They said it couldn't be done, and they were wrong: Three leading Wisconsin Republican elected officials on separate issues went public and embarrassed themselves and an entire state:
* GOP US House Speaker Paul Ryan couldn't tell The New York Times what is the minimum wage in his home state of Wisconsin. (Big hit: it's $7.25, frozen there by Scott Walker who simultaneously believes it's a living wage and a "lame" concept.
* Not to be outdone, US Senator Ron Johnson voted "no" on emergency funding for Hurricane Harvey-damaged Texas and Louisiana. The measure passed the Senate with 80 "aye" votes cast by more informed, sane and humane Senators, including plenty of Johnson's fellow Republicans.
* And, yes, there was Scott Walker in this special Badgerland trifecta, tweeting out self-serving but misleading information to paper over and distract from his deep cuts to public education in Wisconsin.
* GOP US House Speaker Paul Ryan couldn't tell The New York Times what is the minimum wage in his home state of Wisconsin. (Big hit: it's $7.25, frozen there by Scott Walker who simultaneously believes it's a living wage and a "lame" concept.
* Not to be outdone, US Senator Ron Johnson voted "no" on emergency funding for Hurricane Harvey-damaged Texas and Louisiana. The measure passed the Senate with 80 "aye" votes cast by more informed, sane and humane Senators, including plenty of Johnson's fellow Republicans.
* And, yes, there was Scott Walker in this special Badgerland trifecta, tweeting out self-serving but misleading information to paper over and distract from his deep cuts to public education in Wisconsin.
-
We’re planning to invest more money than ever before in K-12 classrooms & our students’ futures. Welcome back to school! #StudentSuccess
