October 6, 2022 | Rapid Response | RNC Communications
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17 Facts About Socialist Mandela Barnes

Rapid Response

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:

  1. Barnes supports defunding the police.
  2. Barnes wants to release HALF of Wisconsin’s prison inmates —a notion he calls “sexy.”
  3. Barnes supports unrestricted abortion-on-demand until birth.
  4. Barnes says he “really could not care less about a Second Amendment ‘right.’”
  5. Barnes wants to “stymie capitalism.”
  6. Barnes says it’s a “right” for illegal immigrants to receive driver’s licenses and in-state college tuition.
  7. Barnes “absolutely” supports government-run health care.
  8. Barnes supports the job-killing Green New Deal.
  9. Barnes wants to end cash bail.
  10. Barnes thinks it’s “unfortunate” convicted felons are unable to vote from prison.
  11. Barnes wants to pack the U.S. Supreme Court with far-left activist judges.
  12. Barnes favors eliminating the Senate filibuster to pass an extremist liberal agenda.
  13. Barnes ”liken[s]” critical race theory in public schools “to learning about science.”
  14. Barnes supports forcing local governments to “incorporate equity and sustainability into their budget[s].”
  15. Barnes downplayed the violent and destructive 2020 Wisconsin riots on at least seven occasions.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.

Read more about socialist Mandela Barnes from RNC Research.