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Robin Vos: “The US Supreme Court said that you can't have race in…”

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

Capital City Sunday_ Robin Vos discusses Diversity, Equity and Inclusion positions

Published October 8, 2023 | Video Starts at 03:04

It should not be targeted at any one specific race. Affirmative action has already been found to be questionable. We know that The US Supreme Court said that you can't have race in admissions. So that's got to be something. I think we should do more to attract the best and brightest to Wisconsin. (03:04–03:08)

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Asserts that the US Supreme Court ruled against race-based admissions.

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“We have a bill... which would say that if you're in the top 10% of any campus or the top 5% at UW Madison, you're automatically admitted.”
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“We know we have a $4 billion surplus.”
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“The legislature has withheld funding [from the UW system] until [they cut DEI positions].”
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“Governor Evers vetoed [the legislature's request to be part of a lawsuit]... the states that were won, they already won that.”
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“We could clearly cut taxes [if we went to court].”
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“We have done a good job stopping the craziness that Tony Evers has proposed for Wisconsin.”
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“We don't want to become Minnesota or Michigan, certainly don't want to become Illinois.”
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“If we didn't have a Republican legislature with strong leadership, that's where we'd be [like Minnesota, Michigan, or Illinois].”
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