How gerrymandering allows a purple state to promote Trump’s big lie

Wisconsin Republicans emboldened by untouchable majority in state legislature are promoting extreme antidemocratic laws

Over the last few months, an attack on democracy has slowly escalated in Wisconsin.

A group of Republicans in the state legislature, encouraged by Donald Trump, is pushing an illegal effort to undo the 2020 election. They want to rescind Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes for Joe Biden - something that is not legally possible. The GOP-controlled state assembly appointed a special counsel to review the 2020 election, who has encouraged the decertification effort, embraced conspiracy theories, and produced a 136-page report filled with misleading information. He has also suggested jailing mayors of some of the largest cities and employees of the state elections commission for opposing his investigation. And like their counterparts in many other states, Wisconsin lawmakers have advanced a series of measures that would make it harder to vote.