Wisconsin Republicans fire eight more Evers appointees, including regents [Video]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the state Senate fired eight more of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees Tuesday, including two Universities of Wisconsin regents who voted against a deal that limited campus diversity and four judicial watchdogs who wouldn’t commit to punishing liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

The Senate also fired a member of the governor’s domestic abuse council after Republicans accused the body of violating open records laws and taking what the GOP considered a stance against white people, as well as a member of the deferred compensation board, which administers a state retirement program.

The Senate has now fired 21 Evers appointees since the governor took office in 2019. The governor said in a statement Tuesday that he was “apoplectic” that Republican senators keep firing his appointees for no good reason.

“It’s obvious this is about Wisconsin Republicans exacting their political punishment and retribution …