… sweeping in, taking trifecta control and then immediately setting about trying to smash the basis of the progressive movement, Democratic strength, worker power, you know, clean and effective government. What Scott Walker said on the basis of a trumped up budget crisis that they needed to smash collective bargaining for public sector employees. That was Act 10, 100,000 people protesting outside the state capitol. At the same time, they gerrymandered our maps to high heaven, locking in conservative majorities from Congress to the state legislature. (02:13–02:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that Scott Walker used a false budget crisis to justify ending collective bargaining for public employees.
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