{"id":2173982,"date":"2024-02-12T09:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-wisconsins-republican-speaker-killing-efforts-to-impeach-suspect-elections-chief\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:05:21","slug":"is-wisconsins-republican-speaker-killing-efforts-to-impeach-suspect-elections-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-wisconsins-republican-speaker-killing-efforts-to-impeach-suspect-elections-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Wisconsin&#8217;s GOP Speaker blocking impeachment of suspect elections chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-wisconsins-republican-speaker-killing-efforts-to-impeach-suspect-elections-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2173982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Battle for Election Integrity<\/h2>\n<p>Some\u2062 of the\u2062 most effective warriors in the war on \u200delection integrity are card-carrying members of\u2064 the \u2062Grand Old\u2063 Party.<\/p>\n<p>In Wisconsin, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, according to\u200c his conservative critics, has ground to a halt a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2023\/related\/proposals\/ar18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resolution<\/a> that aims\u200b to impeach controversial Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) Administrator\u2063 Meagan Wolfe. The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-ag-rejects-secretary-of-states-call-for-probe-of-gop-led-maricopa-county-vote-audit\/\" title=\"Arizona AG Rejects Secretary of State\u2019s Call for Probe of GOP-Led Maricopa County Vote Audit\">top election official<\/a>, who is accused of committing a raft of election integrity transgressions in her turbulent tenure, has been effectively\u2062 squatting in the\u2062 post\u200c since the Republican-controlled state Senate voted to boot her last fall \u2014 albeit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/wisconsin-republicans-admit-vote-to-oust-wolfe-had-no-legal-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">symbolically.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1974067000\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d931f788fc021f6fb0808c1dff753f62 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d931f788fc021f6fb0808c1dff753f62\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s a big deal. Wolfe isn\u2019t just Wisconsin\u2019s problem. As it stands, she is the chief administrator of elections in the battleground Badger State, one of a \u200bhandful \u200dof swing states that enjoyed outsized\u200d power \u2064in deciding\u2063 the 2020 election \u2014 and is poised to do so again in November.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Janel\u200d Brandtjen, a Milwaukee-area Republican who has suffered \u200bVos\u2019 slings and arrows for being a thorn in the speaker\u2019s side on election \u200cintegrity, claims the man some conservatives derisively call \u201cBoss Vos\u201d is\u2063 slow-walking <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2023\/related\/proposals\/ar18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assembly Resolution 18 <\/a>to its ultimate demise. The Assembly is expected to wrap up floor\u2064 business by \u2063the end of the month, per the usual truncated election-year schedule.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s ample evidence to \u2063suggest as much. The speaker\u2019s religiously obedient No. 2, Majority Leader Tyler August, claimed last\u2064 month there\u2019s just not \u200cenough\u200d support from rank-and-file Republicans to move the proposal out of committee, let alone to pass\u200b it in an Assembly controlled by a near supermajority of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>August snidely dismissed the resolution\u200c to open up\u200b the impeachment process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f65ca94ee12d6bef07940abe860abfa3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f65ca94ee12d6bef07940abe860abfa3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur\u200d caucus is\u200d focused on real things, not grifting, and not\u200d making a big \u2062show for \u2062the cameras. And that\u2019s all she\u2019s interested in doing,\u201d he\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2024\/august-rips-brandtjen-for-grifting-with-wolfe-recall-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> of Brandtjen.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the rotund but\u200c politically flexible\u2064 majority leader has been a vehement critic of Wolfe and the commission she \u2064advises. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rep.august\/photos\/a.220279761338546\/4885316771501465\/?paipv=0&#038;eav=AfZGDz2_lgNnxyqHKrcUvDLWdWuBDp1VnprHITZnbqxTJaNGvEndV4ULTGs7qm5Ggps&#038;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">October\u2064 2021<\/a>, after \u2063the Racine County Sheriff announced staff at a southeast Wisconsin nursing home \u201cmay \u2064have illegally voted on \u2063behalf\u201d of eight cognitively impaired \u2063residents who were legally barred from voting, August called WEC\u2062 a \u201crogue agency.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political Liability<\/h2>\n<p>But election integrity has \u200dbecome a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-nominee-ignored-sexual-assault-allegations-lawsuit-charges\/\" title=\"Biden Education Nominee Ignored Sexual Assault Allegations, Lawsuit Charges\">double-edged sword<\/a> for establishment \u2064Republicans \u200cin particular. It\u2019s still immensely important to grassroots conservatives, but going after the\u200b Madison swamp doesn\u2019t seem to pay the bills for Vos and \u2063crew. And Vos, by all accounts, is \u2062a master of reward and punishment with \u2062campaign funds.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker took a lot of heat from \u2063the\u200c usual suspects on\u200c the left and their public relations agents in the accomplice media\u200c after\u2062 he\u2063 tapped former \u200cWisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to investigate the 2020 elections. Gableman, a\u200b conservative firebrand long loathed by the left, was eviscerated in the press \u200cfrom day \u2062one\u200d of the investigation. Democrats and their allies have done everything in \u2014\u2063 and \u2064outside\u2062 \u2014 their power to\u2063 silence criticism of\u2063 the \u200celection \u2064that brought \u200cthem a sweeping victory in the House, the Senate, and the presidency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-06f813e325906343b4574be3c6a18049 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-06f813e325906343b4574be3c6a18049\"><\/div>\n<p>Looking to distance himself from what he clearly saw as a political \u2064liability, Vos ultimately\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/12\/politics\/robin-vos-fires-michael-gableman-2020-voting-probe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sacked Gableman.<\/a> \u200bThe corporate media stories jubilantly declared \u2062that the 13-month, taxpayer-funded probe found no evidence of voter fraud, while shrugging off the suspect decisions by Wolfe, her staff, and the elections commission.<\/p>\n<p>In late\u200c 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/robin-vos-removes-janel-brandtjen-from-leading-assembly-elections-committee\/article_1a16bdc2-f0bc-5258-b376-82bf19678a95.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vos removed Brandtjen<\/a> from the elections committee \u2062she chaired. After months of public feuding, Vos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkow.com\/news\/vos-on-decision-to-demote-brandtjen-shes-unqualified-to-have-the-job\/article_331da9c6-870f-11ed-a458-47d3ab4b909d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the outspoken lawmaker was \u201cunqualified to have the job any longer.\u201d\u2064 He vilified her as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/captimes.com\/news\/government\/vos-brandtjen-is-sole-bad-actor-in-gop-caucus\/article_cf531785-5d8f-5397-8b13-c02f722f9097.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one \u200cbad actor\u201d<\/a> out of the Assembly\u2019s 64-member Republican caucus, which <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-milwaukee-special-elections-0f30ad0b48f46cde97ea76def3b5a5ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ousted Brandtjen<\/a> in November 2022. She was labeled an \u2063\u201celection denier\u201d who promoted \u201cmisinformation\u201d by the left and some of the more weak-kneed members of her \u2062own party, despite her exhaustive \u200defforts in bringing alarming information to light.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impeachment Vote \u2018Unlikely\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly,\u200b the reprisals came after Brandtjen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/11\/16\/wisconsin-assembly-gop-boots-election-denier-from-caucus-meetings\/69654248007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaigned for\u2063 the boss\u2019s opponent<\/a> Adam Steen in a heated 2022\u2062 primary and general election.\u200b Former President Donald Trump endorsed Steen after Vos rejected \u200dTrump\u2019s call to decertify Wisconsin\u2019s 2020 election results following the state Supreme\u2064 Court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/wire\/3549988-wisconsin-supreme-court-disallows-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finding<\/a> that the use of ballot drop boxes \u200cviolated state election\u200d law. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/trump-knocks-vos-as-rino-endorses-his-primary-opponent\/\">called<\/a> Vos a RINO\u200b \u2014 a Republican in name only \u200d\u2014 and\u200d lambasted the speaker for\u200c what the former president \u2062saw as Vos\u2019 tepid response to election malfeasance.<\/p>\n<p>Vos squeaked out a \u200dnarrow\u200b victory in\u200c the primary against his unknown opponent, but went \u2063on to trounce Steen\u2019s write-in campaign in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>So with \u2064all that bad blood and \u200bpolitical baggage, the initiative to impeach the recalcitrant state \u2064elections chief \u2014 initially introduced in November \u2014 has indeed seemed to stall. \u200cVos did move the resolution to committee,\u2063 two days <a href=\"https:\/\/wisconsinexaminer.com\/brief\/vos-advances-wolfe-impeachment-resolution-two-days-after-start-of-attack-ads-targeting-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after<\/a> conservative election integrity activists hit\u200d the airwaves \u200dwith a TV \u200bad demanding the\u200d speaker act.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. \u2064David Steffen, a Green Bay Republican who chairs the committee that \u200cholds the resolution, told The Federalist he could\u2064 not comment\u200d on the proposal\u2019s status. He claimed Brandtjen \u2063was \u201ctaking point\u201d\u200c on the resolution. Steffen would not comment on whether leadership is trying to kill the impeachment\u200c drive. He has signed\u200c on as a cosponsor of the resolution and could recommend it \u2063be voted on.<\/p>\n<p>Vos has <a href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/vos-downplays-pressure-to-impeach-wisconsin-elections-administrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> an impeachment vote was \u201cunlikely\u201d because Republicans were \u201cnowhere near\u200b a consensus.\u201d He has also insisted that\u200c the Assembly\u2019s hands are tied\u200d by ongoing litigation. A leftist \u2064Madison judge\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/dane-county-judge-blocks-legislators-from-removing-wolfe-during-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">temporary injunction<\/a> in October blocked\u2062 senators from \u2063firing \u2063Wolfe while a legal battle\u200d plays out in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she should be replaced, but we now have to\u2062 wait for the \u200bcourt process to work,\u201d Vos \u200btold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2023\/vos-moves-wolfe-impeachment-resolution-to-committee-on-heels-of-pressure-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wispolitics<\/a> \u200bin early November.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker\u200d did not return The\u2063 Federalist\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons to\u2064 Impeach<\/h2>\n<p>There is support \u2064for Wolfe\u2019s impeachment, obviously in \u200cthe Senate and among Brandtjen\u2019s colleagues \u2064in the Assembly. But to date, just\u2064 five other Republicans have signed on to the resolution that includes 15 articles spelling out \u201callegations of maladministration in office and potential violations \u2063of election laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution claims Wolfe advised the six-member commission on a policy allowing election clerks to \u2062\u201ccure\u201d or correct missing information and errors \u200con <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">absentee ballot envelopes<\/a>. A \u2064Waukesha County <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-lawsuits-voting-absentee-22ce95ea6172fa6e9a085dd5ca5fdacf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">circuit \u2063court<\/a> declared the practice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-attorney-phil-kline-and-it-expert-j-r-carlson-presser-wednesday-exposing-mark-zuckerbergs-dark-money-cash-for-chaos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Attorney Phil Kline and IT Expert J.R. Carlson Presser Wednesday Exposing Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Dark Money Cash for Chaos\">violated state election law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The accomplice media\u200c has sprung to Wolfe\u2019s defense, falsely asserting that the election \u200badministrator \u2062merely communicates the \u200dpolicy of the commission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-absentee-ballot-drop-boxes-are-illegal\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes Are Illegal\">local election clerks<\/a>. Wolfe and her\u2064 team of \u200dunelected bureaucrats advise the politically even commission \u2014 staffed by three Democrats and three Republicans \u2014 on\u200c election law\u200b and policy and \u200cthe go-along commission often signs off on that guidance.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution alleges Wolfe \u2064failed to secure Wisconsinites\u2019\u200b \u201cconfidential and \u2063personal information as mandated by \u2063state statutes,\u201d that she guided \u200cthe commission in\u2064 ignoring the requirement to dispatch special \u200cvoting deputies to nursing homes \u2064under the cover of\u200c Covid,\u200c and neglected the \u201csafeguarding\u201d of\u2062 the votes of military voters.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfe, who has now far\u2063 exceeded her original four-year term, has called\u2062 the\u2063 drive to remove her <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2021\/11\/01\/wec-administrator-wolfe-refuses-to-resign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cbaseless\u201d<\/a> \u2063and steeped in \u201cpartisan politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brandtjen said the \u2063violations\u2063 of law continue unchecked under Wolfe\u2019s dubious leadership.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Merely \u2018Symbolic\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The impeachment resolution followed\u2062 Senate President Chris \u200dKapenga\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wisconsin-legislature-elections-meagan-wolfe-impeachment-7c2ac388d47e03e40d019b14266cf913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">call<\/a> \u2064 in early \u2062October for the Assembly to impeach Wolfe. In a vote of no confidence in September, the \u200dSenate\u2019s 22 Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/14\/politics\/wisconsin-elections-dispute-meagan-wolfe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted<\/a> to hand the \u200dstate elections administrator \u200dher \u2062walking papers. Wisconsin Democrat Attorney General Josh Kaul \u200cand the legislature\u2019s attorneys claimed the Senate \u201cdid \u200cnot \u2062have the authority to do so,\u201d even though\u200b the task is a clear constitutional duty of the upper house. The Elections Commission had previously voted 3-0 \u200c(all Republicans) to send Wolfe\u2019s reconfirmation to the Senate, \u2064but the three Democrats refused to vote, putting into question the legitimacy of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican leadership ultimately conceded \u200dthat their\u2063 vote \u200dwas merely \u201csymbolic.\u201d The commission\u2019s disputed vote\u2062 is the subject of a legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>But the Assembly clearly \u200chas the\u200b power to impeach, as Kapenga pointed out in October. The Republican senator did not return The Federalist\u2019s request for \u2062comment.<\/p>\n<p>Brandtjen issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/assembly\/22\/brandtjen\/media\/vthjc5av\/wolfe-must-go.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> \u200dlate last week \u200dsaying \u201cWolfe \u200dmust go.\u201d The Assembly is \u200dscheduled\u2064 to be on the \u2062floor again Tuesday, and Assembly rules allow a \u2064resolution to be\u2064 brought to the floor for a\u200c vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/effort-to-force-vote-on-impeaching-elections-chief-goes-nowhere-in-wisconsin-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silenced\u200d last month,<\/a> Brandtjen said she will \u201conce again try to get a floor vote\u200c on AR 18 to start an impeachment investigation\u201d into Wolfe.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker said it doesn\u2019t have to be her resolution, but a proposal\u2062 to initiate the \u200dimpeachment process should\u2062 be given\u2064 an up or down vote. Brandtjen \u2064said there\u2019s too \u2064much at stake to allow Wolfe to continue to lead Wisconsin\u2019s \u200delection administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt puts the republic and the Wisconsin voting public in peril by the Legislature shirking its\u2063 responsibility,\u201d \u2064she said. \u201cFor us not to use the impeachment process guarantees \u2064that Meagan Wolfe \u200bhas a lifetime appointment \u200ceven as her background of questionable administration puts our elections in question in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ddffd9b2881a1501f193bae22b4601e0 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ddffd9b2881a1501f193bae22b4601e0\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What allegations have been made against Meagan Wolfe, the \u2063Wisconsin Elections Commission\u2063 (WEC) Administrator,\u2063 regarding election\u200c integrity transgressions?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Battle for Election Integrity<\/p>\n<p>In the ongoing battle\u2062 for election integrity, some of the most influential fighters come from the Grand Old\u200c Party (GOP). One such warrior \u200bis Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from Wisconsin, who has been accused by conservative critics of\u200b stalling a resolution to impeach the controversial Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) Administrator, Meagan Wolfe. Wolfe, who has faced allegations of election \u200dintegrity transgressions \u200dduring \u200dher tenure, continues to hold \u200bher position despite being voted\u200d out \u200bby the Republican-controlled state \u200dSenate last fall.<\/p>\n<p>This issue is\u2063 not limited to Wisconsin alone. As the chief \u200dadministrator of elections in a battleground state like Wisconsin, Wolfe&#8217;s actions have far-reaching implications, especially as the state is once again poised to play \u200ca significant\u2062 role in the upcoming\u2063 November elections.<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Speaker \u2063Vos has been\u200b at the center of \u200cthis controversy, \u200cwith State Rep. \u200dJanel Brandtjen,\u2064 another \u200dRepublican, accusing him of deliberately prolonging the resolution&#8217;s progress. Despite overwhelming\u200d evidence against Wolfe, Majority \u200dLeader Tyler August has stated that there is insufficient support from rank-and-file Republicans to move the proposal forward, even\u2064 in an Assembly controlled by \u2064a Republican supermajority.<\/p>\n<p>This reluctance to take decisive\u200d action against election integrity\u2063 issues has become a political liability for establishment Republicans.\u200c While grassroots conservatives remain passionate about the \u200bissue, it is not proving to be financially beneficial for some party leaders like Vos. When\u2062 he appointed\u200b former \u2064Wisconsin Supreme\u2064 Court Justice Michael Gableman to \u200cinvestigate the 2020 \u2064elections, \u200dVos faced significant backlash from the left and their media\u2062 allies. Eventually,\u2064 Vos removed Gableman from\u2063 the investigation. The media celebrated this decision as proof\u2062 that there was no evidence\u200b of voter fraud, conveniently overlooking Wolfe and the\u200b commission&#8217;s\u200c questionable \u200bdecisions.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Vos retaliated against \u200bdissent within his party by removing Brandtjen from the elections committee. Despite her tireless \u200cefforts in exposing election irregularities, Brandtjen was labeled an &#8220;election denier&#8221; by the left and \u200deven criticized by members of her own party.\u200c This tension arose after Brandtjen campaigned against Vos \u200din \u2064the primary and general elections and\u200b had endorsed by former \u2063President Donald \u2064Trump.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200dthis backdrop of political\u2063 animosity, the initiative \u2062to\u200b impeach Wolfe has stalled.\u200c Although it was introduced in November, the resolution has only\u200c garnered support from\u2062 five other \u2062Republicans. The\u200d resolution outlines alleged\u2063 maladministration in office and potential violations of election \u2063laws. \u2063For example, it claims \u200cthat Wolfe advised the commission on \u200ca policy that violated state election law and failed to secure Wisconsinites&#8217; confidential information. However, \u2064the\u200b accomplice \u2063media has defended Wolfe, arguing that she merely communicates the commission&#8217;s\u200c policy \u2063to local election clerks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the evidence against Wolfe, Vos \u200dhas made it clear that an impeachment vote is \u2062unlikely due to the lack of consensus within the Republican ranks and ongoing litigation. A\u2062 temporary injunction from a Madison judge in October\u200b blocked senators \u200bfrom firing \u200bWolfe while a legal battle unfolds in court.<\/p>\n<p>While the battle \u2063for election integrity wages\u200c on,\u2062 Vos \u2064and other establishment Republicans face the challenge of balancing the demands of\u2064 grassroots conservatives with their\u200b political \u200dconsiderations. Wolfe&#8217;s continued presence\u2064 as Wisconsin&#8217;s chief election official raises concerns about the\u200b state&#8217;s ability to ensure fair and secure elections. The fate of the impeachment\u200c resolution remains uncertain, leaving voters to question the commitment of their elected officials to uphold election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the battle\u2063 for election integrity in Wisconsin\u200d and \u200cacross the country highlights the challenges faced by Republicans in\u2063 addressing these issues. The\u200c ongoing \u200bstruggle \u2064to hold\u200b individuals like Meagan Wolfe accountable raises\u200b questions about the commitment of party\u2063 leaders to prioritize election integrity \u200bover their\u2064 political considerations. The outcome of this battle will\u200d have far-reaching implications for the upcoming elections and the future of democracy in \u2062the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some GOP members, like Wisconsin&#8217;s Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, are powerful fighters in the battle for election integrity. 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