Republican speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly Robin Vos was on site at a drive-thru voting station today. He was dressed for the apocalypse, but clearly knew he needed to get out in front of a camera or two since he’s been a driving force of voter suppression and is an owner in this farce of an election day.
Hundreds of thousands of voters trying to vote absentee in order to both protect themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic and help protect the public in general will be disenfranchised during this statewide election. Speaker Vos has fought hard to make this so, realizing along with many of his fellow GOP that Gov. Scott Walker’s fate in 2018 will be shared by more Wisconsin Republicans if citizens are allowed to vote en mass.
But one thing craven bottom dwellers like Vos lack is any sense of shame. So, when asked about what he would say to the hundreds of thousands of voters being disenfranchised by this undemocratic position, Speaker Vos—dressed in a full medical protective gear—said without irony: “You are incredibly safe to go out.” Vos looks like he’s gearing up for surgery, or as an extra on ER.
You’ll notice how Vos says you can get yourself an emailed ballot so “you can fill it out and send it back in.” That would be something, if it were true. Which it’s not.
But, remember, to be safe, just go on down and find the people wearing the outbreak hazmat outfits, and cast your vote—unless they’ve messed up your name on the roll, then you can hang around for a long time while they decide whether or not to let you vote.