CANDIDATE WATCH: Far-left Democrat enters Wisconsin governor race with long record of radical connections

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From Fox News: Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a far-left Democrat who nearly unseated Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in 2022, launched a campaign for governor on Tuesday.

Barnes enters the race to replace retiring Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wis., as the likely frontrunner in a crowded Democratic primary field. But unlike his lesser-known rivals, Barnes brings the baggage of a nationalized, multimillion-dollar Senate race that exposed years of radical positions and a record Republicans have already used to define him statewide.

Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., the most high-profile Republican in Wisconsin’s upcoming gubernatorial contest, on Tuesday took a “trip down memory lane on why far-left extremist Mandela Barnes would be WRONG for Wisconsin.”

“Mandela Barnes is a far-left extremist. The fact that he is the Democrat frontrunner shows just how radical and out of touch the party has become. Wisconsinites rejected him in 2022, and they will do it again in 2026,” Tiffany said in a statement.

Fox News lists a number of concerns surrounding Barnes, including his links to groups calling to defund police and ICE, gun control efforts, and focus on race.

The report also notes that Barnes has “repeatedly advocated for cutting the state’s prison population in half, eliminating cash bail and other progressive criminal justice reforms.”

He also supports giving driver’s licenses and reduced college tuition to illegal aliens.

Barnes posted his campaign video on Tuesday, announcing his run for governor:

Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany, also running for governor of Wisconsin, shared a reminder of just how radical Barnes is. He wrote:

In case you forgot why Mandela Barnes is WRONG for Wisconsin, just listen to his own words.

-Embraces socialism
-Wants to hike your energy bills
-Thinks America’s founding was awful
-Hands out benefits to illegal aliens
-Wants violent criminals released

Tiffany then rolled out the “receipts”…

🧵Let’s take a trip down memory lane on why far-left extremist Mandela Barnes would be WRONG for Wisconsin. Here are 10 reasons:

1️⃣: He wants to give illegal aliens driver’s licenses and in-state college tuition.

2️⃣: He claims Wisconsin’s manufacturing, the backbone of our economy, is “not coming back.”

3️⃣: He supports defunding the police and ending cash bail.

4️⃣: He backed COVID lockdowns that left kids behind and crushed small businesses, even mocking hardworking business owners who wanted to reopen.

5️⃣: He thinks releasing criminals back onto our streets is “sexy.”

6️⃣: He failed to pay property taxes and parking tickets all while being chauffeured around on taxpayer dollars.

7️⃣: He wants to abolish ICE and keep violent criminal illegal aliens on our streets.

8️⃣: He wants the Green New Deal in Wisconsin, which will drive up energy costs and destroy our farmland.

9️⃣: He mocked Rep. Steve Scalise as “taking one for the team” after Scalise survived an assassination attempt and was nearly killed at the Republican Congressional baseball team practice in 2017.

🔟: He wants to take away your Second Amendment right and Wisconsin’s hunting heritage, saying: “I really could not care less about a 2nd Amendment right.”

Mandela Barnes is a far-left extremist. The fact that he is the Democrat frontrunner shows just how radical and out of touch the party has become.

Wisconsinites rejected him in 2022, and they will do it again in 2026.

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