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Tony Evers: “I've used my veto pen to stop every Republican attack on…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Democrats Rally: Tammy Baldwin, Ben Wikler, and Tony Evers Discuss Strategies and Achievements

Published | Video Starts at 34:59

Which means We've built 17. We've built 17,000 affordable housing units since I took office. And I've used my veto pen to stop every Republican attack on LGBT kids, Wisconsinites, reproductive freedom and our fair, safe and secure elections. Heck, everyone stopped calling me two term or three term Tony and now they just call me 400 year Tony because I use my constitutional veto power to provide a $325 increase per student every year for the next four centuries. (34:59–35:13)

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Asserts that Tony Evers has vetoed Republican measures against LGBT rights, reproductive freedom, and election security in Wisconsin.

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