Oh, heavens!
The Democrat secretary of state who is running for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin is being mercilessly mocked after posting video of herself having a breathless meltdown over “golf-ball-size” hail falling in her yard.
“Republicans say we don’t have climate change,” Sarah Godlewski began in her 10-second clip originally posted Tuesday on TikTok.
“This is golf-ball-size hail in my front yard! This is NOT normal! And we can’t keep ignoring our environment.”
Wisconsin’s Democrat Secretary of State thinks hail is evidence of climate change. The party of science, ladies and gentlemen! pic.twitter.com/RtVSATXobV
— Dan O’Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) April 15, 2026
The region was, in fact, hit with large hailstones Tuesday evening as severe weather moved across the Midwest.
Large hail in west Madison near Middleton. Not quite baseball size. @WISCTV_News3 pic.twitter.com/YbuaRZbSOX
— onemillioncubs (@onemillioncubs) April 14, 2026
SOUND ON 🔊: Amid a severe weather outbreak sweeping the U.S., hail slammed a home in Middletown, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/wCPKah1ojC
— FOX Weather (@foxweather) April 15, 2026
Noah Bergren, senior meteorologist at Fox35 in Orlando, Florida, noted: “Holy hail! 3″+ diameter mega hailstones from Madison, Wisconsin Tuesday evening. Because of the density of ice, this weights more than a MLB baseball. Hail of this size generally falls at 70-80 MPH downwards, so yes, it can be dangerous to deadly if it strikes humans or animals. Probably had to be suspended in the thunderstorm updraft up to 30 minutes to grow this size.”
Holy hail! 3″+ diameter mega hailstones from Madison, Wisconsin Tuesday evening. Because of the density of ice, this weights more than a MLB baseball. Hail of this size generally falls at 70-80 MPH downwards, so yes, it can be dangerous to deadly if it strikes humans or animals.… pic.twitter.com/kj5Fcm5oz1
— Noah Bergren (@NbergWX) April 15, 2026
Talk-show host Dan O’Donnell on WIBA Radio in Madison, Wisconsin, shared the clip on X, stating: “Wisconsin’s Democrat Secretary of State thinks hail is evidence of climate change. The party of science, ladies and gentlemen!”
“How do these people get elected?” wondered Alex Bruesewitz, a political consultant and adviser to President Donald Trump. “She is a whack job!”
Others indicated:
“Hail is not normal? Hail is proof of climate change? @SarahforWI is off her rocker.”
“Yeah. It’s called weather. Shocker.”
“1) why are you yelling? 2) hail is not normal? what?”
“The largest hailstone officially recorded in Wisconsin history was 5.7 inches in diameter, which fell in Wausau on May 22, 1921. A close runner-up was a 5.5-inch stone in Port Edwards on June 7, 2007.”
“Why don’t we say global warming any more?”
So-called climate change seems to be a priority for Godlewski, as her campaign website states: “As state treasurer she ended the Republican gag order on climate change and prioritized investing in renewable energy projects and led the investment of more than $299 million supporting over 451 projects in hundreds of communities across Wisconsin.”
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