The Republican Party of Wisconsin is praying for the people of Ukraine as they confront this egregious attack by Vladimir Putin on their sovereignty. Joe Biden promised to keep Putin in check, but he failed, and even a former Obama official admitted that Biden’s Putin strategy isn’t working. Biden has spent months emboldening Russia and Putin, and his weakness created this latest foreign policy disaster after he emboldened ISIS-K and Al Qaeda with a botched Afghanistan withdrawal and failed to hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for COVID. We must elect Republicans to push back against his weak leadership.

No matter how high crime rises or how drastically the consequences affect Wisconsin communities, Tony Evers remains incapable of standing up for public safety. Last week, Evers gave his annual State of the State Address. While Evers has never had a record of success to tout, this time, Wisconsinites were aghast as he failed to mention rising crime once during his remarks. On this weekend’s edition of WISN’s UpFront, Tony Evers once again skirted accountability for his failure to keep our communities safe – blaming the Legislature for his own failures. Wisconsinites deserve a governor who will stand up for public safety and protect our communities amid historic violence across the state. You can read our statement on the State of the State here, or read Chairman Paul Farrow’s op-ed in Wisconsin Right Now here.

This week, the Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature passed a slew of election bills aimed to increase the security of our election process. These commonsense bills include ensuring non-citizens are not voting, limiting the photo ID loophole for “indefinitely confined” electors, prohibiting partisan-outside groups funding of election administration, maintaining secure voter registration databases, and much more. For more information on these election reform bills, visit our Election Integrity Dashboard here. 

The White House recently announced that Joe Biden will stop in Superior next week to discuss infrastructure following his State of the Union Address. Of course, amid a state of emergency in Ukraine and a slew of domestic crises, Wisconsinites are looking for real leadership from their president – not a midterm photo op for Democrat politicians. If Biden wants to discuss infrastructure, he should announce that he is lowering energy costs and bringing back Wisconsin jobs by renewing construction of Keystone XL and defending the Line 5 pipeline despite the far-left’s attacks. Unfortunately, Biden’s visit will more than likely leave much to be desired.

It’s been a difficult two weeks for Mandela Barnes. First, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on his efforts to distance himself from his friends in the “abolish ICE” and “defund the police” movements. Then, the Journal Sentinel revealed that even following the horrific attack in Waukesha that resulted from low cash bail for a violent repeat offender, Mandela Barnes is standing by his mission to abolish cash bail across the country. Public safety is a top concern for Wisconsin families, and neither Barnes’ views that are out-of-touch with the mainstream, nor his efforts to duck, dodge, and waffle to appease the far-left, will inspire confidence in Wisconsin voters.