More Backpedaling from WI Republicans Who 'Don't Know' Who Won in 2020 LeMahieu, Kleefish,

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Feb 22, 2022, 3:16 PM (21 hours ago)

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More Backpedaling from WI Republicans Who 'Don't Know' Who Won in 2020

The majority leader of the state Senate is the latest leading Republican in Wisconsin refusing to publicly acknowledge the results of a free, fair, and repeatedly verified 2020 presidential election—the latest sign of disarray in a major political party that is trying to placate a faction willing to undermine public confidence in elections and US democracy.

Sen. Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) was asked directly on WKOW-TV's Capital City Sunday if President Joe Biden won legitimately in Wisconsin. "We don't know," he said. "There was obviously a lot of concerns with how those votes were cast."

Concerns are not the same as facts, however, and the Wisconsin vote total has been repeatedly reaffirmed through recounts, lawsuits, and a Republican-ordered review by the Legislative Audit Bureau.

LeMahieu's apparent concern about upsetting supporters of defeated former President Donald Trump mirrors the positions of the three major Republican candidates for governor.

Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch has flip-flopped on Biden's victory, refusing to give a clear answer to the question last week, even though five months ago she said Biden had won Wisconsin. Kevin Nicholson also recently refused to definitively answer the question. State Assembly Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) is actively running on a platform of illegally decertifying Wisconsin's 2020 electoral votes.

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1. They also have to decertify their own elections.