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Tommy Thompson: “The Constitution has changed it. You cannot change words by…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Capital City Sunday: Former Governor Tommy Thompson discusses veto power in Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 01:45

Do you have a problem with being creative like that with this veto? No, I'm, you know, I was the master of it. So I cannot, I cannot criticize it now. The Constitution has changed it. You cannot change words by moving one word, one letter to another word, like I was able to do when the Constitution was changed. I think that was a good constitutional change. But the governor made a VETO that's for 400 years, which is pretty outstanding. Astounding, I guess, would be the word. (01:45–01:56)

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