Is Wisconsin the only state whose Republicans all opposed coronavirus bill?
In just over 24 hours, some 12,000 people shared a post from the Kenosha County Democratic Party slamming the coronavirus vote by Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation.
The emergency measure — which includes free testing for COVID-19, paid emergency leave and other emergency appropriations — easily passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 18.
But it passed without much help from Wisconsin.
The Kenosha Democrats seized on that fact in a March 19 Facebook post. The post explained the bill, commented on gerrymandering and noted that the GOP "no" votes from purple Wisconsin went beyond the breakdown from even the deepest red of the red states.
It was accompanied by a graphic with pictures of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and U.S. Reps. Mike Gallagher, Glenn Grothman, Jim Sensenbrenner and Bryan Steil that said this: “WI is the ONLY state where all Republicans voted against protecting its citizens.”
The bill passed 363-40 in the U.S. House and 90-8 in the U.S. Senate.
Indeed, all five Republicans in the Wisconsin delegation cast a no vote, according to roll calls published by ProPublica. All four state Democrats voted for the bill.
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