Wisconsin Democrat gets caught making up police endorsements

“An honest politician is an oxymoron,” Mark Twain once famously said. Yet even he would have been quite impressed with the lengths to which Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes is going to deceive voters. It’s particularly rich, given the left-wing attacks calling incumbent Ron Johnson (R-WI) dishonest. Yet while on the campaign trail, Barnes…

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51 Sheriffs Endorse Ron Johnson’s Reelection, As Opponent Mandela Barnes Retracts Police Endorsements

September 22, 2022 A bipartisan majority of 51 Wisconsin sheriffs have endorsed Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) reelection bid in Wisconsin, his campaign announced Wednesday. The endorsements come after Johnson’s “defund police” Democrat opponent, Mandela Barnes, claimed to have won only two endorsements from two active duty police officers last week. A few days later, those…

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A Real Coalition Of Law Enforcement Endorses Johnson

A real coalition of Wisconsin sheriffs — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — has endorsed U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s re-election run, according to the Oshkosh Republican’s campaign. A total of 51 of Wisconsin’s 72 county sheriffs are backing Johnson over his Democrat challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who has had some problems acquiring and keeping law enforcement…

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Wisconsin’s Mandela Barnes Blames False Police Endorsement On ‘Clerical Error’

A sheriff’s captain on Monday denied that he endorsed Democratic Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and asked the campaign to remove his name from the sparse list of law enforcement endorsements that Barnes released last week. Barnes’s campaign took responsibility for the mistake, telling the Washington Free Beacon that La Crosse County sheriff’s captain John Siegel’s name…

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Johnson Campaign Hits Barnes on School Choice

Johnson campaign hits Barnes on school choice Benjamin Yount The Center Square September 15, 2022 Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator is making an issue out of what his reelection campaign is calling Mandela Barnes’ hypocrisy on school choice. “After Lt. Gov. Barnes has reaped the benefits of private school, he has sought to prevent that choice for…

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Mandela Barnes Rules Out ‘Even Encouraging New Pipeline Construction’

Alana Goodman Washington Free Beacon September 15, 2022 Mandela Barnes, the Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate, told climate activists  in 2019 that he opposes any “new pipeline construction,” including the expansion of northern Wisconsin’s primary oil and gas line, because “if the infrastructure is there, then people are going to use it.” The comments came when…

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