Given the wall-to-wall Trumpathon’s focus on the former president’s indictment and arrest in Manhattan on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, also on Tuesday, might have been missed by “some.”

As my colleague Ben Kew reported, Democrat-backed Janet Protasiewicz defeated conservative Daniel Kelly, giving Democrat-backed judges the majority in critical issues like abortion, disputed elections, and such. As we suggested in late March, the Wisconsin spring election might very well have been the most important election of 2023.

So, why the big deal? Kelly’s loss shifted the court’s balance in favor of the left for the first time in 15 years.

Did I mention that Kelly on March 29 told NBC News he “was not looking for” the former president’s endorsement, adding that he wasn’t interested in endorsements from “political actors?” Yeah, as one might imagine, that didn’t sit well with Donald, who predictably posted the following on Truth Social:

Daniel Kelly of Wisconsin just lost his Supreme Court Election. He bragged that he won’t seek Trump’s Endorsement, so I didn’t give it—which guaranteed his loss. How foolish is a man that doesn’t seek an Endorsement that would have won him the Election?

Where to begin? We’ll get there. Trust me.

Illogical "logic." pic.twitter.com/G6RcesMGvn

— MikesRight (@RealLibSmacker) April 6, 2023

As reported by The New York Post, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps, which Protasiewicz has signaled she would be in favor of redrawing, calling the current maps “rigged.” The liberal judge will begin her 10-year term in August, replacing the retiring conservative Justice Pat Roggensack.

Anyway, setting aside Trump’s massive ego for a minute, let’s analyze his Truth Social comments from a strategic political position. I mean, those among us who are capable of doing so, that is.

If Trump actually believed what he said — that Kelly not wanting the former president’s endorsement guaranteed the judge a loss, why would Trump want that? Conversely, if Trump’s endorsement would have won Kelly the election — as Trump claimed — which would also have assured a continuing conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, why would Trump have not wanted that?

I’m sure you see where I’m going, here.

Why would a potential 2024 Republican presidential nominee not want a conservative majority on any Supreme Court? What if the 2024 Wisconsin presidential election results end up contested — all the way to the state’s high court? Stranger things have happened in recent presidential elections, have they not?

Why on earth make the Wisconsin Supreme Court election personal? Instead of getting all butthurt and making Kelly’s loss about himself, why would Trump cut off his political nose to potentially spite his 2024 presidential election face?

The questions are rhetorical, of course — particular to those who understand Donald Trump.

Incidentally, Trump did endorse Kelly in 2020 in another Supreme Court election — which Kelly lost.

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