- Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign consultant included an image of a horse in ads during the 2023 campaign in honor of a lewd joke about her opponent, Dan Kelly. reportedly used.
- The joke reportedly began after campaign staff overheard a joke mocking Mr. Kelly’s appearance (claiming that he resembled someone who fornicates with a horse), and that Mr. Protaszewicz’s campaign manager Alejandro Berdin spoke on the left-wing podcast “Down Ballot” on January 25th.
- Kelly derided the bit to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, calling it “disgusting.” “This goes a long way toward explaining why Janet Protašević’s campaign was so dishonest, lacking in integrity, and lacking respect for the office of a Supreme Court Justice,” he told the publication. told.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign consultant inserted images of horses in ads as a crude joke against her opponent, her campaign manager said on a liberal podcast last month.
According to a Tuesday report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Protašević’s campaign manager Alejandro Berdin told the podcast “Down Ballot” on January 25 that in campaign focus groups and events, people The newspaper reported that campaign operatives had heard him making a joke and said that his opponent, Dan Kelly, looked like a fornicator. With the horses.
Protašević’s media consultant, Ben Knuckels, inserted a hidden image of a horse into a TV ad attacking Kelly as an inside joke, Vardin said. A review of Mr. Protasiewicz’s ads on his YouTube site showed that he had horses in the background in at least three of them.
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Knuckels also created a radio ad in which “Dirty Dan” rides off into the sunset with a Western-style narrator and the sounds of horses in the background. That ad was part of the joke, Verdin said.
“It was really funny,” Vardin said on the podcast.
Kelly did not immediately respond to a message from The Associated Press on Tuesday. He told the Journal Sentinel that he found the joke “disgusting” and that Wisconsin residents should be appalled.
“This goes a long way toward explaining why Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign was so dishonest, lacking in integrity, and disrespecting the office of a Supreme Court justice,” Kelly told the paper. Told.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz will have her first trial as a judge on September 7, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Molly Gash, File)
A spokesperson for the Protasiewicz campaign declined to comment on Tuesday, adding that Verdin and Nackels would also not comment. State Supreme Court spokesman Stephen Kelly said he would ask Ms. Protašević if she had any comment. He did not immediately respond to a follow-up email.
Mr. Protasiewicz defeated Mr. Kelly in a battle for a vacant Supreme Court seat in April last year. The victory gave the Liberals a 4-3 majority on the court.
Protasiewicz expressed anger over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, and during his campaign he advocated for abortion rights. declared his support. Protasiewicz also stated during his campaign that he believed the congressional boundaries set by Republicans were “rigged.” Both moves were highly unusual. Judicial candidates typically refrain from disclosing their positions to avoid the appearance of bias.
The court’s liberal majority overturned the Republican map in December and ordered Congress to draw a new map.
Justices will decide in the coming months whether Wisconsin’s 174-year-old abortion ban is valid. A Dane County judge ruled in September that the ban bans pesticides, which harm women who try to kill their unborn babies, but not abortions. Republicans appealed this decision.
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Republican lawmakers have called for Mr. Protasiewicz to be impeached over his campaign comments, but Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has recanted that position, making such a move unlikely.
