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From The Cap Times:

A couple hundred people gathered at the Capitol Wednesday night for Gov. Scott Walker’s State of the State speech. But the last thing they wanted to do was to actually hear it.

They were there to drown it out, with shouting, with singing, with profanity, and even with a poorly played sousaphone. And, they said, with a recall that will get Walker off the podium for good.

“We want to be really loud so they can hear us on TV,” said Harriet Rowan, who was using her cellphone to tweet updates to followers. The organizers got around new Department of Administration rules restricting protests in the Capitol — unveiled in December but not yet completely enforced — by organizing via Twitter.

“Enough is enough,” said Margaret Rigney, as the crowd chanted and banged drums around her.

Rigney, 79, said it was the first protest she has ever attended and that she will vote to recall Walker because he is “crushing” the unions.

“Something has to be done,” she said. “He has out-of-state billionaires supporting him, but they can’t buy our votes.”

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