The Supreme Court Helped Wisconsin Liberals

In Wisconsin’s recent governor-recall election, Governor Scott Walker outspent the union-supported liberal candidate, won a resounding victory, and remained in office. Liberals members of the media haven’t blamed the victory of Walker’s union-busting policies. No, they blamed the Supreme Court.

In its 2010 Citizens United decision, the Court held that associations of Americans, including corporations and labor unions, could provide financial support to candidates for public office.

The left has complained that the decision enabled big corporate money to bring about the union defeat.  

But the very opposite is true. Corporation gave relatively little for Governor Walker’s campaign. The bulk of contributions to the governor came from wealthy individuals. Unlimited individual contributions were authorized many years ago and not by Citizens United.  

For the recall-election’s liberal candidate, however, the bulk of contributions came from unions. Those gifts were indeed authorized by Citizens United. Walker won despite the Court-authorized union contributions.

Liberals have a hard time with the truth.