WI Mayor Slams State Supreme Court’s ‘Outrageous’ Decision On Stay-At-Home Order

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Madison, Wisconsin Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway on Friday blasted the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) stay-at-home order on Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Rhodes-Conway, who has continued to enforce the order in her city despite the court’s ruling, told CNN anchor John Berman that the decision “is just outrageous.”

“It’s irresponsible, and it’s really disappointing,” she said. “And the court has decided that with the flip of a switch, the state is just without any sort of public health guidance at all in response to this pandemic.”

The mayor said she was “extremely worried” about the possibility of the virus continuing to spread in Madison from those traveling to her city from areas of the state that have lifted the order.

“I just have to hope everyone is going to be responsible and do their best to take care of themselves and their community,” she said. “And I’m really hoping that other counties surrounding us will continue to adopt public health orders to keep their communities, and ours, safe.”

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  1. Another day, another preventable train wreck. What a horrible position these local governments have been put in.

  2. They want your voters dead, lady. Just say it out loud.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    The WI Supreme Court single-handedly destroyed the state’s capacity to deal with this or any future public health crisis involving a contagion. Way to go, assholes.

  4. “America’s A Death Cult”
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  5. This cartoon should be printed and posted on the door of every bar that is opening to the public.

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