WI Democrats Demand That Crooked Election Official Be Removed
As reported earlier, Robert Spindell is a Wisconsin Republican who is serving on the Wisconsin Election Commission. He is also an official with the Republican Party in the Milwaukee area. He was caught sending out an email to the Milwaukee area Republicans in which he congratulated them on their successful efforts to suppress minority voters. Spindell claims that he would never wish to suppress anyone's vote. As Chris Hayes points out, all anyone has to do his read his email and know that he is a liar.
Democrats in the Wisconsin State Senate are calling for Spindell to either resign from the election commission or to be removed. The response of the state's top Republicans was very telling. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, who had appointed Spindell, was nowhere to be found. Robin Vos, Speaker of the Assembly, threw both Spindell and LeMahieu under the bus and tried to play dumb. But the new chair of the state Republican party took the cake by saying the quiet part out loud: