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riversedge

(70,306 posts)
Sun May 7, 2017, 09:16 AM May 2017

Gov Walker blows up at county exec for asking about people losing health care instead of tourism

Real job growth in WI has been slow at best. And Walker is putting lots of time and effort into tourism, which provided low paying seasonal jobs (except for upper management and CEO's ) and seldom provides health insurance benefits.



WATCH: Scott Walker blows up at county exec for asking about people losing health care instead of tourism

06 May 2017 at 14:57 ET


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/watch-scott-walker-blows-up-at-county-exec-for-asking-about-people-losing-health-care-instead-of-tourism/


Gov. Scott Walker -- screen grab


Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) snapped at a Democratic county executive on Friday for asking him how he will handle citizens of Wisconsin losing their health care under the GOP-controlled House vote to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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“The plan is I’m going to wait for what the Senate and the president do, and we’ll see from there,” Walker replied before grandstanding for the cameras in mock outrage. “So just to be clear folks, just to be clear, the county executive wants to take away from tourism right now and play a political stunt about a topic that has nothing to do with what we’re talking about today.”

Walker accused Nelson of playing politics, telling him he had a chance to run for Congress and adding, “You want to run for governor, run for governor,”


“Look, this obviously has gotten under your skin,” Nelson shot back

“What’s gotten under my skin, ladies and gentlemen,” Walker said as he again addressed the cameras, “is the fact that someone decided to pull a political stunt and show up at an event about tourism.”.....



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Gov Walker blows up at county exec for asking about people losing health care instead of tourism (Original Post) riversedge May 2017 OP
Walker is a walking cretin. Bluepinky May 2017 #1
ummmm...cheap political stunt? ewagner May 2017 #2
He's a thin-skinned bully and a coward, isn't he. lutefisk May 2017 #3
Well, his short-lived Presidential run showed us what happens if he is even partially removed from Still In Wisconsin May 2017 #4

lutefisk

(3,974 posts)
3. He's a thin-skinned bully and a coward, isn't he.
Sun May 7, 2017, 02:38 PM
May 2017

He's managed to hide from the public and avoid ever being confronted in public for over 6 years. We rarely get a glimpse like this of the "real" Scott K. Walker operating outside his bubble and without his script. The world's scary for him when he's away from his ultra-safe photo-ops. He's not a nice person.

Here's more video and a good write-up on thehill.com:
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Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
4. Well, his short-lived Presidential run showed us what happens if he is even partially removed from
Sun May 7, 2017, 10:02 PM
May 2017

his bubble. And you're right- he's a vindictive jerk and a bully. The "friendly next door neighbor" regular guy schtick is so obviously phony.

Now, if we could just come up with a credible candidate to oppose him.

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