David Crowley might be a nice guy at home, a husband, a father, a stepfather. Wonderful. But Wisconsin isn’t electing a family man. We are electing a governor. And Crowley’s record makes one thing painfully clear: he is not built for the pressure, the responsibility, or the seriousness this moment demands.
Crowley’s campaign already reeks of unseriousness. The goofy catchphrases. The childish nicknames. The “Terrible Tom Tiffany” routine. It’s embarrassing. And calling Tiffany a “MAGA extremist” isn’t sound strategy; it’s political suicide. Wisconsin is purple. You don’t win by insulting half the state.
And when Crowley gets labeled himself? He fires back with the race card, even when reporters gently asked whether he was the establishment candidate. He is. And Wisconsinites know it.
Also, his racism comment was a wink and a nod to Black voters, but contrary to his assumptions, some of us are not going to vote for him simply because he’s Black. We want competence, vision, and integrity. We need someone who can lead all Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin doesn’t want division. We want answers. People across the state are tired of the political bickering. We want substance, not slogans. We want leaders who can explain how they’ll lower taxes, fix failing schools, create affordable housing, and reduce crime.
Crowley says that unlike Francesca Hong, he supports data centers. Convenient, considering he received $350,000 from groups building them. He was also the only candidate who refused to repeal the $2 billion tax cut for those same centers.
He’s backed by Governor Evers, which means he’s aligned with the establishment, funded by special interests, and unwilling to restrict access to his campaign.
Wisconsin voters deserve proper explanations about the Milwaukee County health insurance scandal, raises for top cabinet officials while property and sales taxes rose on working families, deficits in the county budget and bus system, and spending hundreds of thousands on PR for the new county courthouse, a nearly $1 billion mess.
Crowley cannot send another Act 12 to Governor Evers and hope for a bailout. He needs real policies, and he hasn’t shown he can produce them.
Crowley’s tenure as County Executive has been a parade of studies, focus groups, consultants, and committees. He doesn’t take charge. He doesn’t make hard calls. He doesn’t lead. He delegates responsibility and hides behind process.
Wisconsin doesn’t need a man who waits for consensus. We need someone who can act on day one.
Crowley isn’t that leader. Not for this moment.
