Mask up Wisconsin! No matter what they say in WisGOP Bubble World

Here's the shot.

.@SenatorKapenga opposes @GovEvers' mask mandate, says it isn't needed because "The main concern has always been ensuring our hospitals have the capacity to treat those that are truly sick. Our efforts have always been targeted at controlling the spread, not eliminating it."

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) July 30, 2020

Personally, I'd rather eliminate the virus than to merely control it. Call me a dreamer if you must.

And now the chaser.

Just to drive home the point: Two of the three counties (well, City of Milwaukee, not the whole county) put mask mandates in place in the last month. One has not. Two counties are trending lower. One is not. https://t.co/9nbnLtRWMD

— Jay Bullock, not a #maskhole (@folkbum) July 30, 2020

Guess which County Chris Kapenga "represents" in the Legislature. Yep, Waukesha County.

The big counties seem like they've started to get a handle on this thing, but it's Kapenga's constituents and other FREEDUM-loving parts of the state that can't seem to get it under control. That reality is holding back our economy and starting to put a strain on hospitals (DHS says 89% of hospital beds in Southeast Wisconsin were filled today).

So because certain local areas and individuals can't step up to do the right thing, Governor Evers finally decided to take action. That, and a certain timely change at the Wisconsin Supreme Court doesn't hurt either.

BREAKING: @GovEvers issues a statewide mask mandate beginning Saturday, the same day liberal Jill Karofksy will join the Wisconsin Supreme Court and narrow by one the bench's conservative majority (5-2 to 4-3).

Evers also issued a new public health emergency declaration.

— Briana Reilly (@briana_reilly) July 30, 2020

Naturally, the "leaders" of the gerrymandered WisGOP Legislature are squawking, but I found this statement by Speaker Robbin' Vos intriguing.

.@SpeakerVos says to expect legal challenges to @GovEvers' mask mandate from citizen groups (not him).

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) July 30, 2020

This is an obvious signal from Vos to have some Bradley Foundation or WMC-fronted BS group file the lawsuit instead. But it also tells me that Vos knows that filing another lawsuit is a political loser.

This was also humorous, as Senate GOP Leader Scott Fitzgerald used Evers' announcement appeal to the fringies that vote in GOP primaries.

“I certainly think the way that the governor has written this order may have opened him up to legal challenges. I’m also gauging the interest of my caucus when it comes to voting down the order – the Legislature should be reconvening to look at this,” Fitzgerald says.

— Molly Beck (@MollyBeck) July 30, 2020

Wait, you dimwits have done NOTHING for more than 100 days as this state sees COVID-19 resurge, through record amounts of unemployment claims and a 42% spike in evictions vs last year. But Evers wants to take on COVID by having people wear mask when they are in public and indoors, and NOW you want to end your multi-month paid vacation?

What a bunch of jokers. In the mean time, be an adult and mask up, so we might have a chance of not having the cloud of COVID hanging over the state for the rest of the year.