Cavalier Johnson: “The city was on the verge of financial collapse.”

“I'm not in charge of whoever Wisconsin sends to Madison. I just have to deal with it. Right. That's the approach that I took when I became mayor and The city was on the verge of financial collapse. Was the legislature made up the way that I would prefer? No. But I had a choice. I could either sit on my hands and point fingers and blame, or I could actually roll my sleeves up and get to work.” (43:38–43:41)

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