Ben Wickler

Thank you, Rachel. And thanks to Susan Crawford, who never wavered in the face of the richest person in the world coming after her with things that have never been thrown at any judicial candidate anywhere ever and held firm to her belief in integrity and democracy and the rule of law and freedom in what this country is supposed to stand for.

Thank you, Rachel. And thanks to Susan Crawford, who never wavered in the face of the richest person in the world coming after her with things that have never been thrown at any judicial candidate anywhere ever and held firm to her belief in integrity and democracy and the rule of law and freedom in what this country is supposed to stand for.

And voters responded at a level we've never seen in our state. I just want to share a fact that I crunched today. Susan Crawford running for Supreme Court in an April election in Wisconsin. These are normally low turnout races. Most people don't tune into it all. She got more votes than any Republican running for governor of Wisconsin has ever earned this spring.

And voters responded at a level we've never seen in our state. I just want to share a fact that I crunched today. Susan Crawford running for Supreme Court in an April election in Wisconsin. These are normally low turnout races. Most people don't tune into it all. She got more votes than any Republican running for governor of Wisconsin has ever earned this spring.

Well, Susan Crawford, I think, just delivered a masterclass. Because when Elon Musk started going after her, instead of shrinking back or trying to find some way to convince him to withdraw from the race or tone it down, she went straight after him.

Well, Susan Crawford, I think, just delivered a masterclass. Because when Elon Musk started going after her, instead of shrinking back or trying to find some way to convince him to withdraw from the race or tone it down, she went straight after him.

She started saying on the campaign trail, I never thought growing up as a little girl in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, that I'd be up against the richest man in the world. And people would erupt in applause. Her fundraising... on Act Blue. It raised more money every day than it used to cost to run an entire Supreme Court race in the state of Wisconsin. So we were outspent.

She started saying on the campaign trail, I never thought growing up as a little girl in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, that I'd be up against the richest man in the world. And people would erupt in applause. Her fundraising... on Act Blue. It raised more money every day than it used to cost to run an entire Supreme Court race in the state of Wisconsin. So we were outspent.

Susan Crawford and the Democratic Party, we were outspent by Elon Musk and the forces of the far right. There were other far right billionaires that got in, too. But we weren't outcommunicated or outorganized. Because literally hundreds of thousands of people wound up chipping in. And thousands of people made phone calls, knocked on doors, got involved, spread the word.

Susan Crawford and the Democratic Party, we were outspent by Elon Musk and the forces of the far right. There were other far right billionaires that got in, too. But we weren't outcommunicated or outorganized. Because literally hundreds of thousands of people wound up chipping in. And thousands of people made phone calls, knocked on doors, got involved, spread the word.

We've tracked millions and millions of conversations that happened between volunteers and supporters of Susan Crawford and Wisconsin voters. And all of that added up not just to a hairline victory. It was a landslide. This is a state where elections routinely come down to less than one percentage point. Elon Musk came to Wisconsin and he put on a cheese head and he tried to bribe Wisconsin voters.

We've tracked millions and millions of conversations that happened between volunteers and supporters of Susan Crawford and Wisconsin voters. And all of that added up not just to a hairline victory. It was a landslide. This is a state where elections routinely come down to less than one percentage point. Elon Musk came to Wisconsin and he put on a cheese head and he tried to bribe Wisconsin voters.

And the message of fury that that ignited, the only real response is to say that Wisconsin's not for sale. And you can't just come in to Wisconsin and think that you can take the cheese head and give an affront to our voters. But this same kind of fight is possible everywhere. no matter what you put on your head, people can fight back against the oligarchy.

And the message of fury that that ignited, the only real response is to say that Wisconsin's not for sale. And you can't just come in to Wisconsin and think that you can take the cheese head and give an affront to our voters. But this same kind of fight is possible everywhere. no matter what you put on your head, people can fight back against the oligarchy.

There's still enough democracy left that no matter where you are, it is possible to organize, to get together, to support people who actually have conviction and values and believe in something bigger than themselves. Because what Elon Musk doesn't get is that people in politics don't have to just be out for themselves. They don't have to be trying to attempt to loot the federal government.

There's still enough democracy left that no matter where you are, it is possible to organize, to get together, to support people who actually have conviction and values and believe in something bigger than themselves. Because what Elon Musk doesn't get is that people in politics don't have to just be out for themselves. They don't have to be trying to attempt to loot the federal government.

Trump doesn't get this either. There's something bigger at the heart of what it means to be an American and what it means to be a patriot in this country that is about a belief in the United States of America.

Trump doesn't get this either. There's something bigger at the heart of what it means to be an American and what it means to be a patriot in this country that is about a belief in the United States of America.

And I think in this race, we saw in Wisconsin, in this one purple state, the kind of energy that comes out when people realize that by acting together, they can overcome the richest, most powerful people in the world in service of a country that works for everyone.

And I think in this race, we saw in Wisconsin, in this one purple state, the kind of energy that comes out when people realize that by acting together, they can overcome the richest, most powerful people in the world in service of a country that works for everyone.