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Melissa Hughes: “We were able to renegotiate the agreement with Foxconn and…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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WI Gubernatorial Candidate Missy Huges Speaks at CoCo Dems Headquarters

Published | Video Starts at 07:32

For me, it was really important to do the very best we could for the state of Wisconsin. Not have a long drawn out fight, but find a path forward. And so We were able to renegotiate the agreement with Foxconn and save the taxpayers from about $2.85 billion worth of liability. that was hanging over the taxpayers heads. And then just a few months later, the economy shut down because of COVID And my kids looked at me and said, I thought you were in charge of the economy. (07:32–07:43)

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Asserts that renegotiating the Foxconn agreement saved Wisconsin taxpayers $2.85 billion.

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