The venue for the final stop of a nine-city tour across Wisconsin was moved to the much larger Waukesha Expo Center after more than 1,000 people attended kickoff events featuring John Pudner of Wisconsin Faith and Freedom. What were initially planned as eight “small” warm-up events quickly gained traction, leading to an enthusiastic turnout.
At the first five stops, attendees collected all 24,150 voter comparison guides intended for the entire tour to enable further distribution in churches, coffee shops, and targeted neighborhoods. Pudner explained that the voter education format was developed by Karl Rove and Ralph Reed, the Chair of the National Faith & Freedom Coalition when Pudner was responsible for gathering contract information for 14 million attendees at conservative churches, including a million in Florida during a presidential election decided by just 500 votes in that state.
After running a successful effort to gather those names across 16 states, Pudner chose to focus solely on Wisconsin this year, emphasizing its critical role in the 2024 election—much like Florida’s pivotal status in 2000.
The voter guides include issue-based comparisons, designed to encourage voter participation by providing specific details on candidates’ positions on key topics such as immigration, women’s sports, taxes, and more. Pudner noted that while canvassers from other organizations in the same neighborhoods as Faith and Freedom canvassers often misrepresent candidates’ positions through tactics such as citing “Project 2025” on items to make them look like quotes were made by Trump, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s materials rely on credible sources, including Trump’s website, Harris’ Twitter feed, ABC News, and others.
By the sixth stop, the voter guides had run out, prompting volunteers to make late-night drives to restock supplies before stop No. 7 on Wednesday morning. The Wisconsin Faith and Freedom team leaders plan to bring tens of thousands of guides to tonight’s event in Waukesha, which will feature prominent speakers, including:
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Lara Trump
- Rep. Troy Nehls (TX-22)
- Chad Wolf, Former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
- Former Governor Tommy Thompson
- Rep. Lee Zeldin, Former U.S. Congressman (NY-01)
- Kash Patel, Former Chief of Staff for the Department of Defense
- Brian Schimming, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chair
- Josh Schoemann, Washington County Executive
- Scarlett Johnson, Chair of the Ozaukee County Moms for Liberty Chapter
- John Pudner, President of Wisconsin Faith & Freedom Coalition
