{"id":1003101,"date":"2018-12-07T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003101"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","slug":"editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editorials across the nation are calling for Republicans to stop their lame-duck madness and to respect the rules of democracy. In rushed last-minute sessions \u2014 sometimes at night \u2014 Republicans have pushed through legislation that only promotes their own interests instead of those whom they were elected to serve. Editorial boards agree the people of Wisconsin and Michigan deserve leaders who will work together to solve problems and create opportunities, not more of the same political games. Read for yourself:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

MLive<\/a>: \u201cMichigan\u2019s legislators need to immediately stop pushing these types of bills through a lame duck session and allow those Michigan voters are sending to office have a voice. And Gov. Rick Snyder needs to do the right thing and not sign these into law.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lansing State Journal<\/a>: \u201cThis behavior is unacceptable. Regardless of where people stand on issues, bullying through controversial legislation in a lame duck session is not the appropriate way to legislate.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/a>: \u201cWe haven\u2019t mentioned political party because this isn\u2019t about party platforms \u2013 that\u2019s what elections should be about. This is about keeping the citizens in charge of their government. It doesn\u2019t matter which party is coming in and going out of office \u2014 we would say the exact same thing. In fact, we would shout it \u2014 just as we are now.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cScott Fitzgerald (R), Wisconsin\u2019s Senate majority leader, admitted Monday that Republicans would not be trying to limit the governor\u2019s powers if outgoing GOP Gov. Scott Walker had won a third term, explaining that Republicans do not trust the incoming Democrat. It does not matter if they trust the next governor. Wisconsin voters chose to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cThese blatant power grabs show a palpable contempt for voters. For decades, even as the political debate has grown more caustic, lawmakers of both parties have shown an admirable reverence for popular sovereignty, democratic elections and graceful transitions of power. Now, that is very much in doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>: \u201cWe hold elections to let voters steer government in the direction they choose. To manipulate the system to go in a different direction is simply undemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Cap Times<\/a>: \u201cUnfortunately, [Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos,] appears to be determined to turn that tantrum into a messy power grab that seeks to thwart the will of the people. Hours after Evers was elected, Vos announced that \u2018maybe we made some mistakes giving too much power to Governor Walker and I’d be open to looking at that to see if there are areas we should change.\u2019”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Cap Times<\/a>: \u201cBut that was nothing compared to what came next. Shaken by a steady pattern of defeats at the polls this year \u2014 special election defeats, the loss of a conservative seat on the Supreme Court, the statewide wipeout \u2014 the Republicans signaled their intention to rig the game before they lose again.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

La Crosse Tribune<\/a>: \u201cThat\u2019s hardly enough time to digest the details of the Republican-run Legislature\u2019s attempt to dilute the power of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, who were elected Nov. 6 and take office Jan. 7. Nor does it allow citizens time to explore the implications of restricting early voting, changing health insurance rules or altering the structure of the state\u2019s job-creation agency.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

La Crosse Tribune<\/a>: \u201cWhen voters elected Evers and other Democrats for every statewide office Nov. 6, they didn\u2019t intend for the losing side to ignore their decisions. Yet that\u2019s what\u2019s happening as Republicans \u2014 who relied on gerrymandering to help keep control of the Legislature \u2014 are rushing to advance troubling proposals that could have many unintended consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Janesville Gazette<\/a>: \u201cRepublican legislators seem only capable of fuming over their November defeats and seeking revenge. And it\u2019s laughable to hear Republican claims of pure motives.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editorials across the nation are calling for Republicans to stop their lame-duck madness and to respect the rules of democracy. In rushed last-minute sessions \u2014 sometimes at night \u2014 Republicans have pushed through legislation that only promotes their own interests instead of those whom they were elected to serve. Editorial boards agree the people of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEditorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-07T18:52:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/\",\"name\":\"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan - Democrats\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-07T18:52:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/\",\"name\":\"Democrats\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564\",\"name\":\"Claire DePree\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Claire DePree\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan - Democrats","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_site_name":"Democrats","article_published_time":"2018-12-07T18:52:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00","author":"Claire DePree","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Claire DePree","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/","name":"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan - Democrats","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-12-07T18:52:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/editorial-boards-cry-foul-on-republicans-power-grab-in-wisconsin-and-michigan\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Editorial Boards Cry Foul on Republicans\u2019 Power Grab in Wisconsin and Michigan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/","name":"Democrats","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c31239f43161314a03057960c56c0564","name":"Claire DePree","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/262c0b3f1914330fe3241c699fd21798ee92a8504fc6296028e8fa17334d1151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Claire DePree"},"url":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/author\/depreec\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033706,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003101\/revisions\/1033706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}