.MaddowBlog: In theory, the Wisconsin GOP is risking a backlash by forcing taxpayers to finance an election 'investigation.' In practice, it's not that simple.
It's been nearly 10 months since President Joe Biden narrowly won the state of Wisconsin — a victory that wasby a Republican-requested recount — and there's still no evidence of electoral impropriety.
Robin Vos, the Republican legislator who serves as the Assembly Speaker, confirmed to the Associated Press that the contract for the investigation will cost up to $680,000. The AP's report added that the GOP-led elections committee is scheduled to vote on the spending today"without holding a public hearing."
At face value, the role of a former state Supreme Court justice might lend the exercise a degree of credibility. Such an assumption would be a mistake: Ason the show in July, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been a"Stop the Steal" activist who falsely told the public the 2020 election wasn't"honest."
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