Donald Trump's stolen election message was 'already honed' by Wisconsin Republicans: op-ed

The rigged election message that former President Donald Trump made his own was borrowed from the GOP in Wisconsin, according to an op-ed in The Guardian Wednesday.

The state has honed gerrymandering to win supermajorities despite losing the popular vote, it said. With the election of liberal Janet Protasiewicz to the state supreme court, that tide seemed to be changing – but Republicans are now determined to impeach her in an effort to hold on to power, according to The Guardian's Andrew Gawthorpe.

Even though Protasiewicz hasn't heard a single case yet, Republicans are pushing to investigate her on "spurious charges," Gawthorpe writes, adding that Donald Trump's election denial rhetoric was "already honed" by Wisconsin Republicans long before 2020 came about.