That's also true. There was a Minister of Fisheries in this country who, on his very last day in office, lifted the ban on hunting whales. Whale hunting, by the way, has a lot of popular support. The new guy replacing him, who was from a different party, was left with either leaving in place a policy his own party was vehemently against, or reversing the decision and losing popular support.
So yeah, if the Wisconsin GOP is taking a kamikaze approach to politics, I guess it wouldn't be the first time that's happened.