In
Wisconsin ‘the shit hits the fan’, zoals men dit in de VS ‘zo
mooi’ kan zeggen. De vertrekkende republikeinse senator Scott Walker
en zijn republikeinse deelregering willen de komende democratische
senator Tony Evers diverse bevoegdheden afpakken, zodat deze zo goed
als niets kan doen voor het grootste deel van de bevolking, die de
laatste jaren werden getroffen door maatregelen die hen allesbehalve
ten goede kwamen……. Sterker nog het maakt de senator afhankelijk
van de republikeinse wetgevende macht………. Ofwel Evers zal als een
‘lame duck’ moeten ‘opereren’, zoals men dit daar noemt.

Eigenlijk kan je dit een ‘coup’ noemen, immers de gekozen senator Evers wordt vleugellam gemaakt. Een coup die de VS verder richting een totale dictatuur drukt, al moet gezegd worden dat de VS in feite al fungeert als een politiestaat……..

Terecht
een grote demonstratie in de hoofdstad van Wisconsin, Madison ondanks
de hevige kou. De republikeinen dachten dan ook dat de kou de mensen
wel van de straat zou houden, niet dus!

Jammer
genoeg zijn de democraten niet veel beter, zie het doortrapte spel
van de democraten voor, tijdens en na de voorverkiezingen en de uiteindelijke presidentsverkiezingen in
2016, waarvan we heden ten dage nog de ellende zien en waardoor we
zelfs met censuur in westerse democratieën te maken hebben, terwijl censuur toch
echt in dictaturen thuis hoort……

Published
on Tuesday, December 04, 2018 by Common
Dreams

‘This
Is a Coup’: Protests Engulf Wisconsin Capitol as Outgoing Scott
Walker and GOP Move to Cripple Democratic Power

“They
are terrified that democracy is returning to Wisconsin. They are
terrified that 2018 is not the end of anything, but only the
beginning.”

by
Jake
Johnson, staff writer

“You
rig the system when you win and you rig the system when you lose,”
Wisconsin Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor said of the Republican
legislation. “How is it that you have more power when you lose?”
(Photo: Michelle Stocker/Capital Times)

As
Wisconsin Republicans voted to plow ahead with a sweeping package of
legislation that would allow outgoing Gov. Scott Walker to strip
significant authority from Democratic governor-elect Tony Evers,
outraged Wisconsinites flooded the state capitol Monday night to
denounce the GOP’s brazen attempt to subvert the will of the voters
and “undo democracy itself.”

“This
isn’t a bill. This is a coup,” Randy Bryce—aka the “Iron
Stache”—said before
Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance, which deliberated
and ultimately
voted along party lines to advance the
Republican plan, which seeks to transfer many
of Evers’ crucial executive powers to
the GOP-dominated legislature. A final vote on the plan is expected
as early as Tuesday.

Apparently
lacking the courage to speak on behalf of their legislation—or
fearing the immense grassroots backlash—the bill’s Republican
sponsors didn’t
bother to show up to the lame-duck hearing.

Unlike
some of their representatives, thousands of
Wisconsinites braved the freezing weather and turned out in force,
crowding the inside of the capitol building with chants of “Respect
our vote!” and rallying outside to denounce the Republicans’
last-ditch power grab.

“They
are terrified that democracy is returning to Wisconsin,” The
Nation‘s
John Nichols, a Wisconsin native, declared in a speech from the steps
of the capitol building. “They are terrified that 2018 is not
the end of anything, but only the beginning.”

For watching  a full video of the rally: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/04/coup-protests-engulf-wisconsin-capitol-outgoing-scott-walker-and-gop-move-cripple   

(de volgende korte video’s komen van YouTube, maar zijn niet te zien in het originele bericht op common Dreams)

Wisconsin GOP Makes Move To Strip Power From Incoming Governor:

WI Democrats, Republicans butting heads ahead of Lame-Duck Session this week:

“The
only way they can pull this off is if nobody finds out about it,”
Ben Wikler, another Wisconsin native and MoveOn.org’s Washington
director, said at Monday night’s demonstration. “I was texting
right before the show with some national reporters. They can’t
believe people are coming out in this weather once they hear how cold
it is. We’re proving them wrong right now. This is what democracy
looks like.”

Ben Wikler
✔@benwikler

Replying to @benwikler

I’d be tweeting more from this awesome rally if my thumb weren’t an icicle

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1:10 AM – Dec 4, 2018

Ben Wikler
✔@benwikler

Replying to @benwikler

Illuminators with a concise and on-point message tonight.

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2:24 AM – Dec 4, 2018

Rep. Melissa Sargent@RepSargent

Power to the people #WIpowergrab

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4:12 AM – Dec 4, 2018

If
approved by the state legislature, the Republican
plan would force
Evers to implement Wisconsin’s Trump-approved Medicaid work
requirements, stop him from banning guns in the state capitol, and
restrict both his ability and that of newly-elected Democratic
Attorney General Josh Kaul to execute the state’s legal affairs.

The
GOP’s sweeping legislative package would also severely restrict early
voting, limiting it to as little as two weeks before an election.

Walker,
who has just weeks left in office, told
reporters on
Monday that he would sign the legislative package if it reaches his
desk.

With
governor-elect Evers vowing to pursue legal action if the plan passes
the legislature, Wisconsin Democrats continued to voice their outrage
at the GOP’s patently anti-democratic plan, which mirrors ongoing
efforts by Republicans in
Michigan to effectively overturn November’s election results.

“You
rig the system when you win and you rig the system when you lose,”
Wisconsin Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor said of
the Republican legislation. “How is it that you have more power
when you lose?”

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