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Mandela Barnes: “There's no reason we should be subsidizing data centers here…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Campaign 2026: Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) - Candidate for Governor

Published | Video Starts at 18:40

And the fact that they assume they can just come to Wisconsin, write their own rules, and also be provided tax incentives to show up here, There's no reason we should be subsidizing data centers here in Wisconsin. Why should we give $2 billion or any, any money to trillion dollar companies? It's not fair. And it's a part of the broken system that has people frustrated with politics in general. (18:40–18:44)

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