ICYMI: "Protecting Justice For All" at the Overture Center in Madison
Dan Shafer moderated a panel featuring State Rep. Francesca Hong, State Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde, Melissa Baldauff and Joe Zepecki. The event was presented by UpNorthNews.
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We had a great event last night at the Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison!
Presented by our friends at UpNorthNews, the event featured a series of conversations about the Wisconsin Supreme Court race (less than three weeks until Election Day!), with panels moderated by Todd Allbaugh, Pat Kreitlow, and me, Dan Shafer.
The panel I moderated featured State Rep. Francesca Hong, State Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde, and political strategists Melissa Baldauff and Joe Zepecki. This panel was on “Building An Economy That Works” and topics discussed included how the Wisconsin Supreme Court race could impact the state economy, how a change on the court’s majority could impact dealings with the state’s largest business lobby, the impact of Elon Musk on this race, and more.
“There are rules and laws of political gravity,” said Zepecki. “The extraordinary opportunity that we have in Wisconsin in just two and a half weeks is to be the first voters anywhere in the United States — and we’re in a battleground state — to send a message that is, ‘STOP! That’s enough. This is not what people voted for.’ … If we turn out on April 1 and get a big win for the candidate we’re all supporting, that isn’t just good for the next 10 years in Wisconsin, it sends a message to some people in Washington.”
You can watch the full event on the UpNorthNews YouTube channel, embedded below. The event starts at about the 1:10:00 mark.
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