Brett Hulsey: "Kuv nyob hauv nws kom yeej." Bill Lueders / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
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Brett Hulsey tuaj txog rau kev xam phaj hauv plawv nroog Madison cafe thiab taw qhia rau cov loafers ntawm nws ko taw.

"Lub Koom Haum Xov Xwm tau liam tias kuv tau ua ib qho kev sib tw khau khiab," nws tshaj tawm nrog qhov sib txawv ntawm tus hniav luag ntxhi, ua ntej teeb tsa cov ntaub ntawv ncaj. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem them cov hlua khau."

Brett Hulsey: "Kuv nyob hauv nws kom yeej."
Brett Hulsey: "Kuv nyob hauv nws kom yeej." Bill Lueders / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism

Hulsey, tus neeg sawv cev hauv lub xeev uas muaj lub koob npe nrov rau kev coj cwj pwm txawv, tab tom nrhiav kev xaiv tsa Democratic rau tus tswv xeev nyob rau lub Yim Hli 12 thawj, tawm tsam yav dhau los tus tuav ntaub ntawv hauv xeev Commerce thiab Trek Bicycle thawj coj Mary Burke. Tus yeej yuav ntsib Republican tus thawj tswj hwm Scott Walker lub caij nplooj zeeg no.

"Kuv nyob hauv nws kom yeej," hais Hulsey, uas tsis nrhiav kev rov xaiv tsa rau nws lub rooj sib tham, uas nws tau ntsib kev tawm tsam hauv tog. "Kuv yuav ua tus tswv xeev."

Cov lus tshaj tawm los ntawm tus neeg sib tw nees tsaus ntuj no - uas nws txoj kev sib tw yuav luag tsis tuaj yeem them tus nees - smack ntawm delusion. Hulsey, uas tau tshaj tawm txog kev nce nqi tsawg dua $ 2,500, tag nrho tab sis $ 288 los ntawm nws tus kheej, yog tawm tsam cov neeg sib tw zoo uas xav siv ntau lab. (Hulsey cia siab tias yuav nce thiab siv nyiaj ntawm $ 10,000 thiab $ 20,000 tag nrho.)

Hulsey tau ua mob ntxiv rau nws qhov laj thawj nrog xws li stunts li hem tias yuav xa tawm KKK-style hoods ntawm lub xeev Republican lub rooj sib tham. "Nws tsis yog tus neeg sib tw loj," hais tias Dane County Democratic Party Thawj Tswj Hwm Mike Basford. Walker tau hu Hulsey tus neeg sib tw "kev lom zem."

Qhov tseeb Marquette Law School pov npav, tso tawm Lub Xya Hli 23, pom tias tsawg dua 1 feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov neeg teb tau npaj los pov npav rau lwm tus uas tsis yog Walker lossis Burke. Hulsey, ua ntej ntawm qhov kev xaiv tsa no, xav tias nws yuav tau txais 10 feem pua.

Txawm hais tias tsis yog ib tus neeg sib tw ua tau zoo, Hulsey tab tom txhim kho qhov kev sib tw siab, txawm tias ua haujlwm rau cov neeg saib xyuas noj mov, ib tus uas tau hais ncaj nraim, "Kuv tsis pov npav rau koj." Tus kws pab tswv yim txog hluav taws xob thiab ib puag ncig uas tau ua haujlwm 14 xyoo hauv Dane County Pawg Thawj Coj thiab tau raug xaiv los ua lub rooj sib tham hauv lub xeev hauv xyoo 2010, Hulsey churns tawm cov xov xwm tsis tu ncua ntawm ntau cov ncauj lus.

Kev kho mob. Cov hauj lwm. Lub zog ntsuab. Education. Natural Resource preservation. Hulsey tsis yog nincompoop; nws nkag siab cov teeb meem thiab muaj tswv yim txog yuav ua li cas. Seb cov no yog cov tswv yim zoo yog qhib rau kev sib cav.

Hulsey, uas sau nqi rau nws tus kheej hauv nws cov ntaub ntawv kev sib tw ua "tus Democrat tiag" hauv kev sib tw, hais tias Burke tsis muaj qhov nws yuav tsum yeej: "Nws tsis muaj zog, nws tsis ceev, nws tsis ntse." Nws pom nws cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Trek, uas tau tawm haujlwm tawm mus rau Tuam Tshoj, raws li kev lav phib xaub.

"Thaum lub sijhawm Walker thiab Republicans ua tiav nrog nws, koj yuav xav tias txhua txoj haujlwm uas poob hauv Wisconsin yog vim Mary Burke tus kheej xa nws mus rau Tuam Tshoj," Hulsey hais.

Qhov tseeb, raws li Burke thiab lwm tus tau taw qhia, Trek yog lub tuam txhab muaj txiaj ntsig zoo uas ua haujlwm ze li ntawm 1,000 tus neeg nyob hauv xeev. Walker qhov kev txiav txim siab hu tsis zoo rau Trek yog pom raws li txaus ntshai thiab tau raug hluav taws kub.

Hulsey rips Burke qhov kev txhawb nqa rau kev ua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm pej xeem them nyiaj ntau dua rau lawv cov nqi kho mob thiab nyiaj laus. Nws cog lus tias yuav "tam sim ntawd" rov qab cov txiaj ntsig no, hais tias cov no tau sib tham ncaj ncees ntau xyoo dhau los ntawm kev them nyiaj nce ntxiv.

Nws kuj tseem yuav tshem tawm kev txiav nyiaj hauv xeev rau cov tsev kawm ntawv pej xeem, lub xeev cov tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thiab cov tsev kawm qib siab thev naus laus zis thiab nqis peev $ 700 lab "ua rau tsoomfwv lub zog muaj zog thaum tsim haujlwm."

Hulsey hais tias txhua yam no tuaj yeem ua tiav yam tsis muaj kev nce se los ntawm kev nkag mus rau $ 2 nphom nws suav tias Walker tau dhau los ntawm tsoomfwv cov peev nyiaj mus txog xyoo 2021, feem ntau hauv kev pabcuam Medicaid.

Burke tus kws tshaj lij Joe Zepecki tsis kam tawm tswv yim rau Hulsey: "Peb tau tsom mus rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis, thiab Scott Walker, raws li peb tau ua dhau los." Hulsey tsis yog stingy thaum nws los muab nws ob xees rau Burke txoj kev sib tw.

"Tsis txhob ua Scott Walker lite," nws qhia. “Muab kev xaiv rau tib neeg. Sawv ntsug thiab tawm tsam."

Thiab dab tsi, thov Vajtswv qhia, Hulsey yuav ua li cas yog - ua rau thaum - Burke tawm los ua tus xaiv nom tswv Democratic? "Kuv yuav pom zoo rau nws thiab kuv yuav ua txhua yam kuv ua tau kom yeej Scott Walker."

Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.wisconsinwatch.org). Lub Center tsim qhov project hauv kev koom tes nrog MapLight. Lub Chaw koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.

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