Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Fact Check: Did Tom Tiffany Try to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election Result? “Yes.”

MADISON, Wis. — A new fact check from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel finds that MAGA extremist Congressman Tom Tiffany tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. If elected governor, election-denying Congressman Tiffany would be overseeing the 2028 presidential election in key swing-state Wisconsin, positioning an unwavering Trump ally to make critical decisions impacting how voters are able to make their voice heard. Recently, Congressman Tiffany ignored repeated requests for comment on Trump’s latest attack on mail-in voting, and this week repeatedly refused to criticize the action, despite the fact that “66,000 mail-in ballots are en route to Wisconsin voters and 36 have already been returned.”
 

“As the elected official who oversees and certifies Wisconsin’s elections, Congressman Tom Tiffany would be the single biggest threat to democracy in our state if elected governor and would certainly continue working with MAGA allies to subvert the will of voters,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Emily Stuckey. “As governor, Congressman Tiffany would be free to continue his attacks on democracy from the powerful executive seat in Wisconsin.”

 

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Did Tom Tiffany try to overturn the 2020 presidential election result?

By: Tom Kertscher

 

• Yes

• U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Wisconsin Republican running for governor, moved to reverse Democrat Joe Biden’s win over Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

• Dec. 10, 2020: Signed a legal brief supporting Texas’ U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn the results in Wisconsin and three other battleground states that backed Biden.

• Jan. 5, 2021: Announced plans to vote against certifying the Electoral College results, claiming hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin votes were cast illegally, and later said he would have voted against certifying Wisconsin’s election results.

• Jan. 6, 2021: Voted to object to counting electoral votes in Pennsylvania and Arizona, which supported Biden. 

• May 18, 2026: Backed an FBI probe of Wisconsin’s 2020 election.

• August 2026: Said he didn’t regret voting against certifying the election.

• Sept. 4, 2026: Told Wisconsin Watch that Biden won but he still welcomes law enforcement investigations into Wisconsin’s 2020 election.