Walker Enlists Karl Rove Protégé to Promote New Protest Policy
As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s new policies restricting
protest in the Wisconsin capitol take effect in advance of the
anniversary of 2011's historic labor uprisings, the controversial
governor has enlisted a new spokesperson to sell the rules, a 28-year
old protégé of Karl Rove and new political appointee of the governor.
Madison blogger Joe Vittie broke the story
on WisconsinReporters.com about Jocelyn Webster, the person Walker
hired as the public face defending the rules. Webster cut her teeth with
Rove’s notorious Office of Political Affairs in the George W. Bush
Administration. A congressional investigation of the activities of that
office yielded allegations -- including specific allegations against
Webster -- that Rove’s team was involved in partisan campaigning on the
public dime, a claim also leveled at aides of her newest boss during his
tenure as Milwaukee County Executive.
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