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A former Republican Party chairman and White House chief of staff tweeted about the Wisconsin Elections Commission's (WEC) decision to hold an emergency hearing after President Donald Trump filed a petition for recount.

Reince Priebus, president of the Michael Best and Friedrich LLP law firm, and a CBS News political analyst, was just as surprised as everyone else that the WEC would hold the emergency meeting. 

“Let’s get this straight,” Priebus tweeted. “The Trump campaign sent the Wis Election Comm. $3 mill and filed its petition for a recount. Then the WEC immediately called a special meeting to change certain recount rules that deal with the issues brought up in the petition? You can’t make this up!” 

Priebus wasn’t the only one in awe of WEC’s decision.

Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Andrew Hitt also tweeted about the hearing. 

“BREAKING: WI Elections Commission, after seeing President Trump’s recount petition and objections, is trying to change the recount manual at an emergency meeting tonight at 6 pm to make objections harder to make. This must be stopped,” Hitt tweeted.

However, once the meeting was underway, the members voted 3-3 on the change. Matt Batzel, the national executive director of American Majority tweeted that the changes would not occur.

“3-3 votes on Wisconsin Elections Commission mean staff changes to the Recount Manual do not pass,” Batzel said in the tweet.

The recount petition is for Dane and Milwaukee Counties. Trump filed for the recount, paying a $3 million fee, alleging there were voter irregularities in those two counties.

This isn’t the first lawsuit filed regarding the counties. Three Wisconsin voters filed a lawsuit last week alleging irregularities in Milwaukee, Dane and Menominee counties. That suit wants results from the three counties to be invalidated. 

There has also been much in the news regarding the largely unregulated voting machines. A previous report from The Sconi notes that 2016 Green Party candidate Jill Stein is still dealing with a lawsuit where she sought a recount in the 2016 election.