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Tony Evers: “When Trump announced he was going to try to abolish the…”

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

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Of course we sued them when Sean Duffy tried to block critical infrastructure funding that would help bring Wisconsin into the 21st century with EV charging, including projects in the district that he used to represent, we sued them. And When Trump announced he was going to try to abolish the Department of Education and RFK decided to try and dismantle the Department of Health and Human Services, I called BS and then, yeah, we sued them. And we're doing all this while still dealing with a Republican legislature that still can't accept the fact that Wisconsin has a Democratic governor. Well. (41:08–41:18)

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