GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rebecca Kleefisch is standing strong behind audits investigating the 2020 election in Wisconsin.
During a stop in Green Bay on Monday, Kleefisch addressed a question posed by WTAQ regarding her stance on the investigations and their longevity.
“There are the election concerns, particularly in the Green Bay area with the Zucker-bucks situation…My hope with the audits of the 2020 election is that we’re going to get to the bottom of what happened in 2020,” Kleefisch responded. “We’ve already seen that there are law enforcement agencies that are recommending charges, and some district attorneys that are actually charging for voter fraud.”
The ‘Zucker-bucks’ comment refers to money accepted by several Wisconsin cities, including Green Bay, from the Center for Tech and Civic Life. The group reportedly received a $350 million donation from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for COVID-19 Response Grants. Many believe that money influenced how the election was operated, and diluted the traditional process.
Kleefisch then quoted Benjamin Franklin – who once reportedly said the country has ‘a Democratic Republic, if you can keep it.’
“My deepest concern is that there will continue to be people who are so disenfranchised wondering whether their vote actually counts, that they’re willing to just walk away from the process altogether. That’s not what our founders intended,” Kleefisch said. “The biggest danger to our Democratic Republic today is people just walking away from her. We can’t have that. We need to get to the bottom of 2020, and my hope is that the current audits are doing exactly that.”
