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The rap on Tom Tiffany

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a year ago, when he was

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first being floated as a

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candidate for governor

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was can he raise any money?

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Well, he's had billionaires

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that have transferred money

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through the party to him.

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He's funded a lot of ads.

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He's already on

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the air right now.

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Will he have enough

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or do you think maybe

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the billionaire faucet

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gets turned off if they

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don't view this as

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as winnable a race with it

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Crowley versus Hong?

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Oh, I think he's going to

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raise more money than

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any candidate in history.

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That includes the self-funders

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that we've had in the

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last couple of cycles

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on the Republican side.

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I think

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I don't think money

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is going to be an issue for

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Tom Tiffany.

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I think they're going to do even

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more on the low dollar side.

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That's out there.

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It's called low-hanging fruit

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in politics.

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They can easily go get that.

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But Tom Tiffany will

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not have a resource issue.

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Will Democrats

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have enough money?

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Ben Wikler is not there

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at the Democratic Party

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to bring in all that money.

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He's helping with it.

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Yeah, I think he'll be

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I think he'll be helping out.

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Yeah, the Democratic strategy

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is to raise a lot of money

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right?

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I mean, they've done

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a very good job using

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things like the loopholes

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created by Robin Vos.

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We've never

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been in on the grift!

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Mayhaps.

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Mayhaps another instance

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of being hoisted on

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your own petard.

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They have $5 million

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left to spend, of course

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because the Republicans

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what they wanted to accomplish

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was that Fran Hong

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not be the next governor

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of the great state of Wisconsin

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and with their

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$5 million of spending

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have achieved their goal.

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So

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I'm sure they're

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popping champagne bottles

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over that one.

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It's, this is going to be

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a wide-open race.

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Clearly, as you pointed out

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Tom Tiffany

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has raised $10 million

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of his money in 2026

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from three billionaires

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the two Uihleins

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and Diane Hendricks.