Please watch the Olsen / Pocan Debate which took place on October 16th at the Red Gym at UW Madison

It is Time for Peace in Ukraine

The world is in flames. Due to the incredible weakness, limitless greed, and unbelievable incompetence of the Biden / Harris administration, now over one million people - 1,000,000 - have been killed or wounded in the Ukraine war that would never have happened if Trump had been in office. Over the past three plus years Vice President Kamala Harris has done NOTHING to stop the war and stop the dying. Instead they have simply funneled more and more weapons to the region at an incredible cost to the US Taxpayers. They have soaked the soil of Ukraine in Blood and caused the deaths of a massive percentage of all the kids between 18 and 30 years old. They have made fortunes for arms dealers. Kamala Harris totally failed to use her platform to bring peace. KAMALA HARRIS IS NOW FULLY ENDORSED BY DICK CHENEY, A MAN THAT THE LEFT USED TO DESPISE.

The world teeters on the brink of World War Three.

We are asking everybody, regardless of their political background, to Please Vote Republican this November. The lives of many depend on it.

Our Platform

• Protect every one of the rights set forth in our Constitution, Restore Freedom of Speech, the 2nd Amendment, and medical freedom.
  

• Acknowledge the deep importance of faith and family for human flourishing, protect faith worldwide.
  

• Ensure great education, safe neighborhoods, and safe cities for every American.
  

• Bring back the rule of law, accountability and consequences for those who harm others, support and appreciate our law enforcement officers, and acknowledge that a free society is premised on equal and effective justice.
  

• Take immediate steps to ensure that everybody respects the accuracy and impartiality of the press, and the fairness and accuracy of our elections.
  

• Provide increased and effective support for our U.S. military to ensure that we are always capable of maintaining peace through strength.

• Increase and improve the care of our veterans including robust services to provide for the mental and psychological health of our great veterans.

• End useless wars, ensure fair trade, and bring manufacturing back to the United States. Guarantee American energy independence and support the State of Israel and our allies worldwide.
  

• Protect the most vulnerable. End human trafficking and end modern day slavery. Restore the integrity of the border, enforce the laws, and implement common sense immigration reform.

Our Platform is Liberty!

We run on idealism, enthusiasm, and gratitude for the sacrifices and courage that began in 1776 or even before, and have continued ever since making the United States of America the great beacon of the light of freedom. If you would like to donate to this cause please click on our pay pal site below to donate to the 2024 Olsen Campaign, you do not need to have a pay pal account, only a debit or credit card. Every dollar that you give to our campaign helps guarantee that future generations will grow up in Liberty. As a Midwestern Conservative and Republican Candidate for Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District I am asking all of you to look in the mirror and give what you feel you can give to save the great Country that we know as our home, and as our love, and as the United States of America.

About Erik Olsen

My name is Erik Olsen. I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin and I graduated from UW Madison law school and also earned a Master's Degree. For almost twenty years I have practiced constitutional law in both Wisconsin and Federal Courts, mostly representing landowners, protecting property rights, and litigating constitutional rights, all throughout Wisconsin. My wife Sarah and I live in Madison.

Our Priorities

Fix the economy so that ordinary working people can get groceries, buy homes, and save for their family and their futures.

Guarantee World Peace and Stability: Peace Through Strength.

Immediately fix the situation at the US Border.

Support our Republican Ticket - Trump Vance 2024!!!

Position on Pro-Life

I am Pro-Life. I believe that we must all work together across partisan lines with all of the compassion and collaborative spirit that we can to make abortion a thing of the past. I do not believe that we should ever be using criminal charges or jail against women because they had an abortion. We should help everybody heal. We must protect life, respect life, and teach our children to cherish life. We must make sure that no woman ever suffers poverty in the United States of America because of pregnancy or providing necessities for her baby such as diapers and nutritious food.

This should have never been a partisan issue to begin with. This should be an issue where everybody works together to make things right.

Statement on the Assassination Attempt against President Trump

On July 13th we had just left the Sauk County fair where we were handing out flyers for our Olsen for Congress Campaign when we heard about the assassination attempt against President Trump.

This assassination attempt did not occur in a vacuum. Over the last nine years each of the lies that the mainstream media told about President Trump was a small step towards the saddening and horrifying events of July 13th, 2024.

As an example, the mainstream media repeated the "Very Fine People Hoax" again and again and again when it was obviously a fabrication. If you doubt what I am saying, please watch this video and watch it all the way through.

The "Very Fine People" hoax seemed harmless but it is one part of the reason that President Trump was shot today, another person killed, and others wounded.

NOW WE SEE THE DANGER OF HOAXES AND LIES. THE LIES CREATE HATE AND THE HATE CREATES EVIL. THE MEDIA CAN AND MUST DO A LOT BETTER, AND THEY MUST START IMMEDIATELY.

America relies on a press that tells the TRUTH in order for our system of government to function properly. America also relies on a system free of political violence in order for good people to be willing to participate.

So let's unite to Condemn Political Violence, and to Call for the Elimination of Bias, Propaganda, and Lies from our News Media. We want impartial and accurate reporting. Nothing more, and nothing less.

But perhaps most importantly, whatever your faith may be, let's Pray for Trump, Pray for the people who were injured or killed today, and Pray for America.

IT IS ALSO TIME TO GIVE. I URGE YOU TO GIVE WHAT YOU CAN TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.

Sincerely,

Erik Olsen

Candidate for US Congress

It is time for Clear, Absolute, and Total Support for Israel

On Saturday October 7th Hamas attacked Israel killing women and children and abducting civilians. Sadly, there are those in this Country who voice less than 100% clear and absolute support for Israel. This is heartbreaking, but not surprising. Over the years I have watched the growth of antisemitism here in Wisconsin, particularly on the UW Madison campus. On March 8th of 2022 UW Madison released a statement on antisemitism at UW Madison. Then, in September of last year people at UW Madison who hate Jews made their hate known to all by covering the campus with antisemitic graffiti on the first day of classes. UW Madison apparently took the position that antisemitic messages “represent free speech which is a core value at UW.”

Free speech is an important core value but it must be evenly applied. When I attended UW Madison my very strong impression was that thinly veiled antisemitism was actually applauded so long as it was packaged as criticism of Israel, or as anti-Zionism. Any attempt to challenge antisemitic positions was met with reminders about the importance of free speech just so long as it was wrapped in an anti-Israel screed. However, speech that was supportive of Israel was met with disapproval and disdain by those in power. This is my opinion based on what I observed at the time, which was twenty years ago. But the reports seem to indicate that it has only gotten worse.

All along we should have been celebrating Israel. Not because it is perfect - no country is - but because Israel is an amazing country with a robust tradition of freedom that should be celebrated and acknowledged. There are few if any countries on the face of the earth that would have employed such restraint over the years in the face of constant ongoing terror attacks and hatred. I have visited Israel on multiple occasions and I can say with complete certainty that the same spirit of liberty that motivated the creation of the United States of America is alive and well in Israel.

Now a horrible attack has unfolded against Israel, war crimes are being perpetrated by Hamas (a designated terrorist organization) and Israeli and American hostages are being dragged away and await their fate while you read these words.

It is chilling that in the face of one of the clearest examples of pure evil in our time, some in this country continue to equivocate.

The time for equivocation and bothsidesism must now end. Now is time for Clear, Absolute, and Total support for Israel.

Erik Olsen

Candidate for U.S. Congress Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District 

June 19th, 2024

Happy Juneteenth!

Dear Friends and Supporters,

I am writing to wish you all Happy Juneteenth!

Juneteenth comes from putting the words “June” and "Nineteenth” together to form the word Juneteenth. It is a celebration of liberty.
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. But the Emancipation Proclamation was ignored in Texas until Union General Gordon Granger actually arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce it.

So although January 1st of 1863 marks the legal end of slavery, the date of General Granger’s arrival in Galveston on June 19th of 1865 - over two years later - has been celebrated to commemorate the end of slavery over the last 159 years.

 How wonderful it must have felt for those who became free on June 19th one hundred and fifty nine years ago. What an accomplishment for Lincoln, a Republican, to have been the one to issue the emancipation proclamation and to have the courage to enforce it. What a triumph it was for America, which has distinguished itself throughout history by constantly providing more freedom every generation. To quote the Smithsonian Institute's webpage on Juneteenth "The historical legacy of Juneteenth shows the value of never giving up hope in uncertain times."

Those words ring very true today.
Let us all remember that today in the world not everybody is free, but hopefully one day they will all be!

Happy Juneteenth to everybody!

Sincerely,

Erik Olsen

Endorsements

United States Senator Ron Johnson

“The choice could not be clearer. Socialism and poverty vs. Freedom and a vibrant economy. Erik Olsen understands that America is at a crossroads. The people of Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District have the chance to take America off the path of destruction by voting out Mark Pocan, one of the most progressive, anti-free market voices in Congress. Erik Olsen is an independent thinker and problem-solver who will help us re-embrace the things that made America great: freedom, a free market capitalist system, and a government that makes your life easier, not harder. Erik has a history of fighting government overreach as an attorney defending the property rights of citizens."
 
"Erik’s campaign theme — Affordable America, Safe America, Civil America — captures the concerns of Wisconsinites in this election. Erik will help us tackle inflation, restore the economy, secure the border, and unify and heal this nation. The stakes could not be higher."

-U.S. Senator Ron Johnson

United States Congressman Derrick Van Orden

Congressman Van Orden served our country in the United States Navy from 1988 to 2014 ultimately with the rank of Navy SEAL Senior Chief. Congressman Van Orden is a combat veteran who deployed numerous times over the course of his career. Van Orden grew up in poverty but was inspired to serve our country, he risked his life going into battle many times to protect our Country. Every time he deployed, he risked never being able to see his family again. I can think of no person whose endorsement I am more honored to receive, and no person who is better suited to help guide our great Country in these dangerous times.

Wisconsin State Senator Stephen L. Nass

I am very pleased to announce that Wisconsin Senator Steve Nass (District 11) has endorsed me for the 2024 Race for US Congress - 2nd Congressional District. Senator Nass is a leader of the conservative cause, and a great example of a person who values and always works for unity because he is always trying to find a way to encourage people to get along, both within the party and throughout society. Our Country is facing unprecedented challenges both at home and abroad, to meet these WE MUST LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER both within our party and across party lines. I hope that if someday I do have the honor of serving in office I can follow in the footsteps of Senator Nass and do as good a job as he does serving the cause of Liberty and serving We the People.

Wisconsin Representative Tony Kurtz (50th Assembly District)

Representative Kurtz is a former U.S. Army attack helicopter pilot who served in both the Persian gulf war and the Iraq war. He sits on the committee on finance and the joint committee on finance. Representative Kurtz has been an example of leadership in the assembly showing both a strong commitment to the conservative cause, and a steadfast voice for fiscal responsibility. I am deeply honored to receive his endorsement.