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Attorney Lane Ruhland is a senior counsel at Husch Blackwell — an Am Law 100 firm that made $380,303,000 in gross revenue last year. As recently as July 27th, court filings indicate Ruhland is working on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. And, as reported by Vice, Ruhland has a long history of supporting the GOP — she worked on the Romney campaign while in law school, and post graduation, has served in many positions supporting conservative goals:
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Ruhland most recently was director of environmental and energy policy at Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, a GOP-leaning business group that often helps fund Republican candidates. Before that she was a deputy chief of staff for then-Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel (R), and from 2014-2015 was the Wisconsin Republican Party’s legal counsel.
And now it’s come to light that this tried and true GOP operative is helping none other than self-declared presidential candidate Kanye West get on the ballot. Take a look at the footage of Ruhland dropping off the signatures West needs to get on the Wisconsin ballot.
“No comment” as woman enters election commission building just after 5p in Madison to drop off signatures for Kanye West pic.twitter.com/zVxePn5Fe2
— Matt Smith (@mattsmith_news) August 4, 2020
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And Twitter has come to the rescue with receipts of Ruhland’s representations:
Lane Ruhland, the Wisconsin lawyer who dropped off Kanye West's presidential filing at the Wisconsin Board of Elections represented Donald Trump's presidential campaign exactly one week before in federal court pic.twitter.com/RHajkRDiMO
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 5, 2020
Ruhland isn’t some rogue GOP loyalist working on behalf of the rapper turned political candidate. GOP operative Gregg Keller has done work for West, and a number of folks who signed up to be West electors have a long history with the Republican party. I guess propping up a potential spoiler candidate is more of a priority for the GOP than any actual policies.
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