Weekly News from Your Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair
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Tammy is special interests' #1 target
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Marquette
Law School released a new poll this week, and friends, the Senate race is neck and neck.
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The
Koch Brothers spent a whopping $5.1 million against our Senator Tammy
Baldwin during the primary, and you bet they’re going to put more resources
behind Leah. It reminds me of 2016 when these same billionaires and
special interests spent millions of dollars at the last minute to pull
off an upset against Russ Feingold.
We can’t let that happen again.
Tammy has put Wisconsin
first. She’s fought to defend
the millions of Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions, she stood
up to greedy hedge fund managers, and she’s making sure that
Wisconsinites struggling with addiction are able to access the care
they need.
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"Last weekend I spent some time in Milwaukee catching
up with old friends and making new ones and I kept hearing one thing over
and over: people are worried about health care. That's why I'm going to
keep fighting for affordable care for everybody." --
@tammybaldwin
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The
choice between Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir couldn’t be clearer.
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Hey Scott Walker, fix the roads!
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It
isn’t news to anyone who’s spent 15 minutes in Wisconsin that our roads
are crappy. In fact, 42% of our roads are in poor or mediocre condition, compared to just 19% in
Illinois! Our roads are littered with potholes in every corner of the
state, and major highway projects have been delayed under Scott
Walker’s failed leadership from the I-94 to the I-43 to Highway 15.
Despite the sorry state of our roads (We rank 44/50 states!), Scott Walker chose to divert $90 million away from state highway projects as part of his $4.5
billion taxpayer giveaway to Foxconn!
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Everyday
working Wisconsinites have had to pick up the tab; local “wheel taxes”
have nearly tripled and folks pay on average $637 per year on car repairs thanks to our crumbling roads. That’s why Tony Evers, Mandela Barnes, and laborers and
operating engineers from across the state called on Scott Walker to Fix
the Roads!
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Wisconsinites
deserve safe and dependable roads to drive on. Roads touch every part of our lives -- solid
infrastructure is particularly important for economic growth, from
starting a small business to attracting folks to live in our state!
Tony has said that all options are on the table when it comes to fixing
our roads, because unlike Scott Walker, he won’t neglect the needs of
hardworking Wisconsinites.
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Maybe Scott Walker would
see the urgency in fixing our roads if he actually drove on them!
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Research
group One Wisconsin Now uncovered a trove of documents from Governor Walker’s administrations
showing that he has abused taxpayer resources by racking up over $818,000 in air travel costs since September 2015!
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He
frequently flew short distances that could have been easily driven,
like the 24 miles from Appleton to Green Bay, the 39 miles from
Janesville to Madison or the 24 miles from Kenosha to Milwaukee. And
the cost to taxpayers was extraordinary; in February 2016, he used a
state plane to pick him up in Milwaukee after a haircut and fly him to
an NRA convention in Wausau, and that cost us $2,586!
It’s clear that after working as a career politician for 25 years, Walker doesn’t understand the value of a hard-earned
dollar. For the average working
family in Wisconsin, $2,586, and it’s downright ridiculous that Walker
would abuse taxpayer dollars this way.
Tony Evers is one of us. While Walker has spent his whole career
chasing higher office, Tony has
spent his career serving Wisconsinites, teaching our children and
leading our schools. I can’t
imagine a better person to lead Wisconsin, and I can’t wait to vote for
Tony in November.
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