Politics & Government

Republicans Posing As Democratic Candidates for Recall Elections

The Republican Party and republican state legislators are encouraging Republican candidates to pose as Democrats.

The Republican Party and republican legilators are encouraging fake Democrats to run in recall elections this summer.

Republican Party officials are encouraging their GOP colleagues to collect enough signatures to get a fake Democratic candidate on the ballot in each of two upcoming recall elections in order to have a primary election.

"We need to make sure Democrat challengers face primaries to allow our Republicans time to mount a campaign," Dan Feyen, chairman of the 6th Congressional District Republican Party, wrote in the letter to "fellow conservatives" on Friday, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Β 

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Wisconsin GOP leaders encouraging colleagues to place fake Democrats on recall ballots

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