Trustees Vs Delegates, Wisconsin Edition

Following up on our discussion of the different role types available to representatives, here is an example of Wisconsin legislators choosing or perhaps more accurately being asked by their leaders to behave as trustees:

Republican lawmakers were told: "Public comments on this map may be different than what you hear in this room. Ignore the public comments."

However, the JSO reporting suggests that there seems to be a lack of clarity if the instructions were related to a de facto suggestion for role types or merely an indication of a media strategy.