"I know you feel it's local, but it's not. It's really much more than local," Trump said in the 10-minute call. "The whole country's watching."

Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel has accused the current justices of "playing politics" by slow-walking a key abortion decision to keep the politically potent issue in play through the April 1 election — though one expert said the delay is "not yet remarkably unusual" compared to other cases.

The race to fill an open seat on Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court is now less than a week away.On Thursday night, President Donald Trump spoke to his supporters in a telephone town hall, urging support for conservative candidate and Waukesha County judge Brad Schimel.