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Mark Pocan: “We had that period of time that we referred to as the…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Mark Pocan on Meidas Touch

Published | Video Starts at 05:10

When he became governor, already, he wanted to be president. He had a terribly failed presidential run. But by going after public employees and doing some things, We had that period of time that we referred to as the uprising back in 2010, where we had 40,000 people a day in the streets, 100,000 on weekends, protesting [Scott Walker's] policies. And he helped us to make politics very much an active sport. So I have to give a tip of the hat to someone who unintentionally helped us get that … (05:10–05:23)

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Asserts that in 2010, there were daily protests with 40,000 people and 100,000 on weekends against Scott Walker's policies.

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