WATCH: Wisconsin Democrat Politician Has Bonkers “Climate Change” and “Republicans” Meltdown Over Hail Storm

Wisconsin Democratic Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski erupted into a political rant about Republicans and climate change as hailstones pounded her front yard during a severe spring storm. Godlewski filmed herself standing outside as the storm rolled through Wisconsin, using the hail as evidence that Republicans were wrong to question Democrat claims about the climate. She insisted that the weather was “not normal” and accused Republicans of ignoring the environment.

Godlewski recorded the video on April 14th as a powerful system of thunderstorms moved across Wisconsin, bringing tornadoes, damaging winds, flooding and large hail to several portions of the state. The storms caused serious property damage, and some areas reported hailstones substantially larger than the ones falling outside Godlewski’s home. Rather than focusing on the immediate danger or telling residents to seek shelter, the Democratic official turned her camera on herself and delivered a partisan message about Republican climate policy.

“Republicans say we don’t have climate change, but this is golf ball-sized hail in my front yard,” Godlewski shouted over the storm. She then pointed toward the yard as hail continued to fall around the property. “This is not normal, and we can’t keep ignoring our environment,” she declared before the video ended. Godlewski did not provide any additional evidence connecting the hailstorm to climate change or explain which Republican policy was causing the hail in her yard.

Godlewski is Wisconsin’s 29th secretary of state, having been appointed to the position by Democratic Governor Tony Evers after previously serving as state treasurer, according to her official state biography. The storm blowing around her was part of a legitimate and dangerous severe-weather outbreak rather than any ordinary rain shower. The National Weather Service reported that multiple supercell thunderstorms developed across northeastern Iowa and western Wisconsin on April 14th. Those storms produced an EF3 tornado near Union Center and hail measuring as much as 3.5 inches in diameter in parts of the region.

Golf ball-sized hail measures approximately 1.75 inches in diameter and is large enough to damage vehicles, roofs and other property. Its appearance in Wisconsin, however, is hardly unprecedented. The Wisconsin State Climatology Office’s hail archive states that the largest officially verified hailstone in state history fell near Wausau on May 22nd, 1921. That hailstone measured 5.7 inches across, more than three times the diameter of the golf ball-sized hail Godlewski described as “not normal.”

Watch Godlewski blame Republicans and climate change as hail pounds her yard here:

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The state archive also documents a 5.5-inch hailstone that fell in Port Edwards in June 2007, along with numerous other incidents involving large and destructive hail. Wisconsin experienced another major hail event as recently as May 2025, when stones approaching four inches in diameter were reported near Altoona. Hail forms inside powerful thunderstorm updrafts, which hold pieces of ice in the air while additional layers of water freeze around them. Stronger updrafts can support larger stones before their weight finally carries them toward the ground.

Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video.