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Dianne Hesselbein: “We couldn't even do medical [marijuana] this year.”

Featuring: Dianne Hesselbein, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 27

WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein

Published June 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:12

Yes. Does that mean we agree on everything? Absolutely not. Can I get Medicaid expansion done? No. Can I get recreational marijuana done? No. We couldn't even do medical [marijuana] this year. There's a lot of things. Funding for more K12, mental health funding. There's so many things on the list that we can't get done. (14:12–14:15)

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“President Biden has done good things for our state and country.”
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“He [Governor Evers] has a good record to run on.”
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“I think [the congressional maps] are [unfair].”
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“When Joe Biden got there, we were getting shots in arms.”
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“Republican Party really distancing themselves from Trump.”
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“Most of the Wisconsin Republicans that were running for office...were trying to distance themselves from [Trump's] campaign.”
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“Legislators have done [redistricting] wrong for so long.”
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“There were four good, fair maps in front of the Supreme Court.”
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“We finally are going to have fair maps for the state of Wisconsin.”
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“The Republican Party is rejecting [committee appointments] time and time again.”
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“We did shared revenue. There was a Brewers bill that we did.”
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“They should be releasing the 125 million they have to help combat [PFAS].”
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“The ROFR bill is another one that has great bipartisan support.”
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“The current [PFAS] bill really ties the hands of the DNR.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 13:03-13:07
“There's 125 million that the Republicans could release.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 13:16-13:20
“Can I get Medicaid expansion done? No.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 14:08-14:08
“Can I get recreational marijuana done? No.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 14:11-14:11
“Funding for more K12, mental health funding. There's so many things on the list that we can't get done.”
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“They needed Democratic votes to do shared revenue.”
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“They needed Democratic votes to do the brewers deal.”
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“Speaker Voss said it's the most restrictive [medical marijuana legislation] in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We believe in targeted tax cuts that can help people.”
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“We Believe we should be spending money on priorities of the state of Wisconsin, whether that be K12 funding, helping our colleges…”
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“Republicans are putting forth policy that don't reflect the will of the people of the state of Wisconsin.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 21:09-21:14
“Republicans are not interested in coming to the table and talking with Governor Evers.”
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“Fair maps are great for the state of [Wisconsin].”
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“I think Iowa has [a good model for redistricting].”
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“They rejected Representative Sandy Pope and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton.”
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“I think they're [the elections commission] doing an okay job.”
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“People who want to serve, they look at this and they think, why bother to put my name out there.”
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“Governor Evers is doing a great job.”
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“I like the idea of the Legislative Reference Bureau drawing [the maps].”
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“I think people in the state of Wisconsin had enough of these gerrymandered districts.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 31:18-31:21
“All fair maps do, as you know, is when the Democrat would win state ride, then we should have more Democratic seats.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 31:21-31:27
“I hope that the Supreme Court takes a look at it and decides to make a change.”
WisPolitics Luncheon with Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein | Uploaded June 13, 2025 | 33:17-33:21
“Democrats have a history of showing up for people and doing things to help rural Wisconsin and farmers.”
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“Rural farmers are all saying, my gosh, we want the people that work on our farms to be able to have driver's licenses.”
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“We need to solve immigration, but we can't solve everything from the state level.”
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“We passed a bill, bipartisan, signed into law about Holocaust education and making sure that schools were teaching that.”
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“Certainly we believe in a woman's right to choose and body autonomy, and we don't want the state to have to dictate to anybody what they…”
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“Senator Royce did a polling motion on contraception, right to contraception. And that couldn't even pass.”
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“I hope the Supreme Court takes it up. I think they should. I think it's something within their purview.”
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“I don't think that President Biden is a weak nominee.”
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“When they made this disastrous decision and struck down Roe versus Wade, I think it woke up a lot of people.”
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“It's a scary time [for women in Wisconsin facing non-viable pregnancies].”
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“We have to go back to Roe v. Wade because it's a woman's right to choose what to do with her own body.”
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“Elections should be fair, safe and secure. And they are.”
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“Every baseless claim that gets talked about, we have to keep slamming it down as quickly as possible.”
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“I think most of the Republicans, some of the Republicans understand that [elections are fair].”
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“Some of them [bills] passed on a voice vote in the assembly and there shouldn't be any issues with it.”
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“I just want a fair process that works.”
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“We can just keep talking about fair, safe, secure elections and make sure that people aren't attacking poll workers.”
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“I'm proud of the work that [county municipal clerks] do.”
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“The Republican Party has taken a note from the Democratic Party saying that, yep, get your vote and then get it early.”
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“There's a seat in the Milwaukee area, definitely Green Bay that Oshkosh, Appleton that I mentioned that Kristen Alfine was for.”
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“It's my understanding that we're still waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in on that because we're not sure what that would look like…”
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