Wisconsin Man Wants To Put Donald Trump Tweet On Billboard

WISCONSIN -- This campaign season, one Wisconsin resident hopes to use President Donald Trump's words against fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker in his re-election campaign.

Granted, Trump and Walker have been political allies of late, teaming up to announce a $10 billion Taiwanese electronics plant in Racine County. But it wasn't always this way. During the 2016 Republican primary, Trump often had negative things to say about Walker - who at the time was also running to secure the GOP's presidential nomination.

Dustin Buse, a self-described private citizen, said he wants to do what David Hogg is doing in Texas - posting Donald Trump tweets on billboards that repudiate Republican leaders.

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"I would like to tell the people of Wisconsin what Donald Trump thinks about Scott Walker as a governor. I would like to use Donald Trump’s actual tweet regarding Mr. Walker to go on billboards around the state. The tweet I would like to post is the following:"

If Buse's effort here in Wisconsin looks familiar, that's because it is. Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg reportedly raised close to $10,000 in less than 24 hours to fund a billboard display in Texas. That display features a Donald Trump tweet attacking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Cruz is in a close race for the Senate against challenger Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke.

"I was inspired to create this page by Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg's effort in Texas," Buse told Patch. "In the Texas senate race Ted Cruz is running for reelection and received the endorsement of Mr. Trump. The endorsement flies in the face of what Mr. Trump once thought about Mr. Cruz when they were running for the presidential nomination."

Buse says that Trump's treatment of Cruz is a lot like his treatment of Walker: they were once political enemies worth beating up on social media, but now they're allies in Trump's turbulent presidency.

"My goal in imitating this effort is to illustrate to Wisconsinites across the state what Mr. Trump thought of Mr. Walker's efforts as governor of Wisconsin. I would like these billboards to be published in areas where Mr. Walker won the reelection campaign," he told Patch. "I am looking to do this as a private and concerned citizen of the state of Wisconsin and am not affiliated with the Democratic party."

MT PLEASANT, WI - JUNE 28: President Donald Trump (L) and Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the $10 billion Foxconn factory complex on June 28, 2018 in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that currently builds Apple iPhones, Amazon Kindles and Echo Dots at their factories in China will manufacture LCD screens at the Wisconsin facility. The facility is expected to create 13,000 jobs. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)