That optimism, unfortunately faded not long after Governor Evers introduced his budget proposal in mid February. Never in my 15 years in the legislature have I seen a governor fight so little for his own budget proposal, as Governor Evers did this year. Republicans, for their part, stuck to their usual playbook, took the governor's budget, threw it in the trash, started to remake it in the image of tax cuts, cruelty, callous disregard for the needs of our shared constituents. (00:41–00:50)
CLAIM
Asserts that Governor Evers did not strongly advocate for his budget proposal.
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