Posted on 08/30/2022 2:58:29 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, logged more than 10 times as many hours of security than his predecessor, an issue that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is raising in the hotly contested race.
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Barnes’ increased use of security was an issue early in his term as lieutenant governor, and now Johnson is raising it again in the context of his reelection campaign. Alec Zimmerman, Johnson’s campaign spokesperson, called the rising costs “outrageous and unprecedented.”
He said it is hypocritical for the lieutenant governor “to use the State Patrol as his own Uber service,” when he favors defunding police agencies. Barnes has said he does not favor defunding the police, but he is backed by half a dozen groups that do. And on Tuesday, he released a television ad saying claims that he wants to defund the police and abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are untrue.
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Since taking office in January 2019, Barnes has received security protection at official events and also during campaign and personal activities. His predecessor, Republican Rebecca Kleefisch, declined security while performing personal tasks.
For example, the state provided 54 hours of security to Barnes at a cost of nearly $2,300 in state salaries over three days in October 2021 when he ran in the Chicago Marathon, the Journal Sentinel reported. This figure doesn’t include other expenses for the security detail, such as lodging or mileage.
State Sen. Lena Taylor, who is Black, said she believes Barnes travels more than Kleefisch did in that role. The political atmosphere is now much more divisive, Taylor said, pointing to the attempted kidnapping of the Michigan governor, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and negative campaign ads portraying Barnes as a political radical.
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"Overall, the cost of providing security to Barnes during roughly his first three years in office came to $608,528 for a total of 14,370 hours of work."
Slick Willie used the Arkansas State Police as his procurement service!
It’s sad but we’ll have to go low to defeat this fella. Wisconsin is a blue state, one that goes for the flash. Dominated by Milwaukee and Madison.
The guy’s first name is Mandella. That alone should tell you something.
A vote for Barnes should be an automatic FAIL in a Wisconsin voter intelligence test . . .
No, his name is actually ‘Jesse.’
He’s a grifter card-carrying Commie in the same mold as Bernie. Not sure he wants to actually win this; he wants the big pile of cash at the end.
He’s our Beto O’Rourke.
Ron Johnson should defeat him. He defeated our last Socialist Senator, Russ Feingold, who everyone thought would be entrenched for life.
Jesse is popular in Dane & Milwaukee Counties with the ‘Gibmedat’ crowd. The rest of the state is normal.
If it’s close due to cheating, Johnson WILL contest it.
Idiot Mandela has to be driven around by Security - since he lost his drivers license and for some reason cannot get a new or replacement license.
“State Sen. Lena Taylor, who is Black, said she believes Barnes travels more than Kleefisch did in that role. The political atmosphere is now much more divisive, Taylor said, pointing to the attempted kidnapping of the Michigan governor, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and negative campaign ads portraying Barnes as a political radical.”
First off, Rebecca traveled the state talking to businesses (you know...actually WORKING)
Second....anyone remember the political climate during Act 10? Of course Taylor wouldn’t. She was not on the receiving end of the stalking and death threats that Republicans endured. 🙄🙄🙄
Funny...looking for some videos from that time and all I can see are recent articles within the past few days of Dems saying
“There is absolutely no comparison between Act 10 violence and the Capitol riots”
But no video to prove it. They are attempting to change history because Mandela is feeling the heat about this
We are not a blue state.
Most of the state is red. We have two huge infections of Madistan and Milwaukee that get aided and abetted by Chicago/IL socialists around elections.
Ok secret. You have work to do. Go low and rub it in. We need a dirty victory and Wisconsin has a lot of Polaks.
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