Wisconsin Right Now

Why did Adam Jarchow and Mandela Barnes refuse to protect prosecutors, cops, and their families? Two of the candidates running in Wisconsin primaries for major state offices - Mandela Barnes and Adam Jarchow - voted against a state law that made it a felony to batter a prosecutor and to threaten a law enforcement officer or batter their family members. The language in Assembly Bill 347 was pretty straightforward. It was proposed by a group of Republican legislators. An analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau reads, "Assembly Bill 347 provides that it is a Class H felony to either cause bodily harm or threaten to cause bodily harm to the person of or family of a judge, law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or public defender." Yet Jarchow and Barnes voted no . In this, they were outliers. Only 15 members of the state Assembly voted "no." The bill passed 80-15 with many Democrats joining all other Republicans to vote "yes." Mandela Barnes a...

Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes proposed legislation to eliminate cash bail when he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. This comes as Barnes is already under fire for his “defund the police” ties after he called Socialist Squad member Ilhan Omar “brilliant” and celebrated his birthday alongside far-left activists who have compared law enforcement to Nazis and supported rioters. In light of the horrific tragedy in Waukesha, where the alleged attacker was a violent repeat offender released on just $1,000 bail, does Barnes still stand by this dangerous policy proposal that would allow more criminals on the streets and endanger Wisconsin families? Read more from the Washington Free Beacon below: Wisconsin Dem Frontrunner Sponsored Bill To Eliminate Cash Bail Washington Free Beacon Collin Anderson December 6, 2021 The Democratic frontrunner in Wisconsin’s Senate race sponsored a bill that would have ended cash bail and barred courts from...