The Sconi

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) held two rallies in Wisconsin just weeks before the state’s voters head to the polls to select a new justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

A self-described “democratic socialist,” Sanders held rallies in Kenosha and Altoona on March 7 and 8. 

The Republican Party of Wisconsin said WI Supreme Court Candidate Susan Crawford and the state Democratic Party were “out of touch” for “desperately turning to the far-left extremist” Sanders. 

“Let’s not forget that Bernie Sanders is a self-identified democratic socialist, endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America during his presidential run,” said the Wisconsin GOP in a press release. “He’s championed policies like abolishing Voter ID, ending cash bail, ending mandatory sentencing minimums, halting deportations, and abolishing ICE —things that are a total slap in the face to Wisconsin voters.”

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI-01) said Sanders was on a “fear mongering tour.”

“Democratic socialist Senator Sanders’ fear mongering tour comes to Wisconsin today to try to sell open borders, reckless spending and boys in girls' sports,” said Steil in a press release. “In Wisconsin we want secure borders, control of spending and boys out of girls' sports.”

The upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election on April 1, 2025, will determine the successor to retiring liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Crawford, a liberal, is currently a Dane County Circuit Court Judge. She is running against Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge and Wisconsin’s former Republican Attorney General. 

Crawford, who is endorsed by Planned Parenthood, also is supported by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) and far-left activist billionaire George Soros.  

Schimel's campaign, in a post on X, said "while Susan Crawford leans on Bernie Sanders and George Soros, Brad is meeting with voters of all walks of life in every corner of the state."