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[[File:Leftist insurrectionists take over Capitol.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Leftwing insurrectionists take over the Wisconsin state capitol.]]

[[File:Leftist insurrectionists take over Capitol.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Leftwing insurrectionists take over the Wisconsin state capitol.]]

The '''2011 Wisconsin capitol insurrection''' and budget controversy began when Democrats sharply disagreed with reform measures and provisions of a budget bill in February. Mobs of [[leftist]] insurrectionists occupied the state capitol building.  In a dramatic move, 14 Democratic legislators traveled to neighboring Illinois, out of reach of state troopers who could otherwise compel their attendance in a legislative session.<ref>"The state constitution says lawmakers can be compelled to attend floor sessions." [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116381289.html Democrats flee state to avoid vote on budget bill] - ''Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel'' - Feb. 25, 2011</ref><ref>"Wisconsin law doesn't allow police to arrest the lawmakers." [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wisconsin_budget_unions Associated Press]</ref>

The '''2011 Wisconsin capitol insurrection''' and budget controversy began when Democrats sharply disagreed with reform measures and provisions of a budget bill in February. Mobs of [[leftist]] insurrectionists occupied the state capitol building and Senate office building.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/01/remember_when_lefties_stormed_into_and_occupied_a_senate_office_building_in_2018_and_the_wisconsin_state_capitol_in_2011.html</ref> In a dramatic move, 14 Democratic legislators traveled to neighboring Illinois, out of reach of state troopers who could otherwise compel their attendance in a legislative session.<ref>"The state constitution says lawmakers can be compelled to attend floor sessions." [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116381289.html Democrats flee state to avoid vote on budget bill] - ''Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel'' - Feb. 25, 2011</ref><ref>"Wisconsin law doesn't allow police to arrest the lawmakers." [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wisconsin_budget_unions Associated Press]</ref>

* The Democrats fled to a hotel in Urbana, Ill., to stop votes on the state budget and a slate of labor and education bills, including a "[[right to work]]" measure that would have banned all workplaces from requiring union membership or dues.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-midwest-union-20110225,0,2444521.story Wisconsin Assembly approves controversial collective-bargaining measure]</ref>

* The Democrats fled to a hotel in Urbana, Ill., to stop votes on the state budget and a slate of labor and education bills, including a "[[right to work]]" measure that would have banned all workplaces from requiring union membership or dues.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-midwest-union-20110225,0,2444521.story Wisconsin Assembly approves controversial collective-bargaining measure]</ref>