Kenosha Reporter

Wisconsin Assemblywoman Amanda Nedweski recently reminisced on her rapid rise in state politics.

Nedweski, a financial analyst, is a lifelong Kenosha County resident who lives in Pleasant Prairie. She got her start in local politics as the co-chair of Kenosha Moms for Liberty. In early 2022, she won the County Board Supervisor District 16 race for the Kenosha County board of supervisors and then later in the year won a seat in the state legislature to represent Wisconsin Assembly District 61.

The newly minted member of the Wisconsin General Assembly said that a year ago, she was just a member of Moms for Liberty who wanted to share her viewpoint.

“One year ago, I waited nearly six hours to testify in support of state legislation that would have prohibited discrimination based on vaccination status,” Nedweski said in a Facebook post. “Who knew then that I would win four elections in 2022, and that I’d be serving both on the Kenosha County Board and in the Wisconsin State Assembly today? I remain humbly inspired and motivated by the members and mission of Wisconsin United For Freedom, who I stood with that day in my role as the vice-chair of the Kenosha County chapter of Moms for Liberty. We are not going away.”

A year ago, Nedweski was on the forefront of fighting back against mandatory masking and school boards pushing vaccination on children. At the time, she spoke with the Senate Committee on Health as it was debating SB 336, which focused on her and other community members concerns over COVID-19 protocol mandates.

“I am the co-chair of the Kenosha County chapter of Moms for Liberty,” Nedweski said. “Our empowering mission includes holding officials accountable for decisions that affect our children and our families. We support all of this proposed legislation that prohibits discrimination based on vaccination status. I would particularly like to thank the authors and sponsors of these bills, and especially Wisconsin United for Freedom.”

Nedweski suggests Wisconsin return the $1.5 billion in federal ESSR funds linked to reporting on vaccination status and other items.

“None of us really know what that means, but we know what we are afraid of, whether it's required masking, distancing or vaccinations for students," she said in a video posted on Facebook. "We would rather the state give those funds back to the taxpayer than usurp the medical freedom of parents to choose what is best for their children."

“Just last week, at a Kenosha school board meeting, a woman openly suggested that schools set up separate zones for unvaccinated students so as to not contaminate the vaccinated. And school board members nodded in agreement. Not long ago, a local educator suggested that only vaccinated students have the right to an education. We must remedy these tragic steps backward by restoring individual liberty. Moms for Liberty demands that parents always be given a choice in vaccinating their children and that all children have equal access to high quality public education. Any discrimination towards students or any person due to vaccination status is a clear violation of civil rights. We do not set aside our liberty in times of crisis and we do not co-parent with the government.”

Nedweski later went on to win a seat in the state legislature representing District 61, which includes a large portion of western Kenosha County, as well as the southerly communities of Pleasant Prairie and the villages of Twin Lakes, Silver Lake, Paddock Lake, Wilmot, Trevor and Salem.

Nedweski soundly defeated her Democrat opponent on the fall ballot. As a legislator, she has vowed to push the state toward more fiscal responsibility.

“We have people who are struggling with paying for groceries, paying for gas. They're having to make decisions between whether or not they're going to pay for gas to drive to work or feed their family,” Nedweski said in a video. “And they're really having to cut back. And that's the number one thing that resonated with voters. And at the state level, what we're going to do is be able to try to, you know, cut wasteful spending and reform our tax system so that we can have less tax.”