MADISON, Wis. — Longtime right-wing politician, current U.S. Representative, and now Wisconsin gubernatorial wanna-be Tom Tiffany has said a lot of unseemly things and cast many bad votes over the years.
A Better Wisconsin Together Deputy Director Mike Browne commented, “Tom Tiffany can run for Governor, but he can’t hide from his record. Time and again he’s taken terrible votes and supported terrible policies that do harm to working people, families and our communities here in Wisconsin.”
The following are just ten of the terrible things about Tom Tiffany’s record:
- Tiffany touts Trump tariffs that trigger higher costs: Donald Trump’s tariff taxes are raising costs for working people on school supplies, cars, appliances, food, and even beer. What did Tom Tiffany have to say about it? In a radio appearance Tiffany said of Trump’s tariffs, “…all these things are really good things.”
- Tiffany voted to put billionaires first: When given the choice Tom Tiffany voted to cut Medicaid, increase healthcare premiums, take food assistance away from low income kids, imperil rural hospitals, and stick Wisconsin taxpayers with over $280 million in higher costs in future state budgets, all to give billionaires another tax break.
- Tiffany supports putting politicians (like himself) in charge of your reproductive healthcare decisions: Tiffany has supported imposing dangerous bans on abortion at the state and federal level, and even went so far as to cast a vote against legislation to protect access to contraception. Tiffany has also been repeatedly endorsed by an extremist anti-abortion group that wants to use a state law from 1849 to ban abortion in Wisconsin.
- Tiffany is toxic on environmental issues: It’s not just that Tiffany took money from pro-mining interests and then sponsored legislation to gut state environmental protections. Tiffany has even bragged that being named as one of the worst state legislators for protecting people from pollution was a “badge of honor.”
- Tiffany voted to slash state funding for education in Wisconsin: As a member of the Wisconsin state legislature, Tom Tiffany voted for the largest cuts to education in state history. And he hasn’t stopped there; in Washington D.C., Tiffany has sponsored legislation to eliminate the Department of Education.
- Tiffany is an election denier: Tom Tiffany was willing to throw out the votes of millions of Wisconsinites in 2020 because he didn’t like the results and bought into debunked conspiracy theories. He not only supported a wild lawsuit that even the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court wouldn’t take up, he voted against certifying the 2020 election results and years later was still refusing to acknowledge the truth that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
- Tiffany voted to protect politicians like himself from accountability: When fellow Republicans and big business special interests were alleged to have run afoul of state ethics and campaign finance laws, Tom Tiffany didn’t want to get to the bottom of it. Instead, Tiffany authored a bill to change the law and exempt politicians like himself from future, similar investigations of political corruption.
- Tiffany didn’t pay any state taxes for years: Tom Tiffany didn’t pay any state income taxes in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010, according to state records. But he did pay in 2011 — the year in which he received $49,943 in state taxpayer funded legislative salary, comprehensive health insurance and pension benefits and over $9,500 in tax-free payments for attending work in Madison.
- Tiffany voted to take away freedoms in the workplace: Tom Tiffany apparently doesn’t like workers being able to come together to have a say in their workplaces or to negotiate for better wages and benefits. As a state legislator, Tiffany voted to strip workplace freedoms from both public and private sector workers and undermine their ability to choose to join or form a union.
- Tiffany opposes common sense gun safety: Most everyone, including gun owners, support common sense safety laws for firearms. Not Tom Tiffany. He co-sponsored and voted in favor of a bill to eliminate a waiting period for handgun purchases and has introduced legislation to allow people to carry hidden guns in public without having to pass a background check, be licensed, or have any gun safety training.
