{"id":2221245,"date":"2024-04-15T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-election-administrator-given-extra-security-after-attacks-from-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T11:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:43:20","slug":"wisconsin-election-administrator-given-extra-security-after-attacks-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-election-administrator-given-extra-security-after-attacks-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin election official receives increased security following harassment by Trump"},"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%2Fwisconsin-election-administrator-given-extra-security-after-attacks-from-trump%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=2221245&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--><p>Meagan Wolfe, the Wisconsin Elections Commission \u200cAdministrator, received \u200dincreased security due \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-announces-he-will-sue-those-who-arrested-him-and-put-him-in-front-of-a-kangaroo-court\/\" title=\"Roger Stone Announces He Will Sue Those Who Arrested Him and Put Him In Front of a Kangaroo Court\">false accusations<\/a> by former President\u200d Donald Trump. Trump wrongly alleged that Wolfe manipulated \u2062the Wisconsin \u2064election to benefit Joe Biden, who won the\u200c state by \u200da narrow margin in 2020. Governor Tony \u200dEvers supported Wolfe amidst Trump&#8217;s attacks, expressing confidence in her integrity and leadership. Trump has pressured Wisconsin Republicans to remove Wolfe from her position.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-handling-of-classified-docs-has-bigger-leakage-risk-than-trumps\/\" title=\"Biden's Handling of Classified Docs Has Bigger \"Leakage Risk\" Than Trump's\">granted additional security<\/a> following verbal false claims about her from former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has publicly falsely accused Wolfe of rigging the election in the battleground state of Wisconsin in favor of President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>. In 2020, Biden won Wisconsin by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/2020-election\/results\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>narrow<\/a> 0.63-point margin of 20,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, I see firsthand evidence that our elections are run accurately and with integrity at the state level and by our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">local election officials<\/a>, who do an incredible job registering voters, issuing ballots, and managing the voter rolls in each of our state\u2019s 1,850 cities, towns, and villages,\u201d Wolfe said in a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/04\/15\/wisconsin-elections-chief-wolfe-gets-extra-security-as-trump-attacks\/73297004007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many times I wish I could respond more directly to defend myself, my staff, Wisconsin\u2019s local election officials, and the upstanding way in which we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-well-funded-cabal-of-powerful-people-saved-democracy\/\" title=\"TIME: \u2018Well-Funded Cabal Of Powerful People\u2019 Saved Democracy\">administer elections<\/a> in this state,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cHowever, my role is nonpartisan, and my focus is on impartially administering the upcoming elections.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) approved additional security for Wolfe ahead of the November general election to ensure Wolfe can safely perform the duties of her job. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s most recent comments about Administrator Wolfe are vile and disturbing. He\u2019s also wrong. Administrator Wolfe serves with integrity, she is trusted and respected by her colleagues both in Wisconsin and beyond, and I continue to have full confidence in her leadership,\u201d Evers said. \u201cI can\u2019t say the same about Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pressured top Republicans in Wisconsin to remove her from her position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeagan Wolfe will try to steal another election,\u201d Trump said in an interview last week with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/04\/09\/trump-targets-wolfe-vos-and-priebus-in-wisconsin-radio-interview\/73259948007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>WTAQ<\/a>. \u201cRobin Vos [Wisconsin assembly leader] should terminate Meagan Wolfe, and they should put somebody in who\u2019s going to be fair, not for the Republicans \u2014 just fair. And if they do that, we\u2019re going to win the election by a lot in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve given out big ship contracts \u2026 a lot of big contracts that nobody else would have given to Wisconsin,\u201d he said. \u201cI gave, and it never made sense to me. Now, we find out why. No, she should be gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin Elections Commission was <a href=\"https:\/\/elections.wi.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>created<\/a> in 2016 as a bipartisan regulatory agency to enforce election laws in the state. Wolfe is likely the first person in this position to receive additional security. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s become more of an issue in recent years for similar election officials across the country,\u201d said Michael Haas, the first administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. \u201cIt was certainly not an issue when I was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Election officials and experts warn the falsehoods spread by Trump are harmful. In Wisconsin, the results of the 2020 election were confirmed by a multitude of agencies, including judges, state audits, Trump-financed recounts, a Republican-led review, and a study from a conservative law firm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the most important voice in one of the major parties, Trump has a unique ability to undermine public confidence through his rhetoric, even though it is often detached from facts about the situation,\u201d said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfidence in election systems is necessary for a democracy to function in a healthy fashion,\u201d Burden continued. \u201cFalse allegations to serve a politician\u2019s self-interest might help him energize some supporters, but it harms the integrity of the electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe receives extra security due to false accusations from ex-President Donald Trump. Trump falsely claimed Wolfe rigged the election for Joe Biden in battleground Wisconsin. Biden clinched Wisconsin by a slim 0.63-point margin in 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2221246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102033021080-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24102033021080-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}