Associated Press
Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin’s Republican speaker of the Assembly met privately Wednesday with advocates for decertifying President Joe Biden’s win in the battleground state, but only after he kicked a fellow GOP lawmaker and candidate for governor out of the closed-door gathering.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called the meeting, saying as he walked into the Capitol hearing room that he meets with anyone who asks. But he wouldn’t allow state Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a candidate for governor who has introduced resolutions to decertify the election, into the room.
“More obstruction,” Ramthun said as he exited the room. “This is what I have been dealing with now for 17 months.”
Vos said Tuesday that the meeting was a chance for those who believe the 2020 election cannot be decertified to discuss it along with advocates for decertification. One of those in the meeting, Ann Sappenfeild, is the head of the office of nonpartisan attorneys for the Legislature. The office has said it is illegal to decertify the election.
Vos reiterated Tuesday that he did not believe that decertification was possible. But another meeting attendee, Jefferson Davis, said the goal of advocates of the idea was to convince Vos on Wednesday to change his mind.
Several others were in the meeting, which was to be followed by a news conference called by Davis to present evidence of alleged voter fraud. As Vos, Davis and others entered the meeting room, they walked past a woman holding a U.S. flag...
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