MADISON – After months of trying to run from her work as a lobbyist working to drain public schools of money, one of Brittany Kinser’s own top allies just confirmed that she’s best known… as a lobbyist.
In a new endorsement, school activist Kaleem Caire praised Kinser not for her experience in public education – but for her leadership in organizing a full-scale lobbying campaign to pass 2023 Wisconsin Act 11, which included a massive increase in funding to private schools, without any additional accountability.
Caire wrote that he and Kinser “hired a team of … lobbyists” and credited her with leading the statewide lobbying push.
This comes just days after Kinser appeared on WISN’s UpFront and contradicted herself within seconds — first claiming that she’s “not a lobbyist” — before pivoting to discuss her lobbying work just moments later.
“You don’t have to take our word for it – just listen to her and her supporters,” said Carly Wilson, spokesperson for Underly for Wisconsin. “Lobbyist Brittany Kinser pushed legislation and ran an influence campaign in the Capitol. Now her own allies are publicly confirming it, even as she keeps trying to — sort of — deny it.”
Let’s be clear:
- Brittany Kinser has never held a Wisconsin Teaching license and supported weakening licensing standards for teachers in our classroom.
- Kinser let her charter school administrator license expire – renewing it only after media inquiries during this campaign.
- Kinser has spent years working to funnel public money into private voucher schools.
- Kinser is funded by Republican donors and dark-money school privatization groups.
- And now, Kinser’s allies are confirming her work as a lobbyist, even as she tries to hide it from voters.
Jill Underly is the only candidate in this race with real experience in Wisconsin classrooms, a valid teaching license, experience as a public school superintendent, and a proven record of fighting for public schools.
Brittany Kinser can’t rewrite her résumé just to win an election. Wisconsin voters deserve honesty – and someone who will put students and public schools first. That person is Dr. Jill Underly.
