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Eric Toney: “He tried to remove Dr. Prain from the DNR board. The law was…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 12:58

And it's pretty clear that Josh Call doesn't always seem to care what the law is. He cares about what you just said, the special interests and his liberal allies. And we saw another example of that when He tried to remove Dr. Prain from the DNR board. The law was clear based on the statute, what a vacancy means, the court cases from the 60s. And he still tried to remove him anyways after getting pressure from liberal interest groups. And it's not about what you want the law to be, it's about what the law is. And if we don't like the law, then we work with the legislature to try to change the law. (12:58–13:12)

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Asserts that Josh Kaul attempted to remove Dr. Prain from the DNR board against clear legal statutes.

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