Socialists aren’t “going too far to the left at all,” Mandela Barnes once said. “I would love to be a centrist…but in these times, there’s no place for that.”
No kidding.

Here are 17 ways in which Mandela Barnes is far too radical for Wisconsin:
- Barnes supports defunding the police.
- Barnes wants to release HALF of Wisconsin’s prison inmates —a notion he calls “sexy.”
- Barnes supports unrestricted abortion-on-demand until birth.
- Barnes says he “really could not care less about a Second Amendment ‘right.’”
- Barnes wants to “stymie capitalism.”
- Barnes says it’s a “right” for illegal immigrants to receive driver’s licenses and in-state college tuition.
- Barnes “absolutely” supports government-run health care.
- Barnes supports the job-killing Green New Deal.
- Barnes wants to end cash bail.
- Barnes thinks it’s “unfortunate” convicted felons are unable to vote from prison.
- Barnes wants to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with far-left activist judges.
- Barnes favors eliminating the Senate filibuster to pass an extremist liberal agenda.
- Barnes ”liken[s]” critical race theory in public schools “to learning about science.”
- Barnes supports forcing local governments to “incorporate equity and sustainability into their budget[s].”
- Barnes downplayed the violent and destructive 2020 Wisconsin riots on at least seven occasions.
- Barnes is a founding member of the state’s Working Families Party — a far-left organization dedicated to advancing radical, far-left ideas and politicians.
- Barnes has been endorsed by socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
And that’s not even the half of it.
Mandela Barnes is dangerous for Wisconsin.
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