Baseless Recall Effort Plagued by Allegations of Harassment
[MADISON, WI]- New information reported to the Recall Integrity Center has revealed that harassment has plagued the effort to recall Governor Walker from the very beginning. This breaking update regards an incident of petition circulators harassing a local Oconomowoc resident and her two young children.
On Tuesday, November 15, Alexandra Carney was stopped by a group of petition-circulators as she attempted to drive her two young children to the McDonald's in Delafield. The petition-circulators blocked Mrs. Carney's car in the street in front of Nagawaukee Ice Arena, and asked that she sign the petition to recall Governor Walker. As Mrs. Carney shook her head no and attempted to drive away, a petition circulator raised his middle finger to Mrs. Carney, called her an offensive name, and threw an egg at her windshield as her children watched the entire scene unfold. Mrs. Carney honked her horn and was able to get through the crowd so as to drive her children away from the scene.
“It was truly terrifying. I never dreamed my children and I would be a target of vandalism simply for refusing to sign a petition," said Carney. “These tactics have no place in our political process, and I sincerely hope that my story discourages further attempts to intimidate other families who refuse to support this baseless recall against the Governor.”
“This harassment on the part of recall petition circulators is shameful and unwarranted,” said Stephan Thompson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. “It's one thing to go and force this baseless recall on Wisconsin families, but to block traffic and verbally abuse a mother in front of her children is another thing entirely. We sincerely hope these petition circulators will show more respect for the integrity of this process, as well as our families’ safety.”
The Recall Integrity Center is a resource for citizens throughout the state who are concerned with the repeated misconduct and fraud that has permeated the recall process. The RIC provides not only a sense of security in the signature collecting process, but also a voice for any misconduct or questionable practices by the Democrats. Anyone who witnesses any misconduct or fraud during the recall petition gathering process is encouraged to contact the Recall Integrity Center at www.recallintegritycenter.com.
See the affidavit here: http://wisgop.org/sites/default/files/Affidavit%202_0.jpg
