"U.S. Chamber Attack on Wife of Walker Prosecutor Falls Apart"

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U.S. Chamber Attack on Wife of Walker Prosecutor Falls Apart

By Brendan Fischer at the Progressive

http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/09/187859/us-chamber-attack-wife-walker-prosecutor-falls-apart

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The Chamber's Wisconsin affiliate, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), has been one of Walker's biggest supporters. WMC is also one of the groups under investigation in the "John Doe" criminal campaign finance investigation, where Chisholm and other prosecutors are looking into alleged coordination between the Walker campaign and third-party dark money groups during the recall elections. According to prosecutors, WMC was involved in campaign-related conference calls with the governor and in 2012 received $2.5 million from Wisconsin Club for Growth, a nonprofit led by a top Walker advisor.

The "weeping wife" allegation played into multiple right-wing pathologies -- the liberal woman whose politics are driven by emotion, the all-powerful teacher's union pulling a Democrat's strings -- and quickly spread across conservative media in Wisconsin and around the country.

The Wall Street Journal editorial board repeated the Chamber-backed claims, as did Wisconsin's Bradley Foundation-funded attack dog sites: Media Trackers called it a "bombshell revelation," while the Wisconsin Reporter asked whether the John Doe is "colored with a bit of 'Macbeth'."

"Wife's weeping over anti-union law drove Democratic DA to target Republican governor's staff and conservative activists," a headline from British tabloid the Daily Mail proclaimed. - See more at:

http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/09/187859/us-chamber-attack-wife-walker-prosecutor-falls-apart#sthash.j74claqv.dpuf


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