In a tweet this morning, 2016 failed Democrat Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted the Supreme Court decision to hold elections in Wisconsin due to the Coronavirus.
GOP officials and conservative jurists forced Wisconsin voters yesterday to choose between risking their lives to vote and being disenfranchised. It’s unconscionable. We need to act now to make sure every citizen can safely cast a ballot in November.
GOP officials and conservative jurists forced Wisconsin voters yesterday to choose between risking their lives to vote and being disenfranchised. It’s unconscionable.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 8, 2020
We need to act now to make sure every citizen can safely cast a ballot in November.
Turning Point USA’s Chief Creative Officer, Benny Johnson, pointed out how she had never campaigned in the state when she ran.
Good to see you finally learned what a ‘Wisconsin’ is. 4 years too late tho.
Good to see you finally learned what a 'Wisconsin' is.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 8, 2020
4 years too late tho.
Liberal news outlets ran with titles about the Supreme Court decision like “Backlash After Wisconsin Voters Forced to Line up for Hours in Rain and Risk Catching Coronavirus to Vote in Primary” and “SCOTUS Just Set the Stage for Republicans to Steal the Election.”
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, former Republican Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent said Wisconsin voters should not have had to go to the polls in order to cast their ballots in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dent, who has been recovering from COVID-19 himself, said the state could have easily postponed its election: “I have to tell you, here in Pennsylvania we have a Democratic governor and Republican legislature… They postponed the election here from April 28 until June 2, without any controversy.”
“Everybody agreed it was the right thing to do and they moved on,” he said. “I’m surprised Wisconsin took this risk, knowing they don’t have to.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in a fierce dissent: “The majority of this court declares that this case presents a ‘narrow, technical question.’ That is wrong. The question here is whether tens of thousands of Wisconsin citizens can vote safely in the midst of a pandemic.”
According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, said they believed the government should require mail-in ballots for the presidential election if the Coronavirus outbreak continues to pose a threat come autumn.
The poll of 1,116 American adults (532 Democrats and 417 Republicans), which was conducted on Monday and Tuesday, found that 72 percent of U.S. adults, including 79 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of Republicans, were in favor of requiring mail-in ballots in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The poll also found that 89% of adults in the United States said they were concerned about the Coronavirus, and 36% believed they would be infected within the next year. About 42% said they approved of how Trump was handling the crisis, down 6 points from a similar poll that ran last week.
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