Vos and Fitz continue ignoring, mocking the majority of Wisconsin voters.

It's been absurd to see how WisGOP's Legislative leaders try to justify their Power Grab from this week. Especially awful has been Assembly Speaker Robbin' Vos, who has been consistently indicating that some voters are more worthy than others.

Nothing Democrats have ever said about rural voters comes even remotely close to how Republicans talk about urban voters https://t.co/EuQGPvShvz

— Steven White (@notstevenwhite) December 8, 2018

This is well stated. Republicans write off major swaths of Wisconsin's population all the time, they refused to run an Assembly candidate in nearly 1/3 of the districts in the state, and actively denigrate the largest cities and academic centers in the state. And then they whine when people in those population and academic don't vote for them? That's a YOU problem, Robbin'.

As this map from Decision Desk HQ's J. Miles Coleman shows, it wasn't just Milwaukee and Madison that turned toward Democrats in 2018. Take a look at La Crosse, Eau Claire, and even the WOW Counties and the Twin Cities exurbs.

For #WIGov, Scott Walker (R) went from a 6% win in 2014 to a 1% loss this year. He improved up north but the southern metros moved away from him. For example, in both Dane (Madison) & Waukesha (Milwaukee suburbs) counties, he did 10-12% worse this time. These were crucial losses. pic.twitter.com/n5kAtotBq9

— J. Miles Coleman (@JMilesColeman) December 4, 2018

Guess what parts of the state are growing? Mostly ones that are blue on this map.

By the way, Robbin', Leah Vukmir just tried this type of "us and them" statewide campaign, where her supporters ran ads saying how she stood up to "union thugs", said Tammy Baldwin was on "Team Terrorist" for not supporting torture-enabler Gina Haspell for CIA director, and constantly claimed Madison native Baldwin had "San Francisco" and "Brooklyn" values.

So what was the result of this "us vs them" campaign from Vukmir? The biggest loss in a decade by any major-party candidate in a statewide Wisconsin election.

Here's the 2018 #WISen race by town. Sen. @tammybaldwin (D) was reelected to a second term by 11% over State Sen. Leah Vukmir (R). Compared to state Democrats in the past few cycles, Baldwin made significant inroads in western/northern WI, & ran well in the suburbs. #wipolitics pic.twitter.com/7NZBR9uYjc

— J. Miles Coleman (@JMilesColeman) December 4, 2018

And as Marquette Law's Charles Franklin noted, that 9.7% difference in margin between the Senate and Governor's races translated into "tipping points" in many of the state's gerrymandered Assembly districts.

This article by @WisVoter does a great look at Assembly districts. Walker lost statewide by 1 point, but won 63 of 99 Assembly seats.

But: Baldwin won by 11pts, won 55 of 99, 19/63 R seats: 1 4 13 15 21 23 24 29 30 42 49 50 51 55 68 85 88 92 96https://t.co/feLioQYTfe

— Charles Franklin (@PollsAndVotes) December 6, 2018

That would be enough to flip the Assembly to Dem if repeated downticket. So please proceed with the divisive hate talk, WisGOPs. See what happens when state voters realize their local legislator is voting in lockstep with ALEC trash like you, Robbin', and they react accordingly in 2020.

Vos's Senate counterpart is also ramping up the rhetoric after they jammed through their disliked Power Grab ahead of Evers' inauguration.

Coming up this morning on #UpFront, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald on what he calls "alarming" Tony Evers rhetoric and "innocuous" lame-duck session bills; Sen. Jon Erpenbach with Dem reaction; and OWN's Scot Ross on why OWN might sue again over early voting.

— Susan MacDonald (@SusanMacDonal15) December 9, 2018

Let's think about what Evers is saying that Fitz might find "alarming." Is it more oversight for WEDC and Foxconn? Stopping the free ride for corporations who have gotten numerous tax cuts and wage suppression measures put into law over the last 8 years? Adding funding to our public schools? Making it easier for people to vote?

As former UW professor Don Moynihan notes, it seems like Fitz's concern is that....Evers might take actions to follow through on what he was saying during the campaign.

Evers: I’d like fulfill my campaign promise of getting rid of a scandal-plagued agency.
FitzGerald: Woah! That is pretty aggressive! BTW we are going to strip you of your powers and make it harder for people to vote via bills we wrote in the middle of the night. https://t.co/6vruxWNGil

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) December 9, 2018

And if the GOP's Lame Duck bills were "innocuous", why did they have to be shoved through in 3 days during a lame duck session? Why not just wait until Evers took office, pass it early in the sessions, and dare Evers to veto the changes in powers if you think the people will support you? To ask the question is to answer it.

It's one thing to be dishonest and inflammatory in public statements, but what makes the act of Fitz, Vos and the rest of the WisGOPs so insulting is that they suck at it. They seem to think that the Wisconsinites that gets their "facts" from Faux News TV and Am hate radio represents the thoughts of the voters of the state as a whole. November's election shows that they are wrong.

Got a secret for you guys - getting 50-55% of the votes in a gerrymandered district does not = a mandate to run roughshod over the rest of the state. And our newly-elected Governor and Attorney General should repeat that reality loudly and frequently.