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Tom Tiffany: “A federal judge ruled that way a couple years later on…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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WisPolitics-State Affairs Luncheon: GOP Congressman Tom Tiffany

Published | Video Starts at 20:04

And they did it at the end of January when it's 25 below zero and jeopardized people's being able to get emergency services. I believe they did not have the legal authority to do that. And A federal judge ruled that way a couple years later on appeal saying that you cannot close those roads and it is not legal what they did. And so they've not been happy because I didn't take their side in regards to that. But some of the Other tribes get along just fine. Okay. (20:04–20:16)

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Asserts that a federal judge ruled it was illegal for the Lactu Flambeau tribe to close certain roads.

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