Dave Stewart on Nostr: The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly late last week threatened impeachment ...
The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly late last week threatened impeachment proceedings against liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn't recuse herself from cases involving Wisconsin's legislative maps, which GOP lawmakers have aggressively gerrymandered to give themselves what experts say is an illegal electoral advantage.
Help me understand how people who love democracy could vote for these pricks.
#Wisconsin
#gerrymandering
#gop
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