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Tony Evers: “When they tried to fire tax tens of thousands of federal…”

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 40:02

When the Trump administration tried to gut billions of dollars of federal funding that Congress approved and Wisconsin was counting on for our schools, health care, infrastructure, we sued them When they tried to fire tax tens of thousands of federal workers, leaving them and their families in the lurch, we sued them. when they tried to gut AmeriCorps, which would have affected services and communities in more than half of Wisconsin's 72 counties. (40:02–40:24)

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