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Susan Crawford: “Elon Musk is involved in this race, I don't think, because…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI)

Published March 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 44:45

He is way beyond that. He is somebody who is a right wing partisan and wants to use our Wisconsin Supreme Court to advance a right wing agenda. And, you know, now Elon Musk is involved in this race, I don't think, because he cares about Wisconsin or anything happening in Wisconsin. I don't, I doubt he's ever been here. But he wants Brad Schimmel on the court to advance the Trump agenda. (44:45–44:54)

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Asserts Elon Musk's involvement in the race is not due to concern for Wisconsin.

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Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 42:53-42:59
“Our state Supreme Court is called upon to resolve disputes involving voting rights and elections and election results pretty much every…”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 43:18-43:32
“In 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court turned down an effort by Donald Trump's campaign to throw out over 220,000 votes in Wisconsin.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 43:38-43:53
“By a 4 to 3 margin, the Supreme Court said no and upheld the election result in Wisconsin.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 43:53-44:01
“Brad Schimmel says he thinks Donald Trump was screwed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 44:01-44:07
“Brad Schimmel has said as much himself that he wants to be part of Trump's support network.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 45:04-45:11
“Spring elections in Wisconsin tend to be lower turnout compared to fall elections and particularly compared to presidential elections.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 47:07-47:16
“Brad Schimmel, as soon as he announced his candidacy, which is way back in November of 2023, he said that he was going to nationalize this…”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 48:30-48:41
“He has bragged about begging on his knees, wearing out his knee pads, asking for contributions from these conservative groups.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 48:55-49:09
“Elon Musk was going to start spending money on the race.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 49:34-49:38
“One of the first ads that they put out attacking me actually had a picture of a different Susan Crawford in it, not me.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 49:40-49:50
“These ads have been, you know, just ugly attacks, untrue, really. Distortions of my record.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 49:57-50:04
“[My opponent] is really trying to disguise his actual record, especially on issues like women's reproductive health care.”
Fri Power Lunch - 3 7 25 WE RISE FOR JUSTICE w Leah Greenberg, Indivisible & Judge Crawford (WI) | Uploaded March 8, 2025 | 50:25-50:33