Republicans Attack Crowley Over Wife’s Nonprofit Work

Community Advocates (left). Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley (right). Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley is being attacked by Wisconsin Republicans over his wife s employment with a longstanding community agency that receives funding from the county. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit, causing a global economic recession. In April that year, Crowley was elected county executive. Two months later, his wife, Ericka Crowley, was hired by Community Advocates, a social services nonprofit founded in 1978 by former Catholic priest Ramon Wagner. So why are Republicans using this to attack Crowley and his campaign for governor? On Oct. 12, the Daily Caller, a right-wing news outlet founded by former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, published a piece with the headline: Dem Candidate Approved Tens Of Millions To His Wife’s Employer While In Office. The publication has been categorized as an unreliable source of information by the Wikipedia community. The millions in the headli