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There were certainly people who were there listening to the vote. >> all right, senator, thanks so much for hopping on the phone with us this quickly after all this excitement and well be talking with you in the days ahead no doubt. i dont think this story is ending just yet. we have on the phone chris larson who is a state senator, senator larson are you there on the phone? >> i am, yes. >> youre out in illinois somewhere. i dont want to give your location. i guess they dont need you back anymo...

>> senator larson, as soon as you heard about this plan, you actually started driving back to wisconsin right away? >> i did. i was trying to see if there was something we could do, anything, in order to try and stop this, but it was pretty obvious they didnt want to have anything to do with that. they didnt want the democrats there. we thought we were talking, we thought we were having good discussions, we thought we were on our way to having a compromise that would preserve workers rights, rem...

Horse bill and get something through that the people of wisconsin could agree with and find a compromise with. that seemed to have been an affront. it seemed to have been a trick again on their part. if they wanted us back, they could have had us back. this was something where they intentionally deceived us. >> senator miller, the democratic leader of the senate said tonight that tonight 18 senate republicans conspired to take government away from the people. he then also said tomorrow, we will ...

Appearance there was talks going on. but it was obvious this was just an affront, it was a trick to the public to make it seem they were interested in it. and they never actually were. those were never negotiations. we asked for negotiations, and they used that request, the letter, they used as a prop in a press conference to say that. it shows where they are at. it is straight bullying tactics, and things like we saw tonight where theyre passing things without the public being aware of them. i ...

Gave new energy to the recall efforts under way now. >> senator larson, as soon as you heard about this plan, you actually started driving back to wisconsin right away? >> i did. i was trying to see if there was something we could do, anything, in order to try and stop this, but it was pretty obvious they didnt want to have anything to do with that. they didnt want the democrats there. we thought we were talking, we thought we were having good discussions, we thought we were on our way to having...

All saw in the last 24 hours that it looked like senate democrats and the governor had actually inched very close to a deal? >> no. and if you remember when i was on your show talking about this, all they did was release information via a request under open records request. they never said that they approved of these things. never said if they actually wanted to do these things. they wanted to give the appearance there was talks going on. but it was obvious this was just an affront, it was a tri...

The action today will help ensure wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs. joining me now, senator chris larson by telephone. wisconsin democratic senator. senator larson, did you have any warning this was coming? >> absolutely not. this was something where the republicans were in caucus, they were in a meeting all day yesterday. they had a very brief statement afterwards and had a meeting all day today. when they got out of that, i was on my wa...

When they got out of that, i was on my way to meet with my fellow democrats, and we heard what they were coming up with and we couldnt believe it. i was in my car. i drove 80 miles per hour in order to try to get back to do something, anything, but it was obvious that the republicans wanted to revert 50 years of worker rights in less than 50 minutes and thats what they did tonight. i think it is an affront to democracy, i think each of them gave new energy to the recall efforts underway now. >> ...

But it was obvious this was just an affront, it was a trick to the public to make it seem they were interested in it. and they never actually were. those were never negotiations. we asked for negotiations, and they used that request, the letter, they used as a prop in a press conference to say that. it shows where they are at. it is straight bullying tactics, and things like we saw tonight where theyre passing things without the public being aware of them. i doubt that many people in wisconsin k...

The right direction to balance the budget and reform government. the action today will help ensure wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs. joining me now, senator chris larson by telephone. wisconsin democratic senator. senator larson, did you have any warning this was coming? >> absolutely not. this was something where the republicans were in caucus, they were in a meeting all day yesterday. they had a very brief statement afterwards and had a...