Not Only "Security" for Barnes

Bice reveals Mandela Barnes' $600 THOUSAND dollar "security" bill paid by Wisconsin taxpayers.

 

...In his first three years as the state's No. 2, Barnes has averaged more than 13½ hours of security protection a day — including weekdays, weekends and holidays — at a daily cost to the state of $660 for patrol officers' wages. That's more than 10 times the number of hours as his predecessor....

There are some interesting details in the story.

 ...Maddy McDaniel, a Barnes spokeswoman, said the state Dignitary Protection Unit makes the decisions as to whether to provide the high-profile lieutenant governor with security for any particular event or day and how many patrol members to use. ...

Really?

...In 2019, a State Patrol official said security decisions were made by the patrol and the governor’s office....

In other words, Evers made the decision to escort Barnes everyplace he went.

But what Bice doesn't tell you is this:  Barnes didn't have a driver's license early in his time as Loot Gov.  (See what I did there?)  That is why the State Patrol spent countless hours with him:  they were driving him around on personal and political business.

 ...For instance, the state provided 54 hours of security to Barnes at a cost of nearly $2,300 in state salaries over three days in October 2021 when he ran in the Chicago Marathon. This figure doesn't include other expenses for the security detail, such as lodging or mileage. 

Two weeks later, Barnes racked up 10 hours of security costs while attending a one-hour Sunday fundraiser for his Senate campaign at The Newport in Milwaukee and participating in a 30-minute virtual event for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. No other events are listed for the day on his calendar....

The most laughable claim made by Barnes (and Evers)?

...The campaign for Barnes, the first Black lieutenant governor, declined to say whether he's received threats, referring the question to state officials to answer....

Ooooooh.  "Threats"!!

Kleefisch was the Lt Gov when Act 10 was passed.  That legislation aroused the longest and loudest protests in the history of Wisconsin up to that point in time.  Legislators were literally loaded into buses to get them in and out of the Capitol.  Threats were everywhere, all day, all night.

Little Boy Loot-Gov Barnes doesn't have a clue what real 'threats' are.

But he does have nicely-muscled chauffeurs and bodyguards, thanks to you!