Van Wanggaard
Wisconsin state Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, was elected to the Senate in 2010. He lost his seat in a recall election in 2012, but won the seat back in a regular election in 2014. He is a retired traffic investigator with the Racine Police Department and a former member of the Racine County Board of Supervisors.
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Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money."
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Wisconsin GOP state Sen. Wanggaard off-base with claim about suicide prevention, gun waiting periods
Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."
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Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
No one under 20 has died of COVID-19, and "it has not actually been determined yet" that anyone under 20 can spread it to an…
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Says he opposes statewide mask order because it would require him to “wear a mask in my house, or walking my dog.”
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"You're more likely to be the victim of a violent crime in Milwaukee than in 96 percent of the country."
"There's no statistical evidence that" a waiting period for handgun purchases "reduces violence whatsoever."