Will County Clown Car (2024)

10/11/2024

THE ROAD TO MARTER '26: WCCC is proud to announce the first winner in 2024's Will County Clown Car Pumpkin Spice Clown Awards for Excellence in Clownery, Jim Marter, receiving the "Biggest Waste of Campaign Time" award for hosting a weekly, two-hour Saturday morning brokered-time radio show on WBIG AM when he could have been out campaigning.

And if you're thinking we're being too tough on this douchelord for simply lying endlessly to voters and suggesting he knows what's best for y'all women, well, we have good reason: if history is any indicator, Marter will likely run for Congress a fifth time in 2026 and pull this s**t again.

But as enjoyable as it is to simply mock him for running an absolutely amateur congressional campaign and losing deservedly, we hope this post also serves as a public service announcement for future congressional candidates of all parties:

If your friend, a failed 2022 Illinois candidate for US Senate receiving 12.7% of the primary vote, happens to own a crappy radio station and tries to sell you two hours of air time on Saturday mornings at 10, don't do it, because it's 2024 in the suburbs, and you'll likely only be talking to yourself, your 'very special co-host' and the board operator who's just playing on his phone.

Stay tuned to Will County Clown Car for more and upcoming coverage of Will County's 2025 municipal elections.

** Sources **

"Underwood, Marter step under very different spotlights"
https://chronicleillinois.com/news/kendall-county-news/underwood-marter-step-under-very-different-spotlights/

Photo: Marter for Congress/Facebook, 7/13/24

08/11/2024

EXCLUSIVE: 'BOTH SIDES' NOT THE SAME — Sources tonight tell Will County Clown Car that Will County Democrats will not be traveling to Washington DC to participate in a riot intended to delay Congress' presidential election certification process on January 6, 2025, due to what we're told are "adults in the room" who "believe in democracy, the rule of law and the peaceful transition of power" unlike many of their Republican colleagues across the aisle.

And unlike their GOP colleagues have done for the last four years, Democrats will not be engaging in spreading disinformation and outright lies about the outcome of Tuesday's election on social media because, according to our sources, they believe in "facts".

Will County Republicans like Homer Twp Highway Commissioner Brent Porfilio and former Will County Board Member Debbie Kraulidis made the journey to DC for what had been an organized attempt to interrupt the special session of Congress meant to certify President Joe Biden's 2020 election win.

Will County Board Member, Daniel Butler, told the Chicago Tribune in 2023 he was still not convinced Vatican satellites did not rig the election for Biden, and Will County Board Republican Leader and Homer Twp Supervisor, Steve Balich, spread countless election conspiracy theories and debunked lies over the last four years.

After Trump's Tuesday victory, Balich, who falsely claims millions of undocumented residents vote, seemed to have no concerns of election integrity or interference as he did four years ago, nor has he ever questioned results from any election he's successfully won himself in the past.

Will County residents once again rejected Trump as they have since 2016, and, despite election losses across numerous cycles, the Will County GOP increasingly embraced Trump, leading them to lose their once reliable majority and becoming the minority party.

The next election for Will County voters will be local municipal and school board elections on April 1, 2025 (though some areas may have a primary election on February 25 depending on the number of candidates running).

Two of the treasonous, embarrassing and inept clowns we've already mentioned in this post, Balich and Porfilio, will be up for reelection: Balich for Homer Twp Supervisor and Porfilio for Homer Twp Highway Commissioner, running under Balich's "Freedom Caucus" slate.

Continue following Will County Clown Car throughout the 2025 municipal elections as we cover the Balich Clown Caucus and other Republican clownery across the area.

** Sources **

"'I Was A Peaceful Observer': Candidate Talks Capitol Riot"
https://patch.com/illinois/homerglen-lockport/i-was-peaceful-observer-candidate-talks-capitol-riot

"A Jan. 6 attendee’s election speaks to Illinois GOP’s last stand in Will County"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/08/05/a-jan-6-attendees-election-speaks-to-illinois-gops-last-stand-in-will-county/

06/11/2024

UNDERWOOD DEFEATS MARTER — Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) has defeated her Republican blowhard opponent, Jim Marter, as voters overwhelmingly elected her to a fourth term in Congress.

The AP has called the race for Rep Underwood, with 84% of precincts posting at this time.

All signs indicated Marter would easily lose, which is why most of this post was prepared days earlier.

Marter ran an embarrassing, amateur campaign in what seemed to be a foreign district to him.

The district is largely suburban and rejected Republicans in the previous election.

Still, this didn't stop Marter, a conspiracy theorist Christian Nationalist who believes he knows what's best for women and their reproductive healthcare, to run as a Trump-aligned extremist conservative who proudly boasted an endorsement from downstate Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller.

Miller was a key speaker at Trump's January 6, 2020, "Stop the Steal" rally who famously declared "H was right on one thing."

For years Marter has lied about the results and integrity of the 2020 election and continually spouts false claims about 'voter fraud'.

When prompted for evidence of what he called 'historically rampant' voter fraud during a Daily Herald candidate's interview, his response only offered "only isolated anecdotes, age-old stereotypes and outright misinformation that even the slightest research debunks."

At this hour it is unclear if Marter will accept the results or will claim - like Trump - that his election was 'rigged'.

Either way, voters agreed: Jim Marter is a loser.

05/11/2024

Halloween may be in the past, but it's still Pumpkin Spice season, and that means it's time for the Will County Clown Car Pumpkin Spice Clown Awards 2024!

Follow throughout November as we recognize Will County-area Republicans for their achievements in clownery throughout the past year!

Who will be named 2024's Will County Clown Car Clown of the Year? Will it be Will County Board Republican Leader and Homer Twp Supervisor, Steve Balich? (Yes. Yes, it will. It will definitely be Steve Balich.)

Our first award goes out to two chuckleheads, Jim Marter and Will County Clown Car fan favorite and by way of Manhattan, IL, Jack Lombardi Jr, for "Endorsement of the Year".

Long time WCCC followers will remember Marter and Lombardi battling it out in an extraordinarily brutal Republican primary election for US Congress in Illinois' 14th District bruh-off in 2022.

Despite all the insults each self-described 'alpha male' candidate hurled at one another, both clowns had one thing in common: Republican voters did not want either of them to be their party's nominee facing Rep Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) in 2022's general election.

In a field of five candidates, Marter came in second while Lombardi came in fourth.

Instead, 2022 Republican primary voters nominated Scott Gryder who ultimately lost bigly to Underwood in the general election.

Two years later, the number of candidates willing to challenge Underwood shrunk from five to just two: James Marter and Charlie Kim.

While many of Kim's policy positions certainly better reflected the heavily suburban 14th District, Republican primary voters ultimately nominated far right-wing lunatic conspiracy theorist, anti-abortion and 2020 election denier, James Marter, who the Chicago Tribune called a 'perennial candidate' for his long history of failed political campaigns.

Despite speculation whether Marter's chief nemesis, Jack Lombardi, would throw his clown hat in the ring again in 2024, Lombardi had already fled Illinois for Florida where he now offers 'compelling public speaking' engagements, describing himself as a 'gifted speaker', and shares Taylor Swift conspiracy theories online.

So with the 2024 primary for Illinois' 14th congressional district trimmed down to just two candidates, Marter handily defeated the more reasonable and electable candidate, Charlie Kim, who was predictably labeled a 'RINO' by Trump Republicans.

And while it's not unusual for primary opponents to hug it out after a hard-fought election, it's still VERY amusing for us to reflect on what Lombardi had to say about Marter, in 2022 statements posted on Twitter and Facebook:

"This right here is why I got involved in politics, because of dirty lying politicians like James Marter."

"Political hack [Jim Marter] or as I like to call him, 'misleading Marter' not only campaigns on State level issues for talking points, but now sets up an event through his 'good ol boy network'."

"More lies. This right here is why I got involved in politics. We need to return integrity to politics and stand up to, and reject dirty lying politicians like James Marter."

"The article below says Marter for Congress is an unwinnable candidate. I agree! And he's a typical scumbag politician who has ZERO problem misleading and lying to the voters — imagine the damage he would do in DC!"

But, of course, Lombardi, seeing he and Marter have more in common — both are right-wing conspiracy theorists, Christian Nationalists, 2020 election deniers and Trump acolytes — it's not surprising that Lombardi must have bruh-hugged it out with Marter, ultimately nominating him for US Congressional candidate in Illinois' 14th District during the 2024 primary:

"It is my great honor to endorse IL-14 Republican candidate James Marter ... for US Congress."

So while you unfortunately can't vote against Lombardi tomorrow — like we all at Will County Clown Car would absolutely love to — you CAN vote against his fellow clown, Jim Marter.

** Sources **

Jack Lombardi's speaker engagements
https://jacklombardi.com/speaking-engagement/

"Trump’s Illinois delegates: Some tout election denials, others claim vaccines were useless or QR codes lead to government tracking"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/10/trumps-illinois-delegates-some-tout-election-denials-others-claim-vaccines-were-useless-or-qr-codes-lead-to-government-tracking/

Jack Lombardi/Twitter

https://x.com/JackLombardi/status/1753570344445645153
https://x.com/JackLombardi/status/1538157924958314496
https://x.com/JackLombardi/status/1538157907774160896
https://x.com/JackLombardi/status/1512110762885619713

Jack Lombardi/Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/jacklombardiforcongress/posts/pfbid02uG2u13mTG4heo9qQXv7PNeBKkmNCq7RGic5buSEs7eKApNxmn52exUGi9UTo2kMil
https://www.facebook.com/jacklombardiforcongress/posts/pfbid032xbPHksuMytSgzkSo6GXeVn5KvyMrFu76nYYz3vyi59VTGwmVkNZeMtHRbFyu1szl

04/11/2024

IT'S A MAJOR AWARD! — Republican candidate for Will County Board District 7, Vince Logan, received the endorsement of Kevin Coyne's defacto Republican PAC masquerading as a totally serious and absolutely nonpartisan organization that hands out endorsements to Republican candidates like Oprah, Safe Suburbs USA.

Logan also happens to be a member of Safe Suburbs' Advisory Board, the team responsible for handing out the endorsements nearly every Will County Republican candidate receives.

Or at least he was.

At some point in recent days, Logan, an incumbent Republican candidate for Will County Board District 7 — including much of west Joliet and southern Plainfield — was removed from the Advisory Board page on Safe Suburbs' website. Logan was listed on the page as recently as October 18, 2024, according to cached versions of the page from Microsoft Bing.

** FUN FACT: While Logan was removed from the board that issues Safe Suburbs endorsements, Raquel Mitchell, Republican candidate for Will County Recorder and — you guessed it — Safe Suburbs endorsed candidate remains listed as a member of the Advisory Board as of this posting." **

Back to Logan: the clean image of someone dedicated to serving the community responsibly Logan loves to portray is far, far, far from reality.

While Logan touts his experience as a police officer, documents show a police career full of misconduct accusations, reprimands, forced resignations and firings.

Logan was fired from both Maple Park and Somonauk police departments and resigned from Elburn and Evanston police departments.

In Maple Park, Logan was fired for 'a number of violations'.

In Somonauk, Logan was terminated for not 'being able to find time to work' during a staffing shortage and failure to communicate with the Chief of Police on his availability, with the Chief writing "I have not heard from you" in his notice of resignation to Logan.

Logan resigned from the Evanston Police Departments when facing possible termination after multiple suspensions. He was even ordered to undergo mandatory remedial training, according to Logan's personnel file.

And in Elburn, Logan eventually resigned after threat of termination for incurring reprimands for insubordination and misconduct, including making comments 'extremely inappropriate and unprofessional', and a history of resident complaints over 'treatment of residents during traffic stops and service calls'.

"This town is glad Gary Fenili and Vince Logan are gone," said Elburn's Chief of Police, according to the Chicago Daily Herald (now the Daily Herald).

In keeping with his dishonest portrayal of his police work, Logan is often fast and loose with the truth.

Back in 2022, when Logan was running for his first term as Will County Board Member, Will County Clown Car exclusively reported on Logan's campaign website falsely claiming State Senator Meg Loughran-Cappel (49th District, D-Plainfield) endorsing his county board campaign.

By the morning after, Logan had deleted the entire Endorsements section of his web page and responded to WCCC saying, in part: "That was a draft page and shouldn't have been published. WordPress, for some reason, published that and I didn't see it. I haven't checked that site in some time; all I do is add blogs and that doesn't update the actual site."

More recently, in this cycle, Logan has campaigned heavily off the ongoing controversy over Will County's decades-long plan to widen a stretch of 143rd St in Homer Glen to four lanes over three miles of roadway between Lemont Rd and Bell Rd, where four lanes already exist on 143rd St west and east at each end.

A campaign ad from Logan falsely claimed he "led the initiative that saved the county $40,000,000" and "helped a village keep its culture."

Couple things, Vince:

First, you, a Will County Board Member from West Joliet, absolutely DID NOT lead the initiative. If anyone can claim they led the 'initiative', it's local leaders like Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike and — dare we say it — Homer Twp Supervisor Stephen Balich. (To be fair to Mayor Neitzke-Troike, she did not vote numerous times on the road's expansion as did Will County Board Member Steve Balich. Only until Balich faced increasing controversy, criticism and political losses from Homer residents did he suddenly change course on the expansion project.)

Secondly — and more importantly, in terms of Logan's honesty — regardless of anyone's individual opinion on whether the project should proceed as originally planned, the project has NOT BEEN STOPPED, and to claim otherwise, as Logan has, is simply dishonest. While legal action is pending, the county is still pursuing the project as the county has long planned for decades.

Logan is up for re-election in the general election on Tuesday, November 5th.

** Sources **

"Elburn weeds out cops amid controversy"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/02/26/elburn-weeds-out-cops-amid-controversy/

Logan's false 143rd St claims
https://www.facebook.com/LoganforWillCounty/posts/885667223675792

Files of Logan's firings and reprimands
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1H2-AL3Gb7hBfi97yRBfTNTqm720qjNm7

Logan's false claim of endorsement
https://www.facebook.com/willcountyclowncar/posts/180422554535047

02/11/2024

ON THE SCENE — Good doggies know Judge Kenton Skarin is too extreme to serve as judge on the Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court.

See our Halloween post to read about 'Scary Skarin' and his connections to far right conservative groups Federalist Society, Heritage Foundation, and Illinois Family Institute — and how his campaign urged supporters to vote by mail JUST THIS ONE TIME, only to elect enough Republicans to GET RID of vote by mail.

31/10/2024

'SCARY SKARIN' — Something scary to chew on tonight: an ultra-conservative Appellate Court Justice making important rulings affecting all Illinoisans on matters like healthcare, elections and so many kitchen table issues that impact us all.

Judge Kenton Skarin is the Republican candidate running against Democrat John C Anderson for the Illinois' Third District Appellate Court that includes Will, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Iroquois, and Bureau counties in Illinois. Anderson is a judge of the Illinois 12th Judicial Circuit and Skarin a judge of the Illinois 18th Judicial Circuit.

While his campaign says Skarin "doesn't think judges should be politicians at all", you don't have to look far to see his far right-wing ideology and ties to overtly political organizations and characters.

SKARIN: VOTE BY MAIL TO ELIMINATE VOTE BY MAIL. HILARIOUS!

A 'Q and A' script produced by the Skarin campaign for its volunteers lists responses to questions and concerns people may bring up when speaking to them, and one considerable portion of the script is dedicated to vote by mail, which Skarin is evidently opposed to:

If someone tells them they don't "believe in voting by mail", the volunteer is urged to vote by mail — just this one time — to help Republicans gain enough power to be in a position to eliminate it:

"I don't either. Hilariously, we need to sign up to vote by mail so we can elect people to get rid of vote by mail. ... I don't like losing. Can I sign you up to have a ballot sent to you this fall so we can get rid of vote by mail?"

And if the person claims vote by mail is "corrupt", not "secure" or not "safe", the volunteer's response is to again vote by mail JUST THIS ONE TIME to "get rid of vote by mail and get back to winning" because "Democrats have thousands more people signed up than the Republicans, so we keep losing."

None of the responses for vote my mail concerns mention the fact that vote by mail IS safe, secure and accurate.

SCARY SKARIN'S CONNECTION TO MAGA EXTREMISM

Among the organizations Skarin is connected to include:

* Heritage Foundation: Skarin has been involved with the conservative think-tank that authored the '2025 Presidential Transition Project' known as Project 2025, a detailed blueprint for a possible Trump presidency that would further restrict women's access to reproductive healthcare, declare 'married men and women are the ideal, natural family structure' and privatize governmental agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which oversees the National Weather Service.

* Illinois Family Institute: this Tinley Park-based Christian Nationalist organization, founded by David E Smith, is labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its hard-line positions on LGBTQ+ rights and for "attacking gay people and homosexuality in general." In addition to opposing gay marriage and civil unions, IFI is an opponent of abortion rights and the separation of church and state.

* Federalist Society: Skarin has participated in numerous panels and podcasts for the conservative legal organization and was once a board member of its Chicago Chapter. It's had a "markedly and undeniably changed the nature of the judiciary" and is known for its influence on former Republican administrations, including HW Bush, GW Bush and Trump. The organization also had significant influence on the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which weakened campaign finance regulations and allows for unlimited political spending by corporations.

CLARENCE AND DICK: SKARIN'S RICH & POWERFUL FRIENDS

Skarin clerked for disgraced US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, even assisting him prepare legal options.

Skarin — who Thomas flew out to Illinois for to witness his swearing-in ceremony — was a panelist for "The Legacy of Justice Clarence Thomas", hosted by the Milwaukee Chapter of the Federalist Society in 2022.

Republican billionaire mega-donor, Richard 'Dick' Uihlein, the founder of ULINE Corp who funds extreme Republican candidates, operatives and PACs is a Skarin donor, too.

Uihlein has provided much, if not all, of the money behind Local Government Information Services' network of pink slime fake 'local newspapers' meant to deceive readers by looking like legitimate community newspapers but are in actuality GOP propaganda outlets.

Uihlein has also been a major funder for Kevin Coyne's Safe Suburbs USA, the defacto Republican PAC masquerading as a 'public safety' organization by endlessly fear-mongering to elect Republican candidates in Will, DuPage and other counties.

The election is Tuesday, November 5th.

** Sources **

"Questions and Answers Script"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n0JPA94bOmRAfATk4G7kvN69wSEFDFKk/view?usp=drive_link

"What is Project 2025? What to know about the conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-project-2025-trump-conservative-blueprint-heritage-foundation/

"New Event: The Legacy of Justice Clarence Thomas"
https://www.mkefedsoc.com/post/new-event-a-panel-discussion-on-justice-thomas-30-years-on-the-supreme-court

"18 Anti-Gay Groups and Their Propaganda"
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2010/18-anti-gay-groups-and-their-propaganda

27/10/2024

DETECTIVE CLAUSEN, BALLOT INSPECTOR — The chair of the Will County Republican Central Committee (WCRCC) is asking for "prayers and good energy", as she says she's been spending her days "protecting the mail-in ballots along with other patriots."

Like Trump, Clausen attempts to gin up chaos and sow the seeds of mistrust in our election system ahead of the November 5th election, alluding to voter fraud with mail-in ballots in an October 24th Facebook post.

Clausen does not provide any evidence of fraud whatsoever, only to say "you wouldn’t believe it unless you see it."

Clausen is a cultist, 2020 election denier and strong ally of Will County GOP Clown Caucus Leader, Steve Balich. Despite losing their once reliable majority status with continual losses by voters who deemed them too extreme, Clausen was elected chair of the Will County GOP earlier this year.

And while we never imagined we'd have to again mention failed 2022 Republican candidate for Will County Clerk, Gretchen "Frivolous" Fritz, everything old is new again in this election cycle.

In absence of any evidence to suggest actual voter fraud in Will County, Clausen alludes to Fritz's 2022 lawsuit alleging voter fraud based on "mathematical algorithms" responsible for her November 2022 defeat to Lauren Staley.

While never mentioning Fritz by name in her post — only referring to Fritz as a "someone" — the details Clausen does provide, including the monetary fine in sanctions, clearly gives away who that "someone" is.

We reported on the bogus lawsuit at the time, but to summarize, Fritz's voter fraud allegation hinged primarily on the fact that Staley, a Democrat, received 4,358 more votes than Gov JB Pritzker did in Will County, which simply indicates "ticket splitting" (voters not voting entirely for one party) and is — spoiler alert — not illegal.

Fritz's case was dismissed by Judge John C Anderson in a scathing opinion, saying Fritz's case “is, in sum and substance, an attack on the legitimacy and security of our elections.”

Anderson wrote, in part: "setting aside the electorate’s voice in the County Clerk’s race based on how many votes someone else got in some other race, and based on mathematical probability analyses would disenfranchise all voters who voted and who did nothing wrong in exercising their right to vote."

Anderson also stated Fritz could have simply asked for a recount of ballots if she believed election machine totals were inaccurate.

Fritz and her attorney, David Shestokas, were subsequently fined $35K in sanctions for what Anderson called a "frivolous lawsuit."

After whining about the dismissal of Fritz's bogus lawsuit and the sanctions that came with it by Judge Anderson, Clausen went on to endorse Anderson's opponent, Judge Kenton Skarin, suggesting he would have allowed Fritz's bogus lawsuit to proceed.

We'll have more on Skarin's ties to far right-wing organizations like Heritage foundation, Federalist Society and the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group, Illinois Family Action, in the coming days.

Oh, and Clarence Thomas, too.

Anderson, a Deomocrat, and Skarin, a Republican, are both candidates for Illinois Appellate Court District 3 — which includes all of Will, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, LaSalle, Iroquois, and Bureau counties — in the November 5th election.

** Sources **

Christina Clausen Facebook post
https://www.facebook.com/chrissy.mc1776/posts/pfbid0Pm339xUdNRW6x2QvHgWjn7YXrNxQaPPjSbHwx7kEFYfs2F9bPYiWjBz7Tvn1VU5ul

"Failed candidate alleges election fraud in Will County clerk’s race based on mathematical algorithms"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/01/31/failed-candidate-alleges-election-fraud-in-will-county-clerks-race-based-on-mathematical-algorithms/

"Will County judge dismisses GOP clerk candidate’s election fraud lawsuit"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/03/30/will-county-judge-dismisses-gop-clerk-candidates-election-fraud-lawsuit/

"Will County judge orders Republican clerk candidate, attorney to pay $35,000 in sanctions for election fraud lawsuit"
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/06/27/will-county-judge-orders-republican-clerk-candidate-attorney-to-pay-35000-in-sanctions-for-election-fraud-lawsuit/

25/10/2024

THUMBS UP FOR INEFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE! — Despite Team Marter running an amateur losing campaign in the final days of the 2024 election, James Marter is totally ready to get absolutely nothing done for the American people as a member of the Republican House Freedom Caucus.

Marter, an Oswego Republican the Chicago Tribune called a 'perennial candidate' after losing congressional nominations in 2018, 2020 and 2022, finally clinched the Republican nomination for US House in Illinois' 14th District, covering western Will County.

Marter has made numerous statements over the years declaring his intention of joining the House Freedom Caucus, a group of hard-right conservative rascals, widely criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for their rigid ideology and stubborn unwillingness to compromise, resulting in an utterly chaotic Republican-majority House with little to show for the American people.

Moderate Republicans blame Freedom Caucus members' "impossible purity" standards for "chaos", "infighting" and "dysfunction"; and, more importantly, inaction on basic congressional duties to keep the federal government functioning, as well as critical issues like foreign aid and border security.

Nonetheless, Marter appears eager to join Freedom Caucus members known more for their shenanigans and clownish personalities than actual legislative accomplishments, including Andy Biggs (AZ), Lauren Boebert (CO), Paul Gosar (AZ), Jim Jordan (OH), Mary Miller (IL) and Andy Ogles (TN).

"This year is the year we take her out, send her back to the private sector where she can use her nursing degree. No more weak moderate nominees," Marter proclaimed in a June 7, 2023, Facebook post, adding:

"Get ready, we are going to take IL-14 back and increase the Republican House Freedom Caucus membership!"

Marter faces Representative Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville), currently serving the 14th District in her third congressional term, in the November 5th general election.

*** Sources ***

Marter for Congress/Facebook, 6/7/23
https://www.facebook.com/JamesMarter4Congress/posts/697617905708465

"GOP chaos caused by Freedom Caucus' 'impossible purity': Conservative"
https://www.rawstory.com/congress-republicans-chaos-problem/

"Radical Republicans Continue to Hold the House Hostage"
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-14/kevin-mccarthy-continues-to-be-blocked-by-freedom-caucus-republicans

"House Republicans blame [Rep Marjorie Taylor] Greene and Freedom Caucus for lack of border wins"
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/22/house-republicans-greene-border-security-foreign-aid

24/10/2024

DOWN TO CLOWN — 34-time convicted felon, adjudicated ra**st, proven fraud and former game show host, Donald Trump, has had a busy week embarrassing himself and the nation with his clownish antics.

From his 15-minute story about Arnold Palmer's glorious p***s to an impromptu 40-minute DJ sesh during a supposed town hall event, the oldest candidate for president is clearly increasingly dealing with age-related episodes.

Closer to home, Will County Republicans are standing by their con man.

Despite losing their once dependable majority throughout the first Trump presidency, the Will County Republican party stubbornly entrenches itself deeper into , despite overwhelming evidence showing Trump is toxic in suburban areas and especially with women voters.

As evidence of their continued rightward shift, party members elected Trump acolyte Christina "MC" Clausen to lead their party's fundraising-challenged journey to further irrelevancy, just in time for the 2024 election.

And while not every clown from the Will County Republican Clown Caucus is on the ballot (yes, we're looking at you, Steve Balich), there IS one critical outcome of the November 5th election - control of the Will County Board (WCB).

The current board of 22 members is evenly split, with 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats. The board chair, Judy Ogalla, is a Republican, and in the event of a tie vote, Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, a Democrat, casts the deciding vote.

Steve Balich, the controversial, inept, ignorant and bumbling board member from Homer Twp is the WCB Republican Leader.

That's right! The Republican board members voted for a man with an astonishing inability to discern basic fact from fiction who peddles right-wing conspiracy theories on social media and is a constant, exhausting embarrassment to Will County as their leader.

Balich has a lengthy history of controversial stunts, inflammatory and ignorant racist and sexist statements, family and friend patronage and other acts of clownery, all well documented by local, state and even national news media. (Google "Homer Township Official Language" for a good time.)

The other board members — who, again, voted Balich to be their "leader" — time and time again excuse and normalize his behavior with a shrug: "Oh, that's just Steve being Steve."

Of course, there are other Republican members also down to clown, like Dan Butler, who told the Chicago Tribune he was still unsure whether Vatican satellites "rigged" the election for Joe Biden. (Spoiler alert, Dan: they did not.)

So while not every WCB member is up for reelection and not every voter will have a board member choice to make on their ballot, those who do will end up deciding if the WCB is controlled by usurious people with an immunity to basic facts and a lack of interest in educating themselves on serious issues affecting your family.

Below are the 3 Will County Board districts on the ballot:

District 6: Joliet
Herb Brooks Jr (D)
Enrique Ruiz (R)
Denise Winfrey (D)

District 7: West Joliet, parts of Plainfield
Dawn Bullock (D)
Vince Logan (R)
David Lozano (D)
Betsy Naglich (R)

District 10: Aurora, Naperville
Julie Berkowicz (R)
Kelly Hickey (D)
Meta Mueller (D)

Find your district here:
https://www.willcountyboard.com/district-maps.html

** Sources **

"Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-music-sways-town-hall/

"Trump kicks off a Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia"
https://apnews.com/article/trump-arnold-palmer-closing-arguments-latrobe-pennsylvania-2bea9620c523e531a55259200215284e

"Trump bizarrely impersonates a duck at rally after insisting he’s ‘aced’ cognitive test"
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-duck-cognitive-test-pennsylvania-b2632857.html

"Trump tells child there will be no cows under Harris"
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4941581-trump-says-no-cows-under-harris/

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