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Our republicans in wisconsin trying to undo do you believe undo the results of the 2018 election? >> clearly. they are. ill give you a good example. josh call and tony evers ran on the fact wisconsin was involved in a lawsuit against obamacare. it was a challenge to preexisting condition coverage for many wisconsin people across the state. tony evers and josh call ran on they would pull ot of the lawsuit. if the bills are passed its taking the authority away to do that. this is a direct offensiv...

Were proud of the fact people calling in and letting them know this is wrong. they continued with pieces that are simply wrong taking way powers from governor elect evers and restricting what josh call can do in his position. we need more people to speak up. this is an attack on democracy. call walker and tell him to veto the bills. >> if you do think so, why is that? >> i think these republicans that are in control in wisconsin, they have just attacked our democracy over and over again. they ri...

Republican wisconsin governor scott walker is on his way out, defeated last month by democratic governor elect tony overs. but with the help of republicans in the state legislator walker is about to sign-off on a slew of measures designed to strip power from his successor. those bills would limit early voting, restrict appointments by the governor to key positions and limit the attorney generals power to make decisions about federal lawsuits. its a power grab to stop democrats from doing the thi...

Bills because it was not the will of the people that was clearly stated in the election in november, and theyre just not right. >> well, he signals his support on these measures but you think this will be a stain on his legacy, right? >> absolutely. and were encouraging people to do that. republicans have come out against what has happened here. that the people select a governor elect tony evers and josh call. to lead our state. and instead of respecting that decision the republicans under vosz ...

They delivered this bill late on friday. they then had a hearing on monday. and on tuesday they were in and out of caucuses. they would not do anything in a transparent manner. they dont even know what they passed. theres hundreds of pages. they dont even know what they passed. they were originally trying to change the timing of the 2020 primary for the presidential. they were concerned that it would give the democrats an advantage. it would have cost millions sp millions of dollars to taxpayers...

And, you know, governor walker still hasnt signed this bill. so one of the things that were still hoping will happen is that hell decide not to move forward with signing this bill and, you know, undermining the results of an election that he just lost. if he does sign it its likely it will end up in court. >> i want to talk about that in a second. first, respond to the assembly leader voss who was explicit about what he was up to here. i applaud him for not making a pre tens of process neutralit...

That, the legislate which you are has taken power that is pretty clearly executive in nature, like the ability to resolve lawsuits and has given the lawsuit to itself. so, theres separation of power issues here among other things and one of the unfortunate results of this is, you know, you heard robin vos speak earlier how he wants to work together. i have made clear, governor elect evers has made clear that we want to work with the republicans in the legislature and solve problems that face wis...

>> what do you think of that as an explanation? >> well, if robin voss wants to control what the governor does he should run for governor. tony eavers won the election for governor and now the legislature has put aside what has been happening in states acrosses the country for generations in our federal government, which is transferring the full powers of the office after an election. represen republicans have decided that they know better than the voters and are seeking to take power away from ...

Governor who is going to enact policies that are in direct contrast to what many of us believe in. >> what do you think of that as an explanation? >> >> well, if robin vos wants to control what the governor does, he should run for governor or done more in the campaign. tony eavers won the election for governor and now the legislature has put aside what has been happening in states acrosses the country for generations in our federal government, which is transferring the full powers of the office ...

>> i think some argue it would hurt their chances. what theyre looking at is a legacy here. these changes theyve made to state government. they want to basically exert more control over the executive branch. some of these changes that gave the executive branch so much poushgs th power, they put into place when walker first came in. they wanted to really shake up state government. theyve certainly done that. this is their attempt to put a seal sort of on the -- put a cap on the bottom to make sur...