Trump supporters may take it out on the GOP
ELKHORN — Fissures within the Republican Party were on full display at the Walworth County Fairgrounds on Saturday, as people who came to hear Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump learned they wouldn't have the chance.
In the heart of his own Congressional district, House Speaker Paul Ryan was met with mixed reactions at an annual event designed to showcase the state's Republican candidates and elected officials.
Initially billed as a unity event where Ryan would campaign for the first time with Trump, the last-minute cancellation of appearances by Trump and his running mate Mike Pence ultimately showcased the division between the party's fervent and more reluctant Trump supporters. In a town whose motto is "Living in Harmony," the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin Fall Fest didn't offer much of it.
Attorney General Brad Schimel — the only one to encourage the crowd to vote for Trump, as a means of putting conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court — still earned some boos when he said he didn't like "hearing anyone talk that way about women."
"Get over it! It was 12 years ago," one audience member shouted.
Sensenbrenner directly addressed the anti-Ryan sentiments coming from some in the crowd, telling the hecklers to "clean up (their) act."
"We’re asking people to be respectful in this campaign. There’s an awful lot of lack of that," Sensenbrenner scolded.
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