A bid to recall Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election was quickly snuffed out Tuesday.
Republican state Rep. Timothy Ramthun introduced a resolution on the floor, which under General Assembly rules had to be referred to committee, where it was swiftly rejected, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“Rep Ramthun just attempted to pass an Assembly resolution to recall WI’s presidential electors. Not only is it illegal, it’s just plain unconstitutional,” Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said in a tweet. “As chair of the Rules Committee, there is ZERO chance I will advance this illegal resolution. #EndofStory.”
The text of the resolution calls for “reclaiming the electoral ballots for President and Vice President that were certified under fraudulent intent.”
The resolution also cites specific irregularities and makes demands for Wisconsin election reform, including legislation with the intent to “clean up the WisVote database and create separate servers for active and inactive voters,” and Legislature support for a “full forensic physical and cyber audit of the 2020 general election,” among other changes.
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After voicing frustration with a Gateway Pundit post that claimed the Legislature had passed the resolution, Steineke, a Republican, issued another tweet that noted how “disinformation spreads quickly” and offered a play-by-play of how the resolution got shot down.
“Ramthun introduced a resolution with zero support (no cosponsors),” he said, adding that because it “was a privileged resolution, it has to be referred to committee.” He said the resolution was then referred to the panel and that there was “no vote on it.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Ramthun for comment.
Biden defeated former President Donald Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin, a result that has been upheld by recounts and court rulings that have rejected assertions of widespread fraud.
Ramthun previously introduced a resolution to decertify the 2020 election results in November, a move that failed but received plaudits from Trump himself.
“Great job, Rep. Ramthun! Even the Democrats and RINOs cannot object to all the evidence that has been exposed!” the former president said in a statement shared by his Save America PAC.
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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos stripped Ramthun of his lone legislative staff member last week, saying Ramthun spread election “lies,” according to WisPolitics.
Ramthun denied the assertion that he accused Republican leadership, specifically Vos, of signing a deal with attorneys for Hillary Clinton to authorize ballot drop boxes.
“Upon review of all written and posted communications by my office, including those most recent in an email of election evidence sent to the Legislature, there is no indication of me or my office making such a statement. If your claim is your justification for reassigning my staff, and it is not true, he should be dutifully returned,” Ramthun said in a statement.
Vos hired former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to conduct an investigation into the 2020 election, which is ongoing. The Legislative Audit Bureau also conducted a review of the contest, and in October made dozens of recommendations for improving the voting process, but said it did not find evidence of widespread fraud.
