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Susan Crawford: “Somebody like [Elon Musk], with really unlimited resources…”

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

SAY SOMETHING REAL WITH MICHELLE BRYANT JUDGE SUSAN CRAWFORD ISIOMA NWABUZOR

Published March 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:22:43

You know, but here's where we are. And I think people should be bothered by that. I think they should be bothered by the fact that Somebody like [Elon Musk], with really unlimited resources is wading into a state judicial race and trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That should not happen. But there are other things at play here. We. So I was. So I just left the legislature in July of last year. Yeah. (1:22:43–1:22:55)

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Susan Crawford

“I've worked throughout my career as a lawyer and now as a judge to protect the rights of Wisconsinites under our laws and under our…”
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“I started out as a prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, handling cases all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“I was making sure that crime victims rights were upheld in the process and that we had accountability when people harm the community.”
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“I had an opportunity when I was in private practice to represent Wisconsinites whose rights had been taken away by the government in our…”
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“I represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and their doctors when the government was trying to get between women and their doctors and…”
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“I argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court the first time back in 1998.”
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“Brad Schimmel is running to be a part of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court has seven justices on it.”
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“I've presided over cases like the proceeding to terminate somebody's parental rights.”
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“All judges are told as they're coming on the bench to be watchful of [their emotional health].”
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“Judges go through a lot of training on how to deal with things like secondary trauma.”
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“Elon Musk is now engaged in this race, spending millions of dollars, and he's funding all these false attack ads against me.”
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“One of those ads actually had a picture of the wrong Susan Crawford edit.”
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“Elon Musk is trying to overturn a state law or to get an exception to a state law [in Wisconsin].”
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“The amount of money that Elon Musk is spending dwarfs the contributions of any individual who has supported my race.”
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“Most people are going to make their decision in this race based on TV ads.”
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“We're not going to be able to outspend the Shimmel campaign when they have literally the richest man in the world pouring money into this…”
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“Brad Schimmel is running this race like a partisan candidate would, and that's probably because he is a partisan politician.”
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“Brad Schimmel has run something like five times for partisan office in Wisconsin.”
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“Brad Schimmel has done some pretty terrible things in his career, like trying to take health care away from people, trying to limit women's…”
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“Brad Schimmel is out there saying how he would decide cases that are pending in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“Elon Musk's canvassers are being paid to go door to door, handing out flyers saying that Brad Schimmel needs to be on the Supreme Court to…”
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“One of the candidates [in Wisconsin] is running a nakedly partisan campaign, prejudging cases, and saying things like he thought that 1849…”
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“Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is wading into this race.”
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“When he [Brad Schimmel] was attorney general, he was taking lots of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical manufacturers and was sitting…”
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“I sentenced people to several years in prison, followed by several years of strict supervision by the Department of Corrections.”
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“Their supervision of people who commit sex offenses is quite strict and have ordered these people to be on the sex offender registry for the…”
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“In the cases that they're highlighting, those are not people who have committed any additional crimes.”
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“Brad Schimmel, we have records of dozens of cases where he has given people no jail time or a short amount of jail time, a couple of months…”
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“Those folks have gone on to commit new crimes and have hurt people again.”
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