Before Walker, Wi politics were spirited yet civil, but have been replaced today by scorched-earth

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We have had years of Hate in WI. I truly do not know what will fix it at this point.


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Before Scott Walker, Wisconsin politics were spirited yet civil, but have been replaced today by scorched-earth, single-party governance so toxic that Walker refuses to appear in public before any skeptical audience. Sycophants only, please.

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Years before Donald Trump, Scott Walker was already dividing us


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Paul Fanlund | The Capital Times









.....................But here was Boot’s money quote: “What most troubles me about Trump’s presidency is the extent to which he is dividing Americans … in service to his own political ambitions.”

That also precisely describes Scott Walker. Indeed, Wisconsin’s governor had a six-year head start on Trump in the art of prevailing by dividing.

For years, Walker has been sending the same message to voters that Trump sent in 2016: “Your life isn’t what you’d hoped for, and it’s those people — public workers, liberals and people of color — who are to blame. And I will stick it to them.” And he has.
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In a Washington Post story this week about Walker’s “comeback” from his dreadful presidential campaign failure, he brushes off his low poll numbers and narrow victories.......................



.............Another similarity between Trump and Walker is that both regard women as targets, albeit in different ways. Trump famously bragged of grabbing women and is an alleged serial sexual harasser. Walker hurts women through his policies — he defunded Planned Parenthood, placed extreme restrictions on doctors providing reproductive health care and championed repeal of a law requiring equal pay for equal work............................




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Walker Trump (copy for Fanlund column)

In their core approach to governing by pitting voting blocs against each other, President Donald Trump and Gov. Scott Walker are alike.
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[kimbutgar]

1. I feel sorry for the sane people in Wisconsin

The Koch puppet walker and the rethugs have destroyed a good state.

[xxqqqzme]

2. Yes, they have and it is a shame.

My mother had cousins in Wisconsin and we visited there many times when I was growing up. Loved being there. It wouldn't even make the list now.

[Initech]

3. Thanks Koch Brothers!

Oh and fuck you!!

[wasupaloopa]

4. So why did they vote for him three times?

Somebody must like what he is doing. Two elections and a recall.

[jodymarie aimee]

5. why do folks keep voting for him

we are the majority...they lie cheat and steal.....just as Trump is doing now....why did people vote for him President is just such an UN answerable question. Rs saw what happened here and they replicated that nationally.