April 5, 2023

On Tuesday night, Dan Kelly showed the world exactly why he got blown away by a liberal woman in his second bid for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court for the second time in three years.

First he refused to make a concession call to his opponent, Justice-Elect Janet Protasiewicz. And when he gave his concession speech, it was a real piece of work. It was steeped in narcissism. It was dripping in misogyny. It's the kind of speech that Donald Trump would have given if he could have brought himself to admit that he had lost:

"I wish that in a circumstance like this, I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent," he said at an event held at the Heidel House Hotel in Green Lake. "But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede."

Kelly called Protasiewicz's campaign "deeply deceitful, dishonorable and despicable."

"I say this not because we did not prevail. I do not say this because of the rancid slanders that were launched against me, although that was bad enough. But that is not my concern. My concern is the damage done to the institution of the courts," Kelly said.

"My opponent is a serial liar. She's disregarded judicial ethics; she's demeaned the judiciary with her behavior. This is the future that we have to look forward to in Wisconsin."

Adding: "I wish Wisconsin the best of luck, because I think it’s going to need it."

Kelly can't even credit his boorish behavior on hurt feelings. This is who he is.

During the primary, he was just as much a narcissist and chauvinistic pig towards his opponent then, Jennifer Dorrow.

I imagine that Kelly will be on one of Trump's legal defense teams by the end of the week.

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