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Tony Evers: “They're impacting kids right now. They're impacting children…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

UPFRONT: Evers says 'bad place for Dems' after tax relief vote

Published May 17, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:48

That's fine. That's a wish list. And who knows whether that's going to happen. But They're impacting kids right now. They're impacting children right now. Bad place for Democrats to be. Is this going to impact Democrats in November? I think so. Negatively. Yeah. (06:48–06:55)

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Tony Evers

“We worked with the leadership, the majority leadership in both houses had things in a place where I thought, everybody thought that we'd be…”
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“I am a school person and seeing that go down was a real, I mean, it was hard to believe that we couldn't get this done.”
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“I got a call this morning from a superintendent saying, I am so frustrated with this.”
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“We had Democrats on the Senate side that basically were saying, we can't support this because of various things that, frankly, I'm shocked…”
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“Certainly, no question, no question, that was a done deal. And after that, it kind of fell apart.”
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“We're screwing, we're messing with kids lives here.”
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“Because they, they believe that somehow putting money back into people's pockets that are struggling financially across the state, you know…”
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“I think so.”
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“We did make this together with the assembly and Senate leaders.”
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“They promised that they'd have enough votes on the Senate side and they didn't.”
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“Politics reign supreme in the state of Wisconsin.”
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“We are adequately prepared [for elections].”
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“We have plans to... make sure that they're not doing what they shouldn't do.”
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“I talked with a group of leaders for the Nation Native nations in the state on a regular basis.”
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“We have to make sure that there's some equity in this [sports betting compacts].”
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“They're hoping to get something done before I leave office.”
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“Preventative, yeah. No question.”
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