Emboldened Wisconsin Assembly Speaker May Disband 2020 Election Review

Thursday, August 11th, 2022 -- 8:00 AM

(Terry Bell, WRN) The Republican review of Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election could soon be over.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called special counsel Michael Gableman “an embarrassment” Tuesday night, after narrowly fending off a primary challenge from Adam Steen. Vos was critical of Gableman’s work and his independence after Tuesday’s unofficial results came in.

Steen was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, and made decertifying the 2020 outcome the centerpiece of his campaign. Gableman campaigned for Steen, even though it was Vos who hired him at taxpayer expense. Vos and Gableman have clashed over whether Trump’s Wisconsin loss can be legally decertified.

Governor Tony Evers was recently asked about Vos and Gableman. Evers said, “He should be firing him and saying we have to move on. If he doesn't do that, then I'm fearful that we're going to be talking about this election for the next 20 years. He's got to fire Gableman and get over the last election. That's the bottom line.”

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