Americans should be fed up with anti-Mask and Vaccine bans as Killer GQP make this their "killer" platform!

The surreal and suicidal ranting of Trump mobs participants over vaccines and masks has turned liberals, progressives and Democrats into something Trumpian losers are not going to like. The principle is simple, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. And for as long as I can remember, conservatives have relied on and benefited from seeing their failures get bailed out by Democrats every time, all the while maintaining they did nothing wrong. 

It all started with a moment of bad karma for a mask and vaccine mandate opponent downplaying the pandemic. Wisconsin State Journal:

Oddly, the irony and blowback from the left  was something Covid deniers, down-players, spreaders, and dummies didn't expect. 

Freedom from Mask and Vaccines Governor Nominee Kleefisch Clueless: Republicans say the plot to promote masks and vaccines to destroy our economy is rooted in the socialist/Commie agenda. Real freedom and liberty is an individual thing that could infect and kill everybody else, and they're going to run on banning masks and vaccine mandates, like Klueless Kleefisch. That's decent?:

Having had enough of this irresponsible endless GQP tantrum...

Roys fundraising link indicated that she expected Andre Jacque to get well and seek reelection. But that wasn't the end of the blowback against the right-wing phony outrage. WISN 12: 

Here's Andres brother Pierre's uncensored response. NOTE: I couldn't have said it better myself:

 The Daily Show Jordan Klepper made Pierre's case with this amazing piece:

Journalism standards are dropping. https://t.co/uKJAPhwuvr

— Jordan Klepper (@jordanklepper) August 24, 2021

...and this from CNN;

...or this threatening bit of possible violent insanity:

...and the balls to use our kids as herd immunity fodder so Republican politicians can grand stand and dig their heels in even deeper:

"Protecting out kids from states own governors...."

Hey @GovBillLee — in case you missed @Kanew saying “school boards are having to protect kids from their own governors” in the @MeetThePress intro this morning, we’ve got you covered… #HereToHelp pic.twitter.com/cClvOMPWxR

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 23, 2021

Walker and French explorer/Rep. Andre Jacque push for Tavern League Payoff in Brown Jug Law.

Just another crazy bill from Republican Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), that brings Christmas just a little earlier to the bar owners in this state. The Tavern League won't hesitate to write out a few checks during the upcoming campaign season either.

We're talking about the Brown Jug Law: The Journal Sentinel actually misled readers by stating the bill is similar to the one in Alaska. It isn't even close:

Michelin Man Jacque.

The bill, patterned after the decade-old "Brown Jug law" in Alaska, would allow alcohol purveyors to sue anyone under age 21 for $1,000 in small claims court if the person tries to trick them into selling alcohol or allowing them into a bar illegally.

Actually, the Alaskan law pays the fine out to three different parties, and nothing goes to the bar owner, unless there's an out of court settlement. Money goes to the clerk to administer the law, to an alcohol education program, and finally to a charity. That’s why this is another Republican giveaway to campaign contributors like the Tavern league and bar owners. $1,000 goes directly to bar owners.

And like most badly written special interest laws, no one expects the law to be used very often, or that it could be abused because of their poorly worded language in the Republican legislation.

Scott Stenger, spokesman for the Tavern League of Wisconsin, said he doesn't expect tavern owners to spend all their time in small claims court going after college students for $1,000 fines.

These surprising details and many more are explained in this clip from WPT’sHere and Now:

Health First Wisconsin - formerly Smoke Free Wisconsin - registered against it. The group's executive director, Maureen Busalacchi, said in a statement that the bill could provide a "financial incentive to licensed premises owners, almost rewarding them for allowing underage drinking to occur at their establishments" through entrapment.

Republican Rep. Andre Jacque goes after Life Saving Scientific Medical Research using Fetal Tissue. Jobs No Big Deal.

Let me get this straight, we're desperately behind other states when it comes to the emerging green energy industry, not to mention high speed rails promise of mass transit, so now we're about to ban important medical research in Wisconsin?

Republican tea party zealot Rep. Andre Jacque shows his cluelessness over cloning in the following statement.

"The only thing that is prohibited under this legislation is the tissue that specifically comes from a child who is aborted," said Rep. Jacque, who believes that would affect only a small number of research projects.

Sly likes to call him Andre Jac-off. So true. His driven ideological agenda sees life saving science as the enemy. WKOW's Greg Neumann:

Rep. Andre Jacque introduced his third piece of legislation this session to restrict abortion-related activities … Jacque's latest bill would outlaw the use of aborted fetal materials in scientific research. Rep. Jacque believes there is no legitimate reason to use aborted fetal tissue in any research or experiments.  But people who are in the bio-tech industry say that's not realistic.

Open for Business? Only the chosen Ones: This is a big money draw for medical research funding and Wisconsin "job creators," all of which would go away if Jacque gets his backward, stone age wish.

And if there is one industry far outpacing the others in Wisconsin, its bio-tech. "We were five percent ahead in job growth during the recession, while the state was six-and-a-half percent behind," said Bryan Renk, Executive Director of BioForward, a lead advocacy group for the bio-tech industry in Wisconsin … Renk says researchers with bio-tech firms and the University of Wisconsin worry jobs would start leaving the state if Assembly Bill 224 becomes law … stem cell lines that come from aborted fetal tissue are used by dozens of Wisconsin research firms, because they are well-established, with some being used since the 1970s. 

"If this language goes through in the State of Wisconsin, then all of a sudden you're a criminal for helping with influenza on an annual basis because you use that cell line?  That's the really chilling part," said Renk. FluGen Inc. is owned by Paul Radspinner, who also sits on the board of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Renk says FluGen could not continue its research if the legislature passes AB 224. "They would have to shut down," said Renk.

Jacque is not concerned at how this looks nationally, who gets hurt by slowing research, and who leaves the state. Jacque has his strongly held “beliefs” front and center:

Rep. Jacque doesn't believe his bill would force any businesses to shut down or leave the state. "I don't think so. I think if they would, then that certainly speaks very poorly as to their respect for ethical standards," said Rep. Jacque. 

Republicans Frivolous Lawsuit Crazy, ignore Tort Reform when Convenient. Personhood Bill birthed by Rep. Andre Jacque.

Republican State Rep. Andre Jacque is tea party crazy, and a fanatical supposed “right to life” warrior who’s legislative idea’s seem geared more for Alabama than Wisconsin.

And it's a twofer: Here's another Republican pushing frivolous lawsuits...(Sen. Frank Lasee wants allow people to sue wind turbine companies and the farmers who lease their land to them). What happened to tort reform?

Jacque says his stealth “personhood” bill isn't what some people think it is. And if Jacque-off just says it isn't, despite the language that indicates otherwise, well that should stand up to a court challenge. This is all part of the eventual challenge to Roe v Wade, where laws like this change our social norm, and treats a fertilized egg as a person. That could do away with the “viability” argument, the crucial point in Roe v Wade.

The written word is 100 percent of the law. This lunacy of “what I really meant” doesn't count for much.

WKOW: A Republican lawmaker wants a fetus at any stage of development to be considered a minor child. But Rep. Andre Jacque (R-DePere) claims it has nothing to do with abortion. 

Under current law, if a minor child dies at the hands of a drunk driver or due to medical malpractice, his family can file a civil wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible party.
 Rep. Jacque thinks that should extend to the loss of an unborn child, beginning at fertilization. But Wisconsin would join only about a dozen other states in using the same standard for civil lawsuits.

"These kinds of bills will all end up before the United State's Supreme Court," predicted Rep. Dana Wachs (D-Eau Claire), who is also an attorney. Rep. Wachs says he cannot imagine the law standing up to constitutional scrutiny, because it is inconsistent with the viability provisions in Roe v. Wade.

Here's were we get to Jacque's "but that's not what I meant:"

But Rep. Jacque says that shouldn't even be a part of the discussion as it relates to this specific bill. "For them to try to link it up to the abortion issue, that's not what we're dealing with here," said Rep. Jacque.

"I think that that connection is clear," said Rep. Wachs.

Republicans hate Lawsuits and Trial Lawyers, except when Bars can make a little cash suing kids and/or parents for underage drinking.

First: Warning to businesses thinking about coming to Wisconsin, you'd better be Republican approved!

Secondly, Republican are huge hypocrites. When Republicans took power, they immediately put in place a draconian tort reform bills that basically gutted and stopped consumers from suing businesses or service providers. Lawsuits were considered anti-business. Well, that depend now on the business.

Republicans are showing their lawsuit crazy side, taking aim at their enemies. Frivolous lawsuits favoring businesses that goes after a consumer...that’s just fine (bars suing underage drinkers). And if your part of an industry hated by Republicans, lawmakers are now giving citizens the right to pursue frivolous lawsuits against them and anyone else connected with that business (wind turbines and farmers).

Warning to Parents: Tea Party Rep. Andre Jacque is pushing something that might just drain what’s left of any discretionary money you had that could boost our state economy. Thanks to our disciplinary father figures in our nanny state Capitol, we're getting this:

ASSEMBLY BILL 61: a retailer may bring a civil action against an underage person who commits an underage violation on the retailer's licensed premises … If a retailer brings a civil action and judgment is entered in favor of the retailer, the court must award to the retailer damages in the amount of $1,000, plus costs and reasonable attorney fees.

However, if the underage person is less than 18 years of age … the retailer brings the action against the parent or legal guardian of the underage person instead … the action may be brought regardless of whether the underage person received a citation for, or was convicted of, the underage violation. A retailer must provide notice of its intent to bring an action and the notice must include a demand for the monetary relief that would be available if the action were brought.

And you thought Republicans hated lawsuits. Not if a business can make a little money suing a Republicans constituents kids. 

Wisconsin should have a License Plate supporting Planned Parenthood, not "Choose Life."

Glenn Grothman wannabe, Rep. Andre Jacque, wants taxpayers to pay for “Choose Life” fringe groups.

This guy is radically nuts, and yet no one seems to have notice him. Frenchie Rep. Andre Jacque continues to go absolutely tea party bonkers under the media’s nose. This guy is even pushing for more nuke plants, all the while one plant is shutting down due to skyrocketing costs. He even teamed up with our sexually frustrated Senate prude Mary Lazich, to create the utterly partisan "Choose Life" license plate issue:

On the Capitol: Just how many specialty license plates can one state have? If it were up to state Rep. Andre Jacque, R-De Pere, Wisconsin could have quite a few more … the day after one of his specialty plate-related bills passed, Jacque started circulating yet another license plate proposal. This bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, would authorize creation of “Choose Life” specialty license plates to raise money for certain pregnancy care centers.

“Choose Life” plates were currently available in 24 other states and have raised more than $12 million for “worthy charitable organizations.” Jacque said, giving the cash to “life-affirming agencies that provide resources and education to women, men and children throughout Wisconsin.”

"Choose Life" has nothing to do with providing life saving health care, just protecting those fertilized eggs and fetuses. On the Capitol came back with this wonderful idea, one that should have been a part of the Democratic platform for years:

We suspect Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin will not be among the groups getting a cut of the money. 

Why not have a license plate supporting planned parenthood? Taxpayers paying their licensing fee could voluntarily support their cause as well. This is not a suggestion or a gotcha, it simply fair. And they're not a fringe bat crazy group either.

Because of Citizens United, can state No Call Lists ban Robo-Calls (Political Free Speech)?

I just want to start by saying I’m way out of my league when it comes to legal questions and what is or isn't constitutional, but as always, I do have an opinion and a lot of questions. I’m also open to suggestions. But here's how I see it.

It’ll be interesting to watch our controlling Republican state authority suddenly try to make the case political robo-calls aren't protected speech, after gladly approving of the Supreme Courts Citizen’s United decision declaring political money as free speech.

They’re trying.

Chippewa Herald: Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, and Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, are pushing a bipartisan measure that would allow people to remain on the state’s do-not-call list permanently and ban political robo-calls to people on the list…

Can Republicans ban political free speech? With word games and self-deception, they reason it’s not a total ban on political free speech, just a ban for those on the no-call list. Huh?

(It) would not ban such automatically dialed election-related calls but would prevent those calls from being made to numbers on the do-not-call list.

There are groups claiming such bans exist, groups who stand to make a profit:

Shaun Dakin, the CEO and founder of The National Political Do Not Contact Registry, an online service that charges voters a small fee to sign up and make clear they do not want to receive political robo-calls said, “A handful of states including Indiana, Oregon and Minnesota do have laws on the books that prohibit political robo-calling, but in the absence of federal legislation, residents in most states have little protection against these automated calls.”

Harsdorf and Jacque should have done their research. I looked up the regulation in Minnesota and found they don’t ban political robo-calls.

In Minnesota, there's still plenty of confusion about why calls from political organizations are still getting through, said Dan Hendrickson, communications coordinator for the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota. Certain organizations are exempt from the law: Nonprofit organizations, political organizations, businesses with a prior relationship with the customer and some solicitors seeking face-to-face meetings.

Indiana had a few exemptions but did not come right out and mention a ban on political robo-calls. Nor did they say that their law requiring a live person (not a recording) applied to political calls. Nothing!

And Oregon…no such ban.

Exceptions to Do Not Call Under Oregon law: certain solicitation calls are still allowed … calls from Public agencies, Political campaigns asking for your opinion or vote.

From where I sit, Wisconsin would be the only one bucking Citizens United. Will another possibly unconstitutional law makes its way through the courts here? Republican do believe in the constitution, right?

Have Republicans no Shame? State Rep. Jacque piggy backs Nuke Power onto Hated Renewable Energy bandwagon. Ends justify Means?

Rep. Andre Jacque is not kidding in his clueless push to bring us expensive nuclear power. He’s no fiscal Brainiac either. Has he read a newspaper in the last year, or connected the boon in Wisconsin sand mining to hydrofracking and cheap natural gas?

What were voters thinking?

jsonline: Natural gas prices are so low that Wisconsin's nuclear reactors need the same kind of policy push from the state that renewable energy sources have received in recent years, a state lawmaker says.

Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) is proposing a bill to change the state's renewable energy mandate. His proposal calls for the mandate to be broadened to include both renewable energy and "advanced energy," a change that would allow nuclear power to qualify.

 But Republicans hate investing in renewable energy. Still, it's a fool errand:

Legislation isn't what Kewaunee needed to continue operating, Dominion spokesman Mark Kanz said … about half of the plant's 650 employees will be laid off.

Jacque is so bad at his job, he can’t even write a bill that helps his ridiculous cause:

Jacque's proposal doesn't make any change to the standard that's in place for 2015 and years beyond - requiring that 10% of electricity sales come from renewable sources. Because the bill does not include that change, it doesn't help the nuclear power industry, said Michael Vickerman, program and policy director at the advocacy group Renew Wisconsin. With the utilities in Wisconsin already in compliance with the 2015 target, Vickerman said, "There's no room at the renewable inn for nuclear."

Jacque apparently also doesn't know how utility customers’ bills would sky rocket just to pay for a new plant:

Meanwhile, the cost of building new reactors - still banned under Wisconsin's nuclear moratorium - is so prohibitive that few utilities are undertaking the projects.

My guess is Jacque won’t stop looking the fool.