Lawsuit 'Smacks Of Racism': Wisconsin Judge Shreds Trump Lawyer Over Vote Challenge

A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice came right out and said it Saturday when she blasted Donald Trump s attorney over a lawsuit challenging state election results that smacks of racism .

Liberal Justice Jill Karofsky also slammed the legal action as not normal, and as an assault on a legitimate election that has failed to produce a single case of fraud.

What you want is for us to overturn this election so that your king can stay in power, said Karofsky. That is so un-American.

Karofsky attacked lawyer James Troupis in a virtual hearing on a case filed by the lame-duck president and Vice President Mike Pence seeking to jettison all absentee ballots in two counties Dane and Milwaukee that voted for Joe Biden .

The counties are the most urban, nonwhite, largest counties in the state that voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, Karofskys colleague Justice Rebecca Dallet said.

Karofsky said to Troupis that the lawsuit has singled out two counties of 72 in the state, targeted because of their diverse populations, because theyre urban, I presume, because they vote Democratic. This lawsuit, Mr. Troupis, smacks of racism.

She added: I do not know how you can come before this court and possibly ask us for a remedy that is unheard of ... to say to 227,000 of our fellow Wisconsinites: Your vote doesnt matter.

And she wasnt finished.

This not normal, Karofsky continued. It is not normal for us to be sitting here 48 hours before the Electoral College sits. It is not normal for only two out of 72 counties to be at risk of losing their voice in this election.

This case is not about election fraud, the judge added. It is not about anyone in this state doing anything wrong. This case is about not just seeding but watering and nurturing doubt about a legitimate election.

Karofsky asked Troupis to provide a single case of fraud in the Wisconsin election, which the lawyer was unable to do. He only said that the votes were cast in an illegal form, referring to absentee ballots. He admitted the ballots were used statewide, and not just in the two challenged counties.

Karofsky pointed out that the absentee ballot forms were exactly the same as they were in 2016 when Trump won the state, and he did not object to the ballots then.

There was no decision at the end of the 90-minute hearing, though it appeared highly unlikely the court would find in Trumps favor.

The two justices have voted with the majority of the court in rejecting three postelection suits in the state on Trumps behalf. Even conservative judges have been taken aback by the actions.

In a ruling earlier this month, Justice Brian Hagedorn said that one of the suits calling for the court-ordered disenfranchisement of every Wisconsin voter without credible evidence would appear to be unprecedented in American history .

Trumps battle against his election loss suffered a devastating blow Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court jettisoned a suit by Texas , which was backed by 17 other red states (and 126 Republican members of the House ), to toss ballots by four battleground states that voted for Biden. Texas lacks standing to challenge votes in other states, the top court said in a brief, unsigned order.

Trump also lost a federal case in Wisconsin Saturday. U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig, a Trump appointee, dismissed the suit asking the court to order the Republican-controlled Legislature to name Trump the winner over Biden. The judge said Trumps arguments fail as a matter of law and fact.

BREAKING: Wisconsin Federal Court DISMISSES Trump lawsuit WITH PREJUDICE.

\"This Court has allowed plaintiff the chance to make his case and he has lost on the merits.\"

Trump and his allies are now 1-58 in post-election litigation.https://t.co/LfKb2PUIkq

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BREAKING: Wisconsin Federal Court DISMISSES Trump lawsuit WITH PREJUDICE.

"This Court has allowed plaintiff the chance to make his case and he has lost on the merits."

Trump and his allies are now 1-58 in post-election litigation.https://t.co/LfKb2PUIkq
Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 12, 2020

Trump has vowed to fight on . But times running out. The Electoral College meets Monday to cast ballots that will reflect the will of American voters.

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