Sauk City, Wisconsin (AP) – they came to bleed and cry and admonish.
The overflowing amount of frustrated democrats, which met in a diminutive library in Wisconsin in the city in Wisconsin this week, commented on President Donald Trump, his billionaire, Elon Musk, and the direction of the country. One person demanded riots. Another said that he was embarrassed to be an American.
But their barns were not restricted to Republicans.
Some Democrats who gathered under the decorations for St. Patrick’s Day in the meeting room of the Sauk City Library questioned the news of their own party and expressed fear of losing a high commitment in the upcoming Supreme Court elections.
The election on April 1 will be a litmus test at the beginning of Trump’s term in an significant swing state of the president. The court control is at stake because it is exposed to cases of abortion and reproductive rights, the strength of the unions of the public sector, the voice rules and the limits of the congress district.
Sauk County, in which diminutive cities such as Baraboo, Prairie du SAC and the tourist city of Wisconsin Dells vote for the winner of the last five presidential race, including Trump in 2016 and 2024, and former President Joe Biden in 2020.
Ben Wikler, chairman of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, called it “most of the county in Bellwether in Bellwether State”.
More than 170 people were invoiced for the event on Thursday evening as “People v. Musk ”advertising. They stated that “Elon Musk Wisconsin does not buy” and “Trump is weak in musk”.
One after the other they brought the microphone to Cajole, anger and commission council. A transgender woman asked the with Democrats with “don’t forget us”.
“We won’t!” Someone in the crowd called back.
The town hall was the first of several who were excited to produce the democratically supported candidate who, in the elections of the Supreme Court of the State, Susan Crawford. She runs against Brad Schimel, a former Attorney General of the Republican State, which is supported by Muschus.
Groups supported by Musk have poured more than 5 million dollars into the race and classified the choice of Schimel as absolutely for the protection of Trump’s agenda.
Wikler, who headed the meeting, put the operations of the race in powerful terms: “We are in a struggle for democracy itself.”
Here are some of the participants to say:
Maureen Oostdik, 77, retired public health employee from Lodi
Oostdik, a lifelong democrat, told the Associated Press, that she was frustrated with the campaign of the Supreme Court and previously described the Democratic Party to say that “her PR is terrible” and “her will lose”.
“Your ads, they are not good,” she said about that for Crawford. “Basically, it’s all about abortion, but there are many people who are crossover voters. They are not necessarily in one or the other camp. You have no broad strategy to grasp what other people might interest. “
Oostdik said she didn’t think the classic ways to carry out campaigns from door to door to talk to the voters are still effective.
“I don’t know what the game plan is, but it feels like we’re a big loss and I don’t have much hope for April,” she said.
Laurel Burns, 40, customer service employee from Sauk City
Burns, a single mother of two teenagers who work part -time in customer service for an insurance company, was born without weapons and receives about half of their income from social security. Burns said she had come to represent other disabled people who are afraid of possible cuts towards medicaid and social security.
“It is a very scary time for many people,” said Burns.
Burns therefore believes that the Democrats will be motivated to coordinate in the race of the Supreme Court.
“I have the feeling that we slept a little at the wheel,” she said. “Hopefully people will do the right thing.”
Tracey Baggot, 68, massage therapist from Wisconsin Dells
“I’m really upset,” said Baggot before the town hall started.
Angry about what?
“The obvious. Trump, ”she said. “This is the first time that I have been saying his name for a long time.”
Baggot called Musk a “joke”.
“He has no right to involve the government, politics or decision -making,” she said.
Baggot said she came out for the meeting on Thursday because the Democrats “really had to increase our energy”.
Despite her concerns, Baggot said that she was positive that Crawford, who won the upcoming election of the Supreme Court, was positive.
“I really have the feeling that she has a great chance,” she said. “I feel very positive about it. I thought the same thing about Kamala, but it didn’t work. But I have the feeling that it changes so much now. “
Susan Knowler, 71, therapist from Baraboo
“What I see in Sauk County is that we are angry and we are afraid,” said Kissender, who heads the Democratic Party of the Sauk County district.
Knowler said she was “enthusiastic” that the Democrats tried to link musk to Schimel.
“It is so important that we make sure that everyone knows that Brad Schimmel will promote these Maga-Extreme guidelines,” she said.
Knowing a survey by Marquette University Law School under Wisconsin voters who published this week and showed that practically all Democrats had an unfavorable opinion about musk.
“Make sure we talk to Elon Musk with Brad Schimel and Donald Trump with people,” she said.
Schimel approved Trump and said he would welcome Trump’s participation in the court race. In addition to the money that musk poured into the race, he also posted on his social media platform X that it was “very important” to choose a Republican.
Timothy Hinton, 72, retired doctor from New Lisbon
Hinton said he didn’t know much about the racing race, except that he is right for Crawford.
“I saw her interviewed on TV,” he said. “She made a lot of sense.”
Hinton said that the country was “immersed in a complete and complete chaos”, but he is not sure whether they will feel motivated with Democrats to express their concerns by voting in the elections of the state’s high courses.
“I think if Democrats appear, they will win,” he said. “If you don’t appear, she will lose. It’s so basic in my head. “
