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Howard Marklein: “We should be honoring, you know, their legacy and them…”

Featuring: Howard Marklein, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 17

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May Legislative Update

Published | Video Starts at 42:08

The Senate sergeant at arms, who's a Marine, a retired Marine, and he sent out an email the other day to the senators and said, basically, don't say happy Memorial Day. There's nothing happy about it. You know, We should be honoring, you know, their legacy and them making the ultimate sacrifice. And he listed the members of his unit that were lost in service. And so, you know, I know it's, you know, a day off for people and all that. (42:08–42:14)

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Asserts that people should honor the legacy and sacrifices of military members.

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