GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin GOP leadership fights crime and inflation by putting up barriers to health care

 

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 4/17/2023

It's the usual suspects listed as sponsors -- the most reactionary members of the state legislature.  Two of them -- the red highlights -- are the queen and king of election deniers in Wisconsin.  Two others -- orange highlights -- have been honored by the Wisconsin Library Association:  Mary Felzkowski as "Legislator of the Year" and Steve Nass as a "Library Champion".

Here's an example of their mindset.

“I'm all for helping people that need help, but unfortunately our safety net has become a hammock over the years,” Rep. Donna Rozar, vice chair of the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-term Care, said at a public hearing Wednesday.

Wisconsin State Legislature (highlights added)

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