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>> For the first time in

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Wisconsin, measles has been
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surveillance, serving as an
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and immigration enforcement

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I'm Frederica Freyberg.

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Tonight on "Here& Now"
Republican Congressman

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Scott Fitzgerald on
immigration funding and

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elections. An interview
with Wisconsin Supreme

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Court candidate Chris
Taylor and Eric Ayisi

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reports on the top issues
in the 2026 state of the

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tribes address. It's "Here&
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>> The ICE surge is ending

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in Minnesota. White House
borders are Tom Homan

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announcing the move as U.S.
Senate Democrats vote to

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block funding for homeland
security over demands for

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stricter rules of
engagement for immigration

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agents. Also this week, the
House passes new election

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rules aimed at preventing
noncitizens from voting.

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Tonight, we're joined by
Republican U.S.

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Representative Scott
Fitzgerald from Wisconsin's

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fifth congressional
district. And Congressman,

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thanks very much for being
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>> Good to be with you.
>> So a busy week, as

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always in Washington.
What's your reaction to the

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immigration enforcement
surge ending in Minnesota?

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>> I mean, I think the
president handled it very

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well. Tom Homan has become
a figure that, quite

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honestly, is very well
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the aisle. If you go back
even to the Obama

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administration, the
president had a

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relationship with Tom Homan.
And and ever since then, he

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has been obviously a figure
that's high profile. But I

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think what the president
did there made a lot of

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sense. De-escalate, bring
down the temperature. Let's

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let's figure out how to do
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so far it's it seemed to
have worked well.

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>> So how would you grade
the overall operation

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making mention here? Of
course. Of the two U.S.

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citizens killed by agents
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>> Yeah, both obviously
very unfortunate incidents.

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I think it did show that
the idea that if you were

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going to go into any
community in the United

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States and you were going
to receive resistance from

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local law enforcement, or
if there was going to be

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kind of this this situation
where Ice was not really

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operating under the idea
that they were going to be

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able to go in and apprehend
people using some type of

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detain order, then what you
would end up with is this

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back and forth in the
streets. And and certainly

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that wasn't productive. So,
you know, unfortunately the

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border was open for four
years under the Biden

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administration. And one of
the things that President

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Trump ran on was that he
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those that had criminal
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And, you know, but how that
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accomplished is as varied
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>> Do you feel as though
law enforcement should be

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better at de-escalating a
special, especially after

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seeing what happened in
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>> Well, I think we're in
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mean, this is not something
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enforcement agency has
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past. If if there was not
such a high number of

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illegals and those with
criminal records, it's very

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easy for them to simply go
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they've already been
apprehended. And there

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would just be a turnover to
to Ice. And other than in

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some sanctuary cities, that
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happened. Now there's a
much higher number of

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illegals in the states
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seen before. But, you know,
that process has always

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served us well, but we find
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position right now.
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funding for Homeland
Security expires at

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midnight. What's your
response to Democrats

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demands for new rules for
Ice and other agents,

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including not wearing masks
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judicial warrants?
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you look at the laundry
list of things that Senator

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Chuck Schumer had rolled
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kind of dead on arrival in
the House. So there would

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have had to have been some
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And and it appears that the
white House did kind of

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make a run at it, that they
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together a list that might
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the ten or so items that
that the Senate had laid

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out was not going to happen.
So we find ourselves in a

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unbelievable situation. I
think, of the Democrats

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kind of holding this up
again, and a very small

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government shutdown related
to homeland security, which

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makes no sense because Ice
is funded. It was funded in

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the one big beautiful bill.
There's still excess

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dollars there. Homeland
security says they can

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operate for months with
with Ice being able to

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still accomplish their jobs.
But yet you're shutting

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down things like the Secret
Service and you're shutting

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down TSA at the airports,
and you're shutting down

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the Coast Guard operations.
So there's all these other

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provisions and parts of of
Homeland Security that are

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going to be left unfunded.
And, and they all run out

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of money at different times.
So it's this really is the

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the most political move
we've seen so far, I think

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from, from the Senate
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>> Would you like to see a
surge of immigration

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enforcement in Wisconsin?
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question specifically about
like the city of Milwaukee.

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I don't I don't think it's
been necessary. I know some

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people disagree with that,
but we just don't see the

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numbers that we've seen
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other areas. But I know
Madison is a sanctuary city

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there. There doesn't seem
to be the level of of

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certainly, I guess,
animosity between local

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levels of government and,
and Ice being able to do

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their job. So it just
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that we would be at the top
of the list where where

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maybe those Ice agents may,
may end up. So it's it's

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kind of, I guess a wait and
see, but but doesn't,

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doesn't appear to be the a
good a good thing for

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Wisconsin and I think maybe
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>> On elections legislation
ahead of the midterms. New

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requirements would require
proof of citizenship to

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register and vote. Now,
Democrats, of course, say

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this is voter suppression
and solution in search of a

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problem, because
non-citizen voting is a

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small number. What about
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>> I mean, I've been
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leader of the Wisconsin
State Senate. I've now been

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through it through numerous
bills in the House of

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Representatives. Listen, at
the end of the day, 85% of

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Americans think that you
should have to present some

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form of ID when you go vote.
It's bipartisan support.

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The the response from the
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been, I think, almost
laughable in that they

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continue to just pretend
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poll number or support for
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>> This is.
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to support it other than
people are not presenting

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their their IDs at the
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>> Congressman, this is
something more than that

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though, right? It's a
passport or a birth

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certificate to register to
vote, which is a higher bar

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than just a photo ID.
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there's a lot of criticism
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aisle. I mean, you can
nitpick any of these bills

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by saying that you're
asking for more information

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other than a driver's
license. But in most states,

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I mean, the documents that
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that driver's license,
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kind of anybody who shows
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initial document, they fill
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a driver's license. It is
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and I'm not saying that,
you know, the bill, the

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save act, which which I
think is well done and has

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been crafted correctly, I,
you know, I've never been a

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big supporter of just
federalizing these election

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laws. I think it's
important to keep some of

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these things decentralized.
So for me, somebody that

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served in the state
legislature for so long, I

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mean, there is part of this
discussion in which I'm

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saying, listen, this is
what American people need

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to believe in the election
cycle, especially in

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Wisconsin, where I run into
constituents all the time

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that still think that the
2020 election was

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manipulated by rules
related to Covid. It

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happens all the time. I run
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that talk to me about that.
This would instill some

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what I what I think some
concrete evidence that

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people that show up at the
polls have some type of

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document in their hand,
some type of, of driver's

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license in their hand to
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citizen and prove that
they're a wisconsinite and

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they should be voting in
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>> Congressman Scott
Fitzgerald, we leave it

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there. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you. Good to be

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with you.
>> Turning to the spring

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election for the Wisconsin
Supreme Court, the seat

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opening up after
Conservative Justice

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Rebecca Bradley decided not
to run again will not

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change the balance of the
court. The conservative

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candidate is appellate
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and the Liberal candidate
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Chris Taylor. Here and now,
senior political reporter

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Zac Schultz sat down with
each of the candidates last

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week. We heard from Maria
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>> Judge Taylor, thanks for
your time today.

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>> Thanks so much for
having me. I really

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appreciate it.
judicial philosophy. Tell

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me how you came by it and
how it impacts you when

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you're on the bench.
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guided by the same things.
I'm guided by a desire to

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do justice for the people
who are in front of me. I'm

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guided by a obligation to
apply the law as fairly and

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as consistently as possible.
And then I'm also obligated

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to hold those who violate
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regardless of who they are
or how how powerful they

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are. So those are really
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guide us. My decisions in
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>> So you've been in this
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originally your opponent
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incumbent, Justice Rebecca
Bradley. What was your

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reaction when she decided
not to run again?

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>> You know, my focus
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the state of Wisconsin,
regardless of who my

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opponent is. I am in this
race because I care deeply

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about the people in our
state. They deserve a

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justice and a court that is
going to stand up for their

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rights and protect their
freedoms, and they deserve

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a court that is going to
make sure that the other

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branches of government are
held accountable, including

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the federal government,
when they overreach into

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the independence of our
state. So I'm very focused

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on getting to the people,
talking with the people. My

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approach doesn't change
based on who I'm running

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against. This is a campaign
about the people of the

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state of Wisconsin, and I'm
going to be a justice for

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the people of the state of
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you don't see a big
difference between Rebecca

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Bradley and Maria Lazar
your opponent.

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>> Now. You know, I think
they're very similar in a

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lot of ways. They have very
extreme positions that are

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out of touch with the
people. Wisconsin on

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reproductive health care.
My opponent, Maria Lazar,

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celebrated the overturning
of Roe versus Wade. She has

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made comments that she
would have enforced an 1849

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criminal ban that would
have outlawed abortion. In

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almost every instance, she
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thinks a six week abortion
ban would be a good thing,

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signaling to the
legislature that this might

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be a law that she would be
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those things indicate that
she cannot be counted on to

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protect rights and freedoms
of Wisconsinites. And she

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wants to take us backwards.
I want to take the state

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and the people of the state
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>> Given the last couple of
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Wisconsin, how much money
do you think it's going to

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take to win this race?
>> You know, I'm hoping not

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as much as what we have
seen. It has gotten

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ridiculous how much money
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when I was in the
legislature, I fought

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against the erosion of our
campaign finance laws. The

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reality is, here in
Wisconsin, we have very

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little laws that prevent
these out-of-state

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billionaires and big money
special interests from

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coming into this race.
They're going to be coming

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in to support my opponent.
That is how she got elected

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to the Court of Appeals.
These same right wing

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billionaires that we saw
last April have supported

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her in the past.
>> The first fundraising

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numbers that came out
showed you with a

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commanding lead in
fundraising. Is there a

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danger that some of your
supporters may think, oh,

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this race is over?
>> I hope not, because this

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race is not over. We are
right in the thick of it. I

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take nothing for granted. I
worked very hard to get out

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in all corners of the state,
and of course my campaign

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worked very hard to raise
the resources that I would

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need out of my, I think,
19,000 campaign

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contributions, 15,000 of
those are $100 or less. So

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I am receiving a lot of
support from the people of

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the state of Wisconsin.
That contrasts with my

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opponent. Her average
campaign donation was

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$1,800, and she only had 16
donations that were $100 or

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less. So she's clearly
getting her support and

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will continue to do so from
the billionaires, from the

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big corporations. I'm going
to the people and asking

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for their support because
this race is about them.

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>> Unlike the last couple
of races, this one's not

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going to likely determine
the majority on on the

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bench. Does that run the
risk that this flies under

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the radar for some people
because they don't feel the

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stakes are as high?
>> I mean, I don't think so

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because the majority on
this court can be changed

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on a dime. We have five
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elections coming up. And so
just because there's now a

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pro-democracy majority on
this court by only one vote

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does not lessen the
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And when we have so many
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there's four more state
Supreme Court elections

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coming up after mine. No
one should take anything

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for granted. This court can
change very quickly, but if

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I am able to get elected,
there will be a

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pro-democracy majority on
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2030.
>> A couple of years ago,

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when Janet Protasiewicz won
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changed the game in terms
of talking as a candidate

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about her values versus
issues and making sure to

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stay away from how she
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explaining to voters, this
is what I care about. This

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is what I'm passionate
about. How do you approach

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talking about your values
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>> Well, I think it's
really important that

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voters see who I am and
they deserve that. They are

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electing me to a ten year
term to the highest court

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in our state. So I am very
open about what my values

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are. You know, I value
every person's ability to

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make their own personal
private health care

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decisions. My opponent does
not. She has stated that

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that is not a value that
she has. I value courts

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protecting people's rights
and freedoms and holding

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people and entities
accountable when they

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violate our law and violate
our Constitution. My

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opponent has shown that she
is a rubber stamp for the

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most powerful and the right
wing extremists in the

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decisions that she has
issued. And so I think it's

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really fair game for the
public to know. These

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things are things we value.
>> How do you approach

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precedent? Because we've
seen as the court shifted

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majorities over the last
few years, a number of

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cases looking at old cases
that have been settled in

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the past, Marklein being
one of those. But in that

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category, what would you do
to when you approach a

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precedent decision?
have to look at does the

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precedential case violate
the Constitution? Does it

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does it protect or take
away people's rights? So

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that is the first thing
that I would look at.

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Secondly, I think if it is
an issue that evolves in

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constitutional rights, you
look at, well, has this

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been in place for a long
period of time such that

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people have relied on these
protections like Roe versus

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Wade? It's a perfect
example. The Dobbs case

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took away rights that
American women in Wisconsin

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women had come to depend on
over the last 50 years,

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throughout the duration of
my life. And so that was

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very alarming that it was
so flippantly done, 50

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years of precedent. Again,
that conflicts my opinion

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about Roe versus Wade,
conflicts with my opponent,

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who celebrated the reversal
of Roe versus Wade. So what

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I look at, though, in
looking at precedent, is

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did this case comport with
constitutional protections

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or did it not? So there is
appropriate cases where

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precedent should be
overturned. I mean, look at

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Plessy versus Ferguson.
Separate but equal. We all

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know that is wrong. And
thankfully there was a case

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that overturned that type
of discrimination in Brown

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versus Board of Education.
>> You're running for

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Wisconsin Supreme Court
position. But how much of

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what's happening nationally
and President Trump's

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impact will will overshadow
this race, as voters take

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all that into account when
they're making their

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choices at the ballot box?
>> Well, look, I think that

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we have an incredible
opportunity in this race,

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the people of the state of
Wisconsin, to elect a

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justice who is going to
stand up for their rights,

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for their freedoms, who is
going to hold the federal

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government accountable when
they overreach into the

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state? And I'm going to
protect the independence of

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Wisconsin. We are an
independent state. We have

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our own constitution, our
own laws, and everyone is

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subject to those when they
come in the state of

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Wisconsin. So I will be a
strong justice making sure

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our people are protected
and our state is protected.

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>> All right, Judge Taylor,
thanks for your time.

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>> Thank you. I really
appreciate it.

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>> Ceremony and policy. At
the 22nd annual state of

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the tribes address at the
State Capitol this week,

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the address was marked as a
chance to hear about

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accomplishments and
challenges of tribal

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nations and encourage
collaboration with the

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state "Here& Now". And ICT
reporter Erica Ayisi was

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there.
>> We. Minocqua Khaba. Good

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morning everyone. I share
with you my Anishinaabe

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name woman who leaves
tracks where she walks.

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>> Chairwoman Nicole Boyd
of the Red Cliff Band of

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Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, highlighted

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achievements and challenges
of the state's 11 federally

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recognized Native American
tribes. Focusing on tribal

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sovereignty and government
to government partnerships.

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>> We are not here simply
to take. Our ancestors knew

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this. They fought for this,
and they left us the

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teachings of reciprocity.
>> Boyd asked to work

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together with the state in
preserving water rights on

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tribal lands, referencing
concerns about the Enbridge

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oil pipeline through the
bad River Band of Lake

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Superior Chippewa
Reservation.

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>> Why is it wrong to
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of projects of this
magnitude be ecologically

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sound and ensure the water
will be protected?

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>> She also asked for more
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proposed bill to change the
name of the Apostle Islands

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National Lakeshore to
National Park, which is

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close to the Red Cliff
reservation.

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>> Were we wrong to request
that there be meaningful

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due diligence as part of
the decision making promise.

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>> Relating to Governor
Tony Evers recent treaty

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rights and the protection
of wild rice? Executive

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order. Boyd asked that
Manoomin, or the wild rice,

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be elevated to the state.
Official.

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>> Green wild rice has seen
a significant decline over

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the last many years, and
promoting it will allow us

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a platform to continue our
efforts to restore and

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protect this vitally
important resource.

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>> On economic development,
Boyd touted positive gains,

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noting the collaboration
with the 2025 NFL Draft in

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Green Bay with Oneida
Nation.

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>> This event brought in an
astronomical $105 million

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to the state of Wisconsin.
>> She asked for

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legislation for online
sports betting wagered

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through Wisconsin's tribes
to be approved.

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>> The state will see
increased revenue through

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the state gaming compacts,
and consumers will have the

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legal protection needed to
ensure they receive fair

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play.
>> In health care. Boyd

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mentioned an increase in
wellness and treatment

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centers on reservations,
and that drug overdose

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deaths are down. But to
assist in opioid recovery

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and chronic pain, calls for
bipartisan support for

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medical marijuana in the
state.

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>> For centuries,
indigenous people have used

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this plant medicine for
various medical and

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ceremonial purposes.
>> Boyd also says the state

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Task Force to Address
missing and Murdered

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Indigenous Women and
Relatives needs improved

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policies. That includes
helping survivors heal.

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>> We must invest the
resources needed to prevent

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violent crimes against
women and children.

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>> As to education, Boyd
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UW-Madison tribal tuition
program expanded.

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>> Including the College of
Menominee Nation and Lac

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Courte Oreilles. Ojibwe
University would also

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provide tribal members an
opportunity to attend

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college close to home that
strongly supports their

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identities.
>> Sagen Lily Quale of the

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Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians

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says Boyd's call to make
rice the official state

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grain has deeper cultural
connections as a living

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relative for the tribal
community.

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>> To be able to rely on
that relative as not only,

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you know, medicine that
connects us to place in

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space, but also connects us
to ancestry and tradition

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is really beautiful.
>> Paul Smith of the Oneida

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Nation says Boyd's message
to protect waterways on and

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around tribal lands could
bring more visitors to

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northern Wisconsin.
>> The national shoreline

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that she wants to protect
with the frog Bay National

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Park, with protections on
Lake Superior and the

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protections around the the
waters through bad River,

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it's all those things are
connected to tourism.

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>> Bryan Wilson RFK, Jr.
also of the Oneida Nation,

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says Boyd's message on
tribal economic

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contributions to the state
resonates with his 100%

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indigenous owned small
business.

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>> And we're adding to our
employees and with health

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benefits and retirement
programs.

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>> Boyd closed the state of
the tribe's address with a

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message of resiliency for
Wisconsin's tribal members

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and partnership among state
and tribal leaders.

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>> This is the place our
ancestors fought for and

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are buried within, and we
will continue to exercise

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our treaty rights in
perpetuity.

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>> In Madison. I'm Eric
Ayisi for “Here& Now” and

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ICT.
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