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Kelda Roys: “1.5 billion of the deal was other stuff that Republicans…”

Featuring: Kelda Roys, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 26

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Senator Kelda Roys on Wisconsin's Failed Budget Surplus Deal | Wisconsin Governor Race 2026

Published | Video Starts at 10:04

But it's also almost all of it is money that Republicans had already promised. They had already agreed to it. That's not something special that we should be like, oh, we got this awesome thing. And then 1.5 billion of the deal was other stuff that Republicans wanted. and a lot of it, you know, we haven't even talked about the permanent tax changes that they wanted to make that are going to enshrine discrimination into our tax cod. (10:04–10:10)

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Asserts that $1.5 billion of the deal was for Republican priorities.

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