Two judges of the Wisconsin Supreme Court have received a torrent of false and anti-Semitic messages in the days after they denied – and then voted to reject – an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyers to cast hundreds of thousands of votes in their state.
One pioneer described Justice Jill Karofsky as “hooked-nosed” and painted an anti-Semitic caricature. Another described her as a “terrorist” and said she should “get a major lethal heart attack on live TV.”
Her colleague Rebecca Dallet was hailed as a “spy” by a Facebook starter, who also warned justice that “it is in the best position for you to get a lawsuit.” When people that will not happen. ”
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The Daily Stormer, a non-Nazi publication, published an article about the two judges on Sunday, calling them “an elite jewel sitting next to another jewel confirming the course of our government.”
Karofsky was a target on Trump’s Twitter feed earlier this year as well, when he unfoundedly said his election to the court was false.
A campaign adviser for the judges who shared these positions and others with the Jewish Telegraph Group said they have received dozens of messages with obscene language in the days since the case was argued and decided in court. The court rejected the lawsuit in a 4-3 decision Monday – the same day the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the November election.
Karofsky and Dallet declined to speak to JTA, but campaign adviser Sachin Chheda said the pair are concerned for their safety and have been in contact with legal work.
“The amount and intensity of the feedback they receive has reached a new level,” said Chheda. “It’s more brutal, it’s more racist, it’s more sexual, it’s more dangerous than what we have seen before. ”
The two judges, who are seen as part of the court’s liberal minority, were on the heels of arguments made in court by Trump’s lawyer, Jim Troupis, on Saturday. The suit had asked the court to cast 221,000 early and absent votes in Dane and Milwaukee counties, which are Democratic strongholds with large non-white numbers.
Jill Karofsky celebrates her election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court at a social distance outside her Madison home, April 13, 2020. (Screenshot / via JTA)
Karofsky told Troupis that the lawsuit was “non-American” and “smoked racism.”
“What you want us to do is reverse this election so that your king can stay in power,” Karofsky said, according to Related Media. “I don’t know how you can come before this court and may seek a cure that has not been heard in U.S. history. “
Dallet asked why the suit was aimed at the “most non-white, urban” parts of the state, according to the Law and Crime publication.
Wisconsin has a population of approximately 30,000 in a state population of 6 million. Several of the most prominent officials in the state in recent years have been Jewish, including former generals Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold. Shirley Abrahamson, a Jew, was a high-ranking judge of his state Supreme Court, and Dallet was elected to the court in 2018.
In April, when Karofsky strongly defended a Republican governor in a court election, Trump tweet in all captains that her influence was “RAMPANT WITH FRAUD.” Republicans had also tried to tighten voting requirements in that vote.
At the time, Karofsky’s victory was seen as a potential spy of the Democratic swing state in November – a proven prediction.
In August, Karofsky was brought into the office during an ultramarathon – a 100-mile run – by Dallet, who is also a runner. Judges of the court serve 10-year terms.
