Latest GOP trick isn't exactly a strategic chokehold
Not content with just running fake Democratic candidates in the Wisconsin recall primaries, Republicans
are now doing GOTV for those fake candidates as well.
Allies of one of the top GOP targets in the recalls, state senator Randy Hopper, are circulating flyers in his district trying to get out the vote for the fake Dem in the Democratic primary against his Dem opponent.
You can view the flyer, which was found and passed along by We Are Wisconsin, right here. It urges voters to go out to the polls to vote for one John Buckstaff against the real Democrat, Oshkosh deputy mayor Jessica King, a strong candidate against the vulnerable Hopper.
The idea here is to get Republicans to vote in the Democratic primary, which is allowed under Wisconsin law. If the fake Dems can win the primaries, then Wisconsin Republicans won't even have to face a real recall election.
However, this idea is half-baked, at best. The fake Democrats are going to get crushed by the real ones, since Wisconsin Democrats are using the July 12 primary elections to test out their field program for the main event on Aug. 9. Putting up any effort at all on behalf of the fake candidates will only lead to embarrassment, confusion and demoralization among the Republican rank-and-file when the those fake candidates get thumped.
So sure Wisconsin Republicans, go ahead and tell local voters to support someone other than the incumbent you are actually trying to defend. Also, keep encouraging your voters to get involved in something that is destined to be a massive failure. I'm sure that will only have positive repercussions for you when you are actually trying to turn out your voters to maintain control of the state Senate on Aug. 9.
Also for your amusement, via Defend Wisconsin, check out the 25-foot, inflatable balloon of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser choking a protester.