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Susan Crawford: “Brad Schimmel supports an 1849 law that would operate as a…”

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District Judge Susan Crawford, WI Supreme Court Candidate

Published March 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:47

As a partisan politician, he tried to restrict women's access to reproductive health care. He then and even now Brad Schimmel supports an 1849 law that would operate as a criminal ban of nearly all abortions in Wisconsin if it were to go into effect. That law is currently before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Brad Schimmel has openly said he thinks it is a okay, nothing wrong with that law and it should be fully enforced. (11:47–12:02)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel supports an 1849 Wisconsin law that would criminalize nearly all abortions.

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“This election is going to determine the future of our state.”
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“It's going to have national implications.”
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“It will certainly affect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.”
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“My opponent in this race is a longtime partisan politician with very extreme views.”
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“[My opponent is] announcing his positions on cases pending before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in violation of our judicial code in…”
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“[My opponent] has a long history of working to take rights away from Wisconsinites.”
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“Scott Walker and the Republican legislature took away [public school teachers'] rights in the workplace in Act 10.”
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“Wisconsin has some of the strictest voting laws in the country, including a very strict voter ID law.”
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“As Attorney general, [Brad Schimmel] let thousands of sexual assault kits go untested for years.”
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“Brad Schimmel's Department of Justice was even getting involved in litigation in other states besides Wisconsin to try to restrict women's…”
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“At the time that Brad Schimmel took office as Attorney general, a backlog of over 6,000 [sexual assault kits] that were untested had been…”
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“We have seen him [Susan Crawford's opponent] doctoring images of me in campaign ads using AI technology, which is something that is against…”
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“Dobbs was the case that overturned Roe versus Wade.”
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“We have not seen [a referendum on reproductive health care rights] in Wisconsin because it is not allowed under Wisconsin law.”
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“There is no such thing as a direct action referendum in Wisconsin. It is not permitted under Wisconsin law.”
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“Governor Evers has proposed twice now that Wisconsin Lobby changed to allow such referenda.”
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“The Republican majority in the legislature has no interest in taking [the proposal for referenda] up.”
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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court currently has two cases in front of it relating to abortion rights.”
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“The only reason that [Brad Schimmel] is a judge is that he lost re-election for attorney general in 2018.”
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“Brad Schimmel had not applied for that position [on the Waukesha County Circuit Court].”
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“Scott Walker knew that Brad Schimmel needed a job and put him on the Waukesha County Circuit Court.”
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“The Trump administration is coming after the right to vote.”
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“Brad Schimmel is tying himself to Elon Musk and the Doge agenda.”
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“Brad Schimmel was out in Washington D.C. during the inauguration, attending high dollar galas.”
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“Brad Schimmel is not going to be one who interprets our Wisconsin Constitution to be a firewall against some of these excesses and…”
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“Brad Schimmel is not the one who is going to protect Wisconsinites from the extremes of that agenda.”
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“There's a compelling case to make sure that our Wisconsin Supreme Court remains a fair impartial court that's working to protect…”
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“It's part of our state constitution. That's why we do it this way [electing judges to the Supreme Court].”
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