Charlie Sykes: The Stakes in Wisconsin Are Very High; This Election Will Determine Control of the Court

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SYKES: "Well, first of all, the irony, it burns because virtually every piece of literature supporting the conservative candidate has Donald Trump’s picture on it, saying, 'We need to support the Trump agenda. We need to provide Donald Trump a support network,' so, so much for independent judiciary. Look, the stakes in Wisconsin, of course, are very, very high objectively. This election will determine control of the court. It’s got a 4-3 liberal majority. If Brad Schimel wins, it will flip to a 4-3 conservative majority. Huge consequences for abortion rights, for congressional redistricting, public employee rights. But the reason we’re talking about this is because it’s been nationalized. It’s a proxy race now between Trump and the Democrats. And, you know, quite frankly, it has become a referendum on Elon Musk and his money, and it’s become a referendum on the first 60, 70 days of the Trump Administration. You know, we’re not California. We’re not Florida, we’re not New York, $100 million in a state like Wisconsin is extraordinary. It would be extraordinary for a Senate seat, much less a judicial seat. So I think that what you’re seeing here is that Elon Musk is flexing his muscles. He wants to show the rest of the Republican Party that he is the biggest stick in the country, that he is the number one enforcer that he is, that he is the number one influencer. And so he’s got a lot riding on this, which is why he’s put so much money into this race.”