This could be a big deal in the ongoing battle to stop Walker and the WI GOP from passing their coup against the new Governor and Attorney General. Just reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sheldon Lubar has been a powerful and influential Republican in Wisconsin for decades, and a strong supporter of Gov. Scott Walker.
Until now.
In a sharply worded email sent to Walker over the lunch hour Tuesday, Lubar pointedly criticized the governor and asked him to consider what the governor's recently deceased father and Jesus Christ would say about his actions regarding legislative efforts to limit the powers of Gov.-elect Tony Evers and Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul.
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"If you are asking why I changed, I must say I didn't, you did. You let your presidential political ambitions supersede your duties and obligations to the people of Wisconsin. This was too much for me."
Lubar pleaded with Walker not to destroy his reputation by siding with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.
'What they are planning for the Republican Party of Wisconsin will malign its integrity and lead to its downfall. Worse, it will damage Wisconsin as it ignores the will of the majority of Wisconsin voters."
I can only assume that Mr. Lubar must have also sent the email to the Journal Sentinel so they could make it public. This could be big, because while I have zero faith in Walker, Vos or Fitzgerald to do the right thing, seeing such a strong rebuke from a powerful (former?) Republican donor may put the fear of God into a couple GOP state senators, and we only need 2 of them to flip to stop this plan. (the current state senate is 18-15 GOP, it will be 19-14 in January. Ain’t gerrymandering great?)