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Robin Vos: “Governor Evers used his creative line item veto to have a…”

Featuring: Robin Vos, Republican | Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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Exclusive interview: Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on state budget negotiations

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

Well, for the past decade, Republicans have focused mostly on property tax relief and I think we've done a pretty good job. Now, if you remember, in the last budget, Governor Evers used his creative line item veto to have a guaranteed 400 year property tax increase. And guess what? All of a sudden a bunch of Democrats have found religion that property taxes shouldn't be as high as they are when they're guaranteed to increase under Governor Ever. (03:37–03:44)

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Asserts that Governor Evers' veto resulted in a long-term property tax increase.

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