Monday, March 2, 2020

So, Chris Kapenga, is 'pro-criminal' a 'tough on crime' dog whistle



Response to Governor Evers vetoes.  (The Wheeler Report, 3/2/2020 press release)

Related reading:
Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class.  (Politics & Prose Bookstore)
Dog whistle appeals generate middle-class enthusiasm for political candidates who promise to crack down on crime, curb undocumented immigration, and protect the heartland against Islamic infiltration, but ultimately vote to slash taxes for the rich, give corporations regulatory control over industry and financial markets, and aggressively curtail social services.  [emphasis added]

The excerpt fits Chris Kapenga to a T.

Kapenga Senate district is found within the red-dot clusterfuck.


And here's a group of Wisconsin State Assembly sponsors of the one of the "tough on crime" bills.  All GOP!  All white!


Related post:
Meet the GOP lock-em-up brigade of the Wisconsin State Legislature (part 1, 2, 3)

Other Kapenga posts:
The crocodile tears of Chris Kapenga.  (6/27/2019)
Second Wisconsin State Senate fiscal hawk sez 'no' to budget.  (6/20/2019)

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