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Walker responds to protesters

November 16, 2011 By Bob Hague

Wisconsin’s governor is responding to recall protests outside his home, and he maintains the recall effort is largely funded by big labor from outside Wisconsin. There were about 1,000 protesters outside Governor Scott Walker’s home in Wauwatosa Tuesday night. “For my neighbors sake I hope it doesn’t continue but to me I think that’s partially what you see when you see money and influence coming in from other states. It really raises the stakes and the intensity,” Walker said at the Capitol on Wednesday. Walker said he’s “talked to plenty of folks” involved with private sector unions who have said they’d never picket outside people’s homes. “I think there are legitimately people who have strong feelings for and against this, but I don’t think anybody should be confused: the money behind this, just like the money we saw behind the recalls we saw earlier this year is coming from outside of Wisconsin. It’s coming from national labor unions, largely focused in Washington, D.C.”

AUDIO: Bob Hague reports  (:55)

Walker – who can raise unlimited amounts of money during the sixty day period for recall signatures to be collected – said he’ll spend whatever he needs to get his message out. “But we wouldn’t have to spend a penny of that if there weren’t recalls. This is not something we brought on, this is not an issue out here. The focal point on the recalls have come from people again, largely funded from out-of-state. They have every right to, there’s nothing illegal about that. It’s just the fact of the matter is, we wouldn’t be in this fight if it weren’t for that kind of backing.”

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