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Chris Armstrong: “Wisconsin is really one of the founding places in the US for…”

Featuring: Chris Armstrong, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Published August 10, 2026 | Video Starts at 42:42

So they're very, very gerrymandered. But I think, you know, particularly as you guys may also know, you know, Wisconsin is really one of the founding places in the US for modern progressivism. Yes. And also the modern republic. Yeah. You know, back, back in the late 19th century, you know, fighting Bob Lafall. Yeah. And. And you know, this district was held by a Democrat for 40 years. (42:42–42:57)

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“A new industry is going to increase energy consumption by 50% over five years.”
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“Back in the 70s and 80s the price of a house was approximately three times a person's annual salary. Now it's 5.8 times.”
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“The land mass is bigger than the country of Denmark.”
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“There are 42 million people in the United States that depend on food stamps.”
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“We have enough money to spend one to two billion dollars a day bombing the crap out of Iran.”
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“We're the only developed [country] that doesn't have family leave.”
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“Trump wants to spend one and a half trillion dollars on the military.”
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“Tom Tiffany is running for governor.”
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“Trump was inaugurated and then the flurry of illegal, unconstitutional, UN American executive orders came out pretty much for Project 2025.”
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“I filed my FEC paperwork to become, you know, the first candidate from either party.”
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“This is the most criminal, corrupt administration in U.S. history.”
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“The first thing I'm going to do when I get into Congress is introduce articles of impeachment against Trump and his Cabinet.”
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“They break the freaking law every single day.”
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“The Senate voted for continuing to fund the government through the end of the frickin year.”
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“Another part of it gave Trump new trade tariff powers.”
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“The federal government must follow the law and the Constitution.”
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“The real people who have failed us are the Republican Party.”
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“This could be over tomorrow if five or six senators found the testicular courage to do what they know needs to be done.”
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“The Republican Party as a whole, particularly when it comes to the Democrats in Congress, they're terrorists.”
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“This administration has deliberately made choices that make things more expensive for everybody.”
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“Number one is the tariffs, which again, have been found illegal again.”
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“The illegal war in Iran.”
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“Venezuela, which was also illegal.”
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“Bombing, you know, fishermen in the freaking Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.”
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“The United States is a rogue nation.”
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“The House of Representatives, it's been one of the least productive House Representatives, you know, in recent history.”
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“There's no reason to pass any laws until he's impeached.”
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“Tiffany introduced legislation in the Wisconsin state legislature for opening up mining in northern Wisconsin.”
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“In Minnesota they're opening it up to a company from Chile to do sulfide mining, which is very damaging to the environment.”
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“Seven of Wisconsin's 11 federally recognized tribes are in the seventh district.”
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“The state legislative districts were redrawn, the federal ones have not yet.”
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“This district was held by a Democrat for 40 years.”
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“The seventh district is less than 60 miles on the eastern edge of it because it goes all the way up to Florence and Langlade County, Forest…”
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“It's 26 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, so over a third.”
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“These data centers can provide some possibly good union jobs during construction.”
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“There are places in the 7th district because of the low population density and just, you know, there's just not enough people to, you know…”
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“People have to drive, in some cases, 1, 2, 3 hours to get to [healthcare facilities].”
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“We need to do the same thing with, you know, broadband and cell coverage [as the rural Electrification Project].”
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“Many companies are attracted to Wisconsin because the Republican majority in the legislature, you know, gave them a $2 billion sales tax…”
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“I think you need to be physically and mentally healthy in order to work.”
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“My company, we always paid 100% employer paid premium health care for employees, their spouses and their entire family.”
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“Prosecution of this administration for its crimes”
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“We're the wealthiest nation in the world in the history of the planet.”
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“The Trump administration was going to illegally withhold SNAP funding.”
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“There are 42 million people in our country that don't know where their next meal is coming from.”
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“There was some bridge payments post pandemic that really helped out the child care industry, but those have expired in June.”
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“The seventh district is aging. A lot of older people.”
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“There aren't enough aging, dementia care facilities.”
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“The people that work them, a lot of them are immigrants.”
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“The waiting list to see [neurologists in the seventh district] is 13 to 16 months.”
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“The federal government does have a revenue problem.”
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“We need to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy, corporations.”
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“We are not spending the money that we do have on things that really make a difference in people's lives.”
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“We are not as well funded as other campaigns.”
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“The candidate with the most money doesn't always win.”
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“It's almost certain that we're going to do the House, and of course, we'll see how we do in the seventh District here.”
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“I think, you know, as things continue on, we'll probably get the Senate as well.”
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“Today is the worst day of the Trump administration until tomorrow.”
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“Remove Trump and his cabinet. We need to restore democracy.”
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“These people cannot be allowed to get away with what, you know, the crimes they have committed against humanity and America.”
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“In Hungary they finally voted out Viktor Orban.”
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“After 16 years even despite being in an authoritarian fascist regime.”
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“This is 2026. And what was 16 years ago, 2010, when Scott Walker won the governorship.”
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“The Republicans almost super majorities in both chambers. They gerrymandered the election maps, passed Act 10.”
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“I believe 2026 is the year of the people.”
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