Daniel Bice
WISCONSIN DELLS – Delegates at the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's annual convention June 15 overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls for the impeachment of Republican President Donald Trump for his executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
The measure, which passed on a voice vote, has no binding power.
The resolution argues that Trump violated his oath of office by signing the executive order. A challenge to the order is before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Also, delegates overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to urge Wisconsin's congressional delegation to back U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan’s bill aimed at restricting the sale and transfer of certain U.S. weapons to Israel.
Pocan's bill is called the "Block the Bombs Act." Democratic activists voted 236 to 30 to support the resolution.
The debate was nowhere as contentious as last year's vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Democratic delegates ultimately approved that measure.
Delegates also voted to appoint Devin Remiker, the party's former executive director, as the new party chairman, succeeding Ben Wikler.
The convention came as it was revealed 11 Democratic members of the state Legislature were named in a manifesto of Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Luther Boelter. He is suspected of posing as a police officer on June 14 and fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, in their home in Brooklyn Park. He also is suspected of shooting and wounding State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home a few miles away.
Boelter was taken into custody on June 15 after a manhunt.
Gov. Tony Evers, in his speech to delegates, offered no hints about whether he plans to run for a third term in 2026.
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