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Ezra Klein: “Tony Evers, the governor, and Tammy Baldwin and others had…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 07:02

And you told me this story about how there were these big piles of coal. I think it was in Green Bay. In Green Bay, Wisconsin. That's right. And that Tony Evers, the governor, and Tammy Baldwin and others had been working and they got money from Joe Biden to get the piles of coal gone. And he said to me it was by far the best part of the piece. He said, that's who the Democratic Party is. They're the people who get rid of the piles of coal. (07:02–07:11)

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Asserts that Tony Evers, Tammy Baldwin, and others secured funding from Joe Biden to remove coal piles.

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