Francesca Hong: “When you choose to defund public schools, you are forcing…”

“Why Tony Evers would have to do that is because the Republicans abdicated their duty and the constitutional right of serving all kids in their public schools. When you choose to defund public schools, you are forcing property tax payers to choose to raise their own taxes. to fund their public schools. The governor would not have had to do something like this if the Republicans who have been in power for the last 15 years actually followed the constitution and funded our public schools.” (07:23–07:35)

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