Wisconsin lawmaker who took protest sign says military training taught him it was a safety risk

[brooklynite]

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

MADISON - State Rep. Dale Kooyenga said he removed a protest sign from the state Capitol last year — an act that is costing taxpayers $30,000 — in part because his military training had taught him the placement of the sign could endanger the public.

Kooyenga, a Brookfield Republican running for state Senate, also defended having taxpayers bankroll the $30,000 court settlement he reached for removing the sign and putting it in his office, video of a Wednesday town hall-style talk shows.

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In May, Donald Johnson of Madison placed a sign in the Capitol that criticized President Donald Trump, without naming him, as "corrupt" and "a serial groper." It said Republicans backed the president, "we the people be damned."

Johnson had a state permit to display the sign in the Capitol, which he said he had taped to the back of the sign.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. State permit? simple. Doesn't count for repugs who are above the law.

EDIT: Just read the entire article at the link. Worth a read.

He said he thought it was important to note that Wisconsin's Capitol is either the only or one of very few capitols that allow unattended protest signs.

He acknowledges state law as somehow a justification of his theft because not every state has the same law. YIKES.

This turkey then justifies the state paying his settlement because the state "...does not make its employees pay personally when they reach court settlements for their actions as government employees."

WOW. He thinks that stealing a permitted sign is somehow an official "action as a government employee."

In the state of FitzWalkerStan republicans think the law applies to everyone but them.

[gratuitous]

2. An unattended sign could endanger the public

But unlimited firearms in the hands of unstable individuals is the price we pay for freedom.

[Orsino]

3. Just a weak-ass excuse.

Caring too much.