Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall

MADISON, Wis. – Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from workplace over his opposition to former President Donald Trump introduced Sunday that they’ve accumulated enough signatures to force a recall vote.

Supporters of the recall marketing campaign plan to provide signatures Monday to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, announcing they have greater than the specified 6,850 signatures from electorate in Vos’ southeast Wisconsin district.

“With more than 10,000 signatures on our recall petition, they’ve said it loud and clear: they’re tired of the status quo and demand new representation,” Matt Snorek, who began the marketing campaign in January, mentioned in a observation.

Vos has pushed aside the recall try as a waste of time and assets, which he reiterated in a observation Sunday. He wondered the gang’s ways and the validity of the signatures, promising {that a} group he had assembled would “evaluate each individual signature.”

The recall effort targeting him highlights continued frustration among Trump’s supporters in battleground Wisconsin over his loss in the 2020 election and how Vos responded to it. That includes how Vos refused attempts from Trump and his supporters to decertify Biden’s win and how he didn’t move forward with impeaching Wisconsin’s top elections official.

Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 but lost to President Joe Biden by a similar margin of about 21,000 votes in 2020. The result has withstood two partial recounts, numerous lawsuits, an independent audit and a review by a conservative law firm.

The recall campaign’s announcement Sunday comes after the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined Friday to take up Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ request to clarify if Wisconsin’s new legislative district maps apply to elections before November, leaving uncertainty about whether signatures for the recall attempt should be collected in Vos’ new district.

Snorek said Sunday that they took the court’s move as a signal that their efforts in Vos’ current district were correct.

First elected in 2004, Vos is the longest-serving Assembly speaker in state historical past, protecting the post since 2013.