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Sara Rodriguez: “Any energy use that these data centers are pulling cannot be…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

WI Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Visits CoCo Dems with Gubernatorial Campaign Message

Published February 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 41:42

I don't want to be able, I don't want to say that because it's different for every community. But here's what we need to do statewide and to make sure that there are restrictions statewide is that Any energy use that these data centers are pulling cannot be born on the backs of taxpayers. Cannot, Cannot. And not only that, but they have to invest in Wisconsin like that has to be contractually on the front end. (41:42–41:56)

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Asserts that energy costs for data centers should not be funded by taxpayers.

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“When I win, I will be the first nurse ever elected governor in the United States ever.”
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“We are one of 10 states that hasn't expanded Medicaid.”
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“We are one of two states...that does not cover women for 12 months postpartum.”
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“The vast majority of personal bankruptcies in the United States are in the wake of large medical bills.”
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“The number one employer in rural spaces [in Wisconsin] is health care.”
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“I have volunteered to do [the point in time count] every year I have been lieutenant Governor.”
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“I am the chair of the Interagency Council on Homelessness.”
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“I was a Peace Corps volunteer working on HIV, AIDS and reproductive health in Samoa in the South Pacific.”
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“I have done everything from doing overnight shifts within the emergency department, all the way to being an executive within a large…”
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“I was an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Centers for Disease Control.”
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“I did national and international outbreak investigations.”
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“I was able to flip that district four term incumbent from red to blue.”
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“I put out a proposal that we should have a public option in the state of Wisconsin to be able to reduce premiums for folks.”
WI Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Visits CoCo Dems with Gubernatorial Campaign Message | Uploaded February 20, 2026 | 09:07-09:15
“My proposal is to have a statewide strategic plan that aligns legislative, legislation, administrative rules and funding in the state of…”
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“My proposal is to make sure that any family pays no more than 7% of their income in childcare.”
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“We want to make sure that childcare providers are paid at the minimum of $18 an hour.”
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“We have got to fully fund our public schools.”
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“Public dollars should go towards public education, full stop.”
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“We have got to restore union bargaining rights in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We have to protect our environment in this state, not only for future generations, but for our tourism economy.”
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“We have such an opportunity in 2026 to flip not only the state Senate, but the State Assembly.”
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“We only have to flip two seats in the state Senate.”
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“Assembly, five seats harder doable.”
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“The Democratic Lieutenant Governor's association has agreed to put in $2 million into the primary.”
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“I got the first statewide union endorsement. It was afscme, which are the state workers.”
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“I'm really the only one that has private industry executive experience and held elected office.”
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“I'm the only one who's been able to win in a tough race.”
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“I was also the only primary candidate that put out a proactive statement about immigration coming in to the state of Wisconsin.”
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“I served from 97 to 99 [as a Peace Corps volunteer].”
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“I got my degrees, my master's in nursing and my master's in public health from Johns Hopkins University.”
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“If we didn't have a Republican led legislature, there is not a snowball chance that we would be able to use any of the surplus.”
WI Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Visits CoCo Dems with Gubernatorial Campaign Message | Uploaded February 20, 2026 | 27:56-28:05
“They have to invest in Wisconsin like that has to be contractually on the front end.”
WI Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Visits CoCo Dems with Gubernatorial Campaign Message | Uploaded February 20, 2026 | 42:00-42:06
“Investing in renewables, investing in our infrastructure, because we do have an aging energy infrastructure.”
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“In terms of water usage, that has to be absolutely, absolutely transparent.”
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“If they're pulling it out and they are putting it back into the environment, it has to be in the same exact manner that they pulled it out.”
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“We saw that this summer. It gets these toxic algae blooms.”
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“Huge outdoor tourism economy that we have in Wisconsin and we have got to protect that.”
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“I'm not for a moratorium because I think we need to have a nuanced conversation about it.”
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“If we put guidelines out at the state level, this is the, the minimum that you have to do.”
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“Communities can make it higher. They can do what they want to do.”
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“We need to be proactively preparing for what's going to happen.”
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“What I'm hearing is nothing has changed. No, nothing has changed still these roving patrols pulling people over indiscriminately.”
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“This is what you have instilled in our black and brown communities. And how scary that is.”
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“Protesting does work and going to the streets does work.”
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“In Minneapolis, they are. They were delivering meals and food and supplies to immigrant families who are afraid to leave their homes.”
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“We've seen what the example is in Minneapolis, and we can go ahead and replicate that here if it comes to Wisconsin.”
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