U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan derided his GOP colleagues Tom Tiffany, Bryan Steil and Derrick Van Orden as enablers of Donald Trump who voted to cut healthcare and food assistance while protecting the “Epstein class.”
Pocan, D-Town of Vermont, took particular aim at Tiffany, R-Minocqua and the leading GOP candidate for governor. Pocan asked the crowd if Wisconsin wants “Trump’s mini-me” as its next governor, prompting a loud “No!” from the crowd.
Pocan called Van Orden, R-Prairie du Chien, as “all of Trump’s worst qualities rolled up into one insurrectionist.”
“Putting Tom Tiffany in charge of Wisconsin would be like putting Kid Rock in charge of the symphony,” Pocan said.
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The lawmaker opened his speech tearing into Trump in a lengthy run-on sentence that referred to the president as a “racist, enabling grifter-in-chief,” among other things.