Posted on 04/24/2021 5:56:51 PM PDT by marshmallow
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a bill banning government-ordered church closures during the pandemic.
MADISON, Wisconsin — For the second time this year, Democrat Gov. Tony Evers has vetoed a ban on closing churches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a prohibition on mandatory COVID vaccines. Both measures had been approved twice by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature.
Assembly Bill 24, which passed the Assembly and Senate in March and mid-April, would have banned the state Department of Health Services from closing churches or preventing religious gatherings in an effort to control the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Evers vetoed a similar provision in late January.
Evers told legislators the bill would limit tools available to fight COVID. “…Our response to this pandemic should be about following the science and public health experts, not finding ways to make it harder to fight it,” he said. “It should be about working together to save as many lives as we can.”
The governor also vetoed Assembly Bill 23, which would have banned governments and employers from requiring individuals receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Evers used the identical language in his veto message as that used for AB-24. He vetoed a similar measure in January.
“Assembly Bills 23 and 24 were advanced by two legislative committees and passed two houses of the Legislature with bipartisan support,” said Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, a Republican from Fond du Lac who was primary author of both measures. “These bills stand up for individual freedoms and choice. It is alarming that Governor Evers has chosen to place constitutional freedoms behind his own authority.”
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Can the houses override the veto?
People of WI, just move.
Sell your stuff, buy a yurt or a class C and move.
NaziCommies gonna NaziCommie...
No one is going to take away a dedicated communist's power...
Bad headline
It makes it sound like the Governor. Vetoed a bill that was pro Covid shutdown
Where is the word antiCovid in the headline
Are you kidding? We have a GOP legislature and a state Supreme Court. Not to mention plenty of fresh water, land, and hunting.
Evers is just a blip on a radar. He’s the weakest Governor in the country. His policies are going NOWHERE.
The 2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Governor of Wisconsin.
WI is gorgeous
I’ll give you that
Conservatives can’t comingle with non conservatives anymore, though
I’m confused... Ban, or no ban.??
Bad headline
It makes it sound like the Governor. Vetoed a bill that was pro Covid shutdown
Where is the word antiCovid in the headline
Nothing else matters.
Follow the $$$$.
That’ll teach ‘em to elect Bony Beavers (assuming no fraud was involved).
We’re not much better off with Hogan, either, in Maryland.*
*I’ll be in FL by the end of the year.
The rest of WI has opened up. Churches are still on some sort of lockout.
The mask edict has been dropped statewide, but three counties have decided the science is still true. Dane, Rock and Milwaukee counties have instituted required masks everywhere. Because “muh science”.
Every state has a liberal hellhole. The bad part of WI is fortunately contained in the SE corner and parts of Madison. Outside of these areas, the state is solidly conservative. I live in the Northeast part of WI. I wouldn't trade it for the world, not even for TX or FL.
Evers is checkmated by the legislature and SCOWI. He has all the power of a remote control without batteries.
“dropped”
The state supreme court shot it down
Far northwest WI is pretty liberal as I recall
Repubs sure do work hard when they have no chance of getting anything done.
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