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Tony Evers: “70 to 80% of the people in Wisconsin support this [red flag…”

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Published October 14, 2022 | Video Starts at 13:19

It has to go in front of the judge. We have to have law enforcement people go in front of a judge and make that request. That said, 70 to 80% of the people in Wisconsin support this [red flag laws]. Of that, almost all the hunters have supported it also. So this is something we can do. Is it going to solve every problem? Of course it's not. (13:19–13:25)

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Asserts that 70-80% of people in Wisconsin support red flag laws.

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“Milwaukee Police Department seized 8,076 guns from January 1, 2020 to July 8, 2022.”
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“We've got the lowest unemployment ever and the highest number of people working ever.”
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“We have 70,000 undocumented people in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“Inflation is something that is a worldwide phenomenon.”
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“We're going to lower our taxes on our middle class folks in the state of Wisconsin by 10%.”
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“We're going to get rid of the minimum markup law on gasoline which could save people up to 30 cents on a gallon.”
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“The one that is most important is the one about child care, child care credit.”
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“We would increase shared revenue. Tried to do it in my first budget, try to do it in my second budget.”
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“If you look at the last 10 years of shared revenue...you see a 0, a 0, a 0 as far as how much money was provided to our municipalities.”
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“Next budget. It is my top priority. We're going to have a 4% each, each, each year of the biennium.”
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“Shared revenue will be increased by this administration.”
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“Universal background checks are one. Red flag laws are another.”
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“70, 80% of the people in Wisconsin said these are reasonable things we can do to provide safety in that arena.”
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“I have supported both of those [red flag laws and universal background checks].”
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“I certainly believe that background checks should also be there. Universal background checks are just common sense.”
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“The last election was safe, secure, and there was not fraud.”
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“Voting rights are on this ballot.”
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“Women should have the ability and the right to make decisions about their health care, including reproductive health care, and that includes…”
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“We've had 50 years of Roe v. Wade, and it's worked here in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We're only 12 of us that haven't taken Medicaid expansion or Badger Care expansion.”
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“We would be able to put good health care, good health insurance to 126,000 people in the state of Wisconsin that frankly don't have that…”
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“We would reap another billion dollars from the federal government to take issues such as and do and fix the issues around child and maternal…”
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“I've met all the legal parameters that are posted on for the governor of the state of Wisconsin.”
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“One of the reasons that that amount of money is in our rainy day fund and in our surplus, it is because we did the right thing during the…”
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“We took about a billion dollars of the money that we received from the federal government, from both the Trump administration and the…”
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“We've actually been able to increase solar in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We're working with the Ojibwe on that issue as we speak with that DNR that apparently is so dysfunctional.”
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“We have been working on this problem for four years I've been in office.”
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“We're making progress in the Milwaukee area and across the state around lead laterals.”
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“The recently passed bill in the federal government is bringing funding in exactly for that.”
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“It's going to take us another three years to set standards because one person has decided not to leave the DNR board.”
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“CRTs are not taught in our schools and the ABCs are.”
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“We need to make sure that we have more special education money.”
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“We need to make sure that we have mental health money.”
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“We need to make sure that our literacy program is making the top readers in the state.”
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“I'm going to increase the budget.”
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“His plan right now is to take 40% of the funding away from our public schools.”
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“CRT is not taught in our schools.”
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“We put over a million dollars, or, excuse me, $100 million during the pandemic for the Milwaukee area and other places across the state of…”
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“I'm going to have 12% in this next budget for them.”
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“I just recently fired the head of the commission for this very reason. He did not take victim rights into account for one particular case.”
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“I have tried to get shared revenue increase.”
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“I did every single thing that was asked to me [during the Kenosha unrest].”
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“Our National Guard is only allowed to move if we are requested. And Kenosha asked us at 2 o'clock in the morning.”
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“We had National Guard there, and we doubled it every single day.”
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“Worker shortage is an issue in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We spent a fair amount of money, I think it's about $100 million during the pandemic, allowing local people to think through what they…”
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“If those people [undocumented workers] would leave the agriculture industry, we would no longer be the dairy state.”
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“I certified the election last time.”
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“No matter who wins, my opponent or me, I will certify that election.”
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“Our economy in the state of Wisconsin is strong.”
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“We've been able to fix the roads.”
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“We've been able to provide resources for our public schools.”
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“We've cut taxes by 15%.”
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“We brought businesses to every corner of the state of Wisconsin.”
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“Small businesses, over 6,000 right now, heading to 7,000.”
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“We've chosen a governor who, you know, on issues after issue after issue on abortion, on voting rights, on education, [proposes] radical…”
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