GIBSON, WI (WTAQ) — A local assemblyman is pointing fingers at Governor Tony Evers for confusion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the ‘Safer at Home’ order.
2nd District Republican Assemblyman Shae Sortwell says Republicans tried to develop a plan with the governor in case the court sided with them.
“There is always a possibility of them doing exactly what they did, which was immediately opening,” Sortwell said. “So [we] asked for that and the governor said well, no, we’ll just wait until after the court makes its ruling. Which we didn’t agree with.”
“He didn’t really seem to be terribly interested in doing it right away,” Sortwell told WTAQ’s ‘The Morning News with Matt and Earl’. “For some reason he didn’t take into account the fact that you know that court could not only rule against him, but rule against him immediately.”
Governor Evers fought back against that assertion on Thursday, saying Republicans “own” the chaos resulting from the overturning of the order.
While Sortwell is happy the state is open, he says Republicans are OK with local municipalities making their own rules as the pandemic continues.
“The state of Wisconsin, right now, on the state level, is completely open,” said Sortwell. “That doesn’t change what local governments can do.”
Brown County and Appleton are among those who have put in place local rules similar to the now-overturned ‘Safer at Home’ order. Both are in effect until May 20th.
