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Wisconsin

ladym55

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23. You also experienced big-time voter suppression

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #20)

Sat Jun 9, 2018, 05:42 PM

Jun 2018

I think it is Ari Melber who has studied what happened in Wisconsin in 2016. I think Wisconsin had more than 200,000 voters deemed ineligible with the various requirements the Rethugs put in place.

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Wisconsin reeling from tariffs coming from Mexico, Canada, Europe [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2018 OP

So Sad...Tired of all this winning. n/t Mean Gene Jun 2018 #1

I feel sorry for the ones who didn't vote for the orange shit-stain. 3Hotdogs Jun 2018 #2

Thoughts and Prayers, and above all, Be Best Submariner Jun 2018 #3

Go eat a bowl of Wisconsin Cheese and Trumpolini bucolic_frolic Jun 2018 #4

I can assure you Heartstrings Jun 2018 #5

Thank you for standing up to the negative posts. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #6

Maybe DownriverDem Jun 2018 #9

"Also we can't help but wonder who folks hurting voted for"??? jodymarie aimee Jun 2018 #18

Love Wisconsin supper clubs and the craftsmen there. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2018 #10

Comments are obviously not meant for Wisconsin Dems. It's just venting.. don't take personally Pepsidog Jun 2018 #12

We all bear the blame. Some more than others. gibraltar72 Jun 2018 #17

Folks seem as well to forget.... LakeArenal Jun 2018 #20

You also experienced big-time voter suppression ladym55 Jun 2018 #23

Thank you and Ari. 😊 LakeArenal Jun 2018 #24

wrong Ari jodymarie aimee Jun 2018 #26

Oops! ladym55 Jun 2018 #30

Y'all bought the snake oil. Sorry. Kajun Gal Jun 2018 #27

Really? "Y'all" connotates every single person.... Heartstrings Jun 2018 #28

You are pretty sorry. Sorry indeed! LakeArenal Jun 2018 #29

West Bend is in one of the most solid red counties in the country. 33taw Jun 2018 #7

So is Waukesha county Liberalhammer Jun 2018 #21

Yep, one of the WOW counties. Washington County is not nearly as gerrymandered as Waukesha. 33taw Jun 2018 #22

would disagree. if you add ozaukee county, wash oz is one stupid bucket of poop dembotoz Jun 2018 #31

They don't. But, Washington County has voted republican since the early 1900's. 33taw Jun 2018 #32

I do recognize this is probably a negotiating tactic... rpannier Jun 2018 #8

+ 1 ChiTownDenny Jun 2018 #14

MAGA in Action... dlk Jun 2018 #11

Rule #1 world wide wally Jun 2018 #13

US gets 9 billion dollars of aluminum per year from Canada, 40% of all imports of the metal. Fred Sanders Jun 2018 #15

This is all I needed to know to recognize this guy (interviewee) is a fool rpannier Jun 2018 #16

Many voters in this area will defend him if he shoots their mother. 33taw Jun 2018 #19

Many would defend him if he shot them rpannier Jun 2018 #25