Opioid addiction has destroyed lives, hurt families, and cost our communities. Overdoses have caused thousands of deaths in Wisconsin.
[Institute for Research on Poverty/Morgridge Center for Public Policy, Wisconsin’s Opioid Crisis]
But when he was Attorney General, Brad Schimel refused to join a multi-state lawsuit to hold opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma accountable for the harm they were causing – even as 71 of 72 Wisconsin counties also filed lawsuits against them.
Instead, Brad Schimel was the only Wisconsin state candidate to get a campaign contribution from opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma’s PAC.
The company also gave money to a national Republican group whose PAC spent nearly $3 million trying to get Brad Schimel elected in 2018.
[OpenSecrets.org search, accessed 9/12/24; Wisconsin Democracy Campaign press release, 11/15/18]
Contact
Judge
Brad Schimel
at
262‑548‑7548
and
tell him
he should
stand up
for Wisconsin
first.
