Media contact: 257-4765 [Madison, WI] – The Republican Party of Wisconsin released the following statement from Chairman Andrew Hitt regarding the efforts to recall Governor Tony Evers: “Given the governor’s inability to keep Wisconsinites in Kenosha safe and deliver basic government functions, it’s no wonder that a group of citizens would be motivated to have new leadership in the Governor’s Office as soon as possible and work towards that end. We will continue to focus and urge others to focus efforts on reelecting President Trump, because a Joe Biden presidency would be a disaster that would send our nation into

MADISON —​ Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #87 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Mon., Aug. 31, 2020 in honor of Deputy Richard “Rick” Treadwell of the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Treadwell passed away on August 22, 2020 after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. “This virus continues to devastate families and communities across our state. This is a reminder to all of us the danger our first responders, healthcare professionals, and others are in as they serve their communities during a global pandemic,” said Gov. Evers. “Deputy Treadwell

Sturgeon Bay, WI – Surveying last night’s acts of vandalism at the Republican Party of Door County office, Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher delivered the following statement: For the last few months, we have watched major cities across the country allow peaceful protests descend into violence and destruction. We’ve watched leaders in those cities abandon their citizens to anarchy. While troubling, we thought incidents like this would never happen in Wisconsin. We thought our communities were stronger than this, but the violence in Kenosha sent shockwaves across the state. We must not allow this division and disorder to spread to Northeast

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper” Sunday to discuss the riots in Kenosha. Excerpts from the senator’s conversation are below and video from the interview can be found here. “I’ve been urging calm across the board particularly in light of what happened here in Kenosha, but as I said in the opening statement when we had Acting Secretary Wolf before my committee, when you encourage the disdain for the police, you encourage criminals. When you do little or nothing to stop rioting, you encourage anarchy. So when you are encouraging criminals and anarchy people’s

This week, Joe Biden responded directly to the tragedies we saw unfold in Kenosha: “These shots pierce the soul of our nation. Jill and I pray for Jacob’s recovery and for his children. “Equal justice has not been real for Black Americans and so many others. We are at an inflection point. We must dismantle systemic racism. It is the urgent task before us. We must fight to honor the ideals laid in the original American promise, which we are yet to attain: That all men and women are created equal, but more importantly that they must be treated equally.”