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To get out of this lawsuit, if you elect me, well withdraw, a power they had until 4:00 a.m. this morning? >> thats exactly right. 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 t...

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 wisconsin. like the opioid epidemic. what the legislature has done with the action, ensured that we are mired in litigation for a big part of litigation. i would rather fo...

Are very honest about why they want to pass these bills. >> listen, im concerned. i think that will governor elect evers is going to bring a liberal agenda to wisconsin. >> joining me now is the democratic governor elect of wisconsin tony eavers. theyre very honest why they want it. thank you so much. is this a power grab, plain and simple? >> certainly. and we had lots of people voting for us, voting in the last election november 6th and we won. we won fair and square. we won on the issues. we ...

Like they are, plain and simple, sore losers. gop lawmakers are moving to strip the incoming democrats of key powers before they take office next year. theyre working to pass bills that will effectively prevent democratic governor elect tony evers and incoming attorney general josh paul from delivering on their campaign promises by restricting their power. if the bill passes the republican led senate and govern walker signs off, these measures would reduce the states number of early voting days....

About the proposals. listen to protests while legislators were in session earlier today. they might not like the noise but republican lawmakers are standing their ground and they are very honest about why they want to pass these bills. >> listen, im concerned. i think that will governor elect evers is going to bring a liberal agenda to wisconsin. >> joining me now is the democratic governor elect of wisconsin tony eavers. theyre very honest why they want it. thank you so much. is this a power gr...

>> well, given the rancor and the posturing going on now, i think its going to be very, very difficult. the time to stop it is now. thats the bottom line. of course, we can try to reconstruct it during a budget or some other time. the fact of the matter is this is bad public policy and telling it the people of wisconsin their vote doesnt count. clearly i cant believe the republican majority thinks thats a good idea. >> given these tactics how are you going to work with republicans? >> well, don,...

More difficult. >> governor elect evers, i mentioned some of the main proposals. talk about other ways republicans are trying to restrict your power with gun laws, for example. >> certainly, theyre taking over my authority within the capitol building to make it a gun oil free zone. ive done that will now in my present job as state superintendent and the legislature with this proposal will have that will final authority. and the governor would not. so the entire thing is, frankly, a hot mess. and...

Do your rig right. shop online or find your store at 4-w-p.com. republicans in wisconsin were wiped out of their states top offices in this years elections and to many it seems like they are, plain and simple, sore losers. gop lawmakers are moving to strip the incoming democrats of key powers before they take office next year. theyre working to pass bills that will effectively prevent democratic governor elect tony evers and incoming attorney