(Madison) – The Republican Party of Dane County (RPDC) is deeply troubled by multiple aspects of the situation that has unfolded on our southern border, but which the Obama administration is now doing its utmost to share with states throughout the nation, in many cases surreptitiously.

Let us be immediately clear: We do not lack compassion. We are not xenophobes. We are in no way anti-immigration. Rather, we see the profound damage that illegal immigration causes to all parties involved, not least to illegal immigrants themselves—many of whom, in the current crisis, are children being wrongly used as pawns in a policy war. 

While the President barricades veterans in Washington, Madison rolls out the red carpet to ‘Meet & Greet’ a domestic terrorist.  The Wisconsin Book Festival is welcoming domestic terrorist Bill Ayers to Madison for two events this Thursday, October 17^th.    The festival, hosted by the Madison Public Library, is promoting him as a victim of defamation by the conservative media.  By his own admission, Mr. Ayers assisted in bombing the New York City Police Department in 1970, the United States Capitol in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972.  These are the facts.  This is not defamation.  Mr. Ayers is not the victim.