A Wisconsin sheriff is warning that the state will be “screwed” if Vice President Kamala Harris defeats former President Donald Trump in November.
The remark was relayed on Thursday by Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt as he testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Milwaukee on how the border crisis had impacted Wisconsin. Schmidt, the president of the Badger State Sheriffs Association, said that law enforcement around the state were seeing a surge in crime and strain on resources.
“If Trump doesn’t win this election, we are screwed,” Schmidt said that one of his fellow Wisconsin sheriffs told him, saying another told him “people don’t understand how bad it is.”
Turning to his own experience, Schmidt said his county was now dealing with an increase in drug trafficking from cartels from Mexico.
“I’m fearful for my family. I’m fearful for the family of those that serve with me,” he said of dealing with an influx of cartel violence and drug trafficking.
Additionally, Schmidt said that law enforcement throughout the state struggled when they pulled people over and they had no valid licenses or identification.
“I would love to put up a border around Dodge County or around the state of Wisconsin but we need the federal government to do that at our southern border,” Schmidt said, noting that 1,500 people are killed in Wisconsin every year from fentanyl poisoning.
Schmidt thanked Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for being at the hearing, but said he was disappointed that Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin did not attend, asking where she was.
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Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney also spoke to lawmakers about the increase in drug trafficking in his county.
“We’re a county of about 100,000 people. We have numerous highways running through the community that makes us a corridor for drug trafficking,” he said. “We’ve seen seizure of drugs with quantities soaring like we have never seen before.”
Toney said that the arrests of illegal immigrants were putting a strain on his county.
“When we have more illegal immigrants that are being prosecuted for crime, sometimes our jails operate at thin margins and counties are having to look at building new jails, not solely because of that, but that’s part of the issue,” he said.
Republicans have made the border a key issue in the 2024 election with both Trump and Senate candidate Eric Hovde campaigning heavily on the issue.
