Democracy Now: Audio of Senator Larson on Legality of Anti-Union Vote

[flamingdem]

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/3/9/audio_wisconsin_democratic_senator_questions_legality_of_anti_union_vote

Audio: Wisconsin Democratic Senator Questions Legality of Anti-Union Vote
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Wisconsin Democratic Senator Chris Larson speaks to Democracy Now! as he races back to Madison to challenge tonight’s anti-union vote to end collective bargaining rights for most public employee workers. "I think a lot of what they’ve done is on the borderlines of what is legal," Larson says. "It’s definitely questionable democracy."

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SEN. LARSON: I think a lot of what they’ve done is on the borderlines of what is legal. It’s definitely questionable democracy. What they’ve done is an embarrassment to our country and our state. They’ve shut down the people is what they’ve done.

I can’t tell you how heart-broke I am that they would deliver this death-blow to the people at this time where we’re trying to ban together to get through this.

I’m actually in my car right now speeding towards Madison trying to get there to do something, anything. It’s already passed. I’ve been driving for the last hour since I heard news that this is what they were going to do. They didn’t give us a chance. They didn’t give the public a chance to do anything about it.

This is case where every single one of those Republicans, all 19, just signed their political obituaries. This is it.

They just thumbed their nose at the people by shutting down the public debate 3 weeks ago, they shut it down after 17.5 hours, they shut down the legislative hotline because they got sick of people talking about this.

Then they shut down the Capitol and locked everybody out.

[whosinpower]

1. Call it what it is

fascism....plain and simple.

[fascisthunter]

2. the republicans want total control... they are fascists

[mod mom]

3. Where are their legal advisors? Can't they petition a referendum?

I know that is what we are planning to do in Ohio.