There is a major scandal brewing with the Wisconsin Democrats, and it's shedding light on how hypocritical the Democrats are and how their attacks on Republicans are pure projection.
A week ago, we learned that Diego A. Rodriguez, the vice chair of the Democrat Party of Wisconsin's Latino Caucus, is a convicted sex offender. Rodriguez was also the campaign manager for Democrat State Assembly member Priscilla Prado, who is running for reelection this year.
Both the WisDems and Prado fired Rodriguez after the story broke, but they knew about Rodriguez's criminal history and kept him employed for ages despite it. In fact, the WisDems considered running Rodriguez for the State Assembly.
A Democrat who is running for State Assembly now revealed that the WisDems knew last year that Rodriguez was a convicted sex offender, but covered it up.
BOMBSHELL: A Waukesha alderman running for Wisconsin Assembly as a Democrat confirms that top Democratic Party leaders knew A YEAR AGO that a convicted child sex offender was working for them (and planning to run for Assembly himself) but covered it up! https://t.co/z0x4G67LwZ
— Dan O'Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) September 29, 2026
A Waukesha alderman running as a Democrat for Wisconsin Assembly has confirmed that top leaders in the Democratic Party knew a year ago that a convicted child sex offender was serving as vice chair of its Latino Caucus and was planning to run for Assembly himself. Party leaders, though, remained silent and allowed Diego Rodriguez to continue in his position, manage two Democrats’ campaigns, and knock on doors for several others.
“It is with disappointment that I make this statement publicly: Upon learning of Mr. Rodriguez’s
criminal past in November of 2025, I distanced myself, advised others to do the same, and
warned colleagues about Mr. Rodriguez’s criminal history, and those warnings went unheeded,” Waukesha Alderman Rico Camacho said in a news release.Camacho, who is running in the 82nd Assembly District against Republican Bryson Reyes, alleged that despite his warnings, the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee (ADCC) and Democratic Party of Wisconsin remained silent about Rodriguez’s background and the potential danger he posed to children with whom he would come into contact while working on campaigns.
Remember that back in July, Francesca Hong — who was the presumptive nominee until the WisDems turned on her — launched her first major ad buy, and it included calling Republican Tom Tiffany an "Epstein pedophile protector." Oh, the irony.
Of course they knew. And I am not sure that the "party leaders" really needed to cover it up, other than just not mentioning it. The media in this area is 50% sound asleep and 50% "I don't wanna know". We are NOT being served by the Journal-Sentinel's brand of "journalism".
— Paul (@pspanny) September 29, 2026
The local media refused to fact-check Hong's claims about abolishing the Senate before the primary, so this is accurate.
Diego rehabilitated and reformed. What do you want to do with people with this record?
— Milwaukee Beagle (@milwaukeebeagle) September 29, 2026
Incarcerate them until they slowly and expensively die?
Deprive them of jobs so they are isolated and unsupported?
What?
There's always an excuse to sympathize with criminals. Maybe not running them for office and making them high-ranking officials in the Democrat Party of Wisconsin is a good first step.
Why are Democrats protecting pedophiles? https://t.co/bJIPM1VlKG
— RightWI (@RightWI1776) September 29, 2026
We all know why. For the same reason they protected Graham Platner in Maine: they don't care about someone's bad behavior or criminality so long as they voted the right way for the party.