Judgment Day in Wisconsin

Stand Down? Not Likely.
When the Greater Wisconsin Committee ran its first ad attacking Gableman, Butler called for the group to stop running it, asking third party groups to "stand down" in the Supreme Court campaign. He has repeated his appeal more than once.

Good luck with that. Political cognoscenti in Wisconsin expect millions of dollars to be spent on ads in the Butler-Gableman contest. Two other groups with deep pockets, the Club for Growth and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), already have begun airing television and radio ads supporting Gableman. (A Madison television station did a "Reality Check" today finding fault with a Club for Growth ad touting the challenger.)

All we can say is, John Grisham's story line isn't exactly far-fetched. It's playing out for real in Wisconsin.

Republished with permission from factcheck.org

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