Joe Sanfelippo

Joe Sanfelippo (born February 26, 1964) is an American businessman and politician who currently serves in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Joe Sanfelippo
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 15th district
Assumed office
January 7, 2013
Preceded byTony Staskunas
Personal details
Born (1964-02-26) February 26, 1964
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceWest Allis, Wisconsin
Alma materMarquette University
ProfessionPolitician

From West Allis, Wisconsin, Sanfelippo went to Marquette University and then opened a landscape company. Sanfelippo served on the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. In November 2012, Sanfelippo was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.[1][2]

On February 13, 2020, speaking on the radio for the Wisconsin Republican Party, and in support of a crime bill, Sanfelippo stated, "Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017." The national media fact-checking organization, Politifact evaluated his claim and found it to be "Pants On Fire" in error. His conclusions were based on flawed data, and almost entirely false. Crime in fact had increased slightly in Milwaukee, but essentially nowhere else, according to state and FBI numbers. Some of those organizations and municipalities generating the numbers had also somewhat changed reporting systems, so it was not possible to establish Sanfelippo's claims as facts.[3]

After Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Sanfelippo suggested that Wisconsin should ignore the results of the election and that the state's electors should choose either Trump or Biden.[4]

References
  1. "Election Results". Wisconsin Vote.
  2. "Wisconsinvote.org-Joe Sanfelippo". Archived from the original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. "Violent crime rates increased in all but two Wisconsin cities between 2008 and 2017", Politifact, Eric Litke, February 20, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  4. "GOP lawmaker suggests Wisconsin electors choose presidential winner". WISN. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-11.


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