much larger and much angrier than Fitzgerald had to face. The crowd was so large that dozens of people were turned away at the door and they were so angry about the overreach and the fascism that they stayed in the parking lot just to boo Grothman coming and going:
Grothman didn’t do himself any favors when he did talk, actually getting giddy when he falsely claimed they ended birthright citizenship:
