Latino MAGAs In Wisconsin Filed State Assembly Candidacy To Run In Two Predominantly Democratic Hispanic Districts (8th And 9th) In The Southside Of Milwaukee

At least three Latino MAGAs in Wisconsin have filed their candidacy to run as Republicans in the predominantly Democratic Latino community in the Southside of Milwaukee 8th and 9th State Assembly Districts.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 26, 2020

Milwaukee, WI - So far, Veronica Diaz of Milwaukee and Matthew Schigur-Melendez of Germantown, two Latino MAGAs (Make America Great Again/Keep America Great) have filed their candidacy to run as Republicans in the Wisconsin State 9th Assembly District, which incumbent State Representative Marisabel Cabrera (D-Milw.) is most likely to run for reelection and Ruben Velez of Milwaukee, another MAGA has also filed his candidacy to run as a Republican in the 8th Assembly District, which is an open seat after incumbent State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milw.) decided not to run for reelection and was recently elected to the Milwaukee Common Council on April 7th. Three Democratic candidates, current Milwaukee County Supervisor Sylvia Ortiz-Velez from the 12th Supervisor District, JoAnna Bautch and Enrique Murguia have also filed to run in the 8th State Assembly District, according to the Wisconsin Election Commission. Other candidates are also expected to file, since it's an open seat.

Both the 8th and 9th State Assembly Districts are located in the predominantly Democratic Latino community in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Last August, the Latino Wisconsin MAGAs created a fake Latino MAGA Facebook page to promote hate and Nazi propaganda targeted at a member or members of the Latino community in the state, in order to raise campaign funds for the reelection of Trump in 2020, according to a link https://bit.ly/30okuXc connected in the Latino MAGA fake Facebook page to Trump's campaign donation site. The MAGAs are considered an alt-right nationalist hate group that strives to promote Trump's hate and racist rhetoric even when Trump has told more than 18,000 confirmed lies and mistruths, since being at the White House. Many conservative Republicans nationally don't attend MAGA rallies nor support the MAGAs and Trump, the pathological liar.

The MAGAs in Wisconsin and the Republican Party of Wisconsin so far have failed to support the undocumented immigrant community by not standing with or advocating for Wisconsin driver's licenses for the undocumented driver as a public safety measure on the highway nor have they prevented the Republican controlled legislature from attempting to pass anti-immigrant bill's in the past.

Undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin pay more than $90M in combine taxes per year to the state.

Today, 26.4M of Americans including legal status workers have filed for unemployment within a four week period due to the "Stay at Home" Coronavirus pandemic order adopted by multiple states under Trump and an additional 13M of U.S. undocumented taxpaying workers have also been unemployed and were left out from the $2T Coronavirus stimulus aid bill passed by a Congressional bi-partisan vote and then signed into law by Trump.

Update: On May 8, 2020, Angel Sanchez, a former Alderman for the 12th Aldermanic District in Milwaukee and who ran previously for the Wisconsin State Assembly 9th District as a Republican filed to run for the Wisconsin State Assembly 8th District. Sanchez on Feb. 2020 ran unsuccessfully for the 8th Aldermanic District in Milwaukee. Sanchez on his Facebook account stated that he is, "a conservative and proud", HNNUSA also learned that he strongly supports Trump and is also a MAGA too.

Also, on April 28, 2020, Michael Rivera filed as a Democrat to run for the Wisconsin 8th Assembly District.

On the Wisconsin 9th Assembly District, Christian Saldivar filed on May 10, 2020 to run as a Democrat. Saldivar ran unsuccessfully for Alderman in the 8th Aldermanic District in Feb. 2020. Incumbent 9th Assembly District State Representative Marisabel Cabrera (D-Milw.) has yet to file for reelection.

On the 21st Wisconsin State Assembly District, Erick Brooks, the Mayor of South Milwaukee filed on April 21, 2020 to run as a Democrat against Yesenia Edelmira Rodriguez, aka, "Jessie", who is a Republican and running for reelection (filed on April 8, 2020).