Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said at a WisPolitics luncheon Wednesday that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is the least involved governor in the history of the state, noting his lack of communication with the Republican Legislature and what Vos said was Evers’ “15 seconds” of involvement in passing last year’s budget.
He also suggested he regretted how former Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman’s investigation into alleged widespread voter fraud unfolded, saying it could have been “neater” but derided Democrats for their rhetoric regarding the investigation, which has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars and is projected to extend into February.
“It could have been neater,” he said, adding, “I did not appreciate the level to which the left feels like their only issue is protecting people’s right to vote as if we’re trying to take it away.”
Vos later added that Democrats call “voting rights” what he considers to be Democrats’ strategies to win the elections, days after a Waukesha County judge ruled absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed in the state.
He also criticized the media for not reporting on the Legislature’s activities outside of Gableman’s investigation, saying they were the only group “obsessed” with the Gableman investigation.