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But their proposed tax cut is unfunded and doesn’t address state’s tax inequity.

When they realized the Democrats had defeated the GOP’s aging golden boy Scott Walker and swept all statewide offices, the Republicans took advantage of their gerrymander control of the legislature to stick it to the new governor while the agreeable old governor was still in office. They called an unsubtle lame duck session limiting Evers power and that of the new attorney general, Josh Kaul.

Evers can act from the high ground. He can simply state that it should not be the mission of our guard to curtail or intimidate the vulnerable who seek a harbor from danger.

Is Evers sincere about cutting taxes or is he really just interested in sticking it to the state’s manufacturers?

Clean drinking water initiatives, more school funding and expanded dental coverage in BadgerCare. We’re seeing more of Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ priorities in his first budget, and, by implication, the range of just some of what Walker and his legislative allies had dismissed from public agendas or damaged statewide since 2011.

While most of us are tempted to wail on and on about the despicable personal character of Trump, leaders like Evers and Baldwin forgo the politics of bellicosity and focus on ideas to help ordinary people.

What made the remarks by Barnes responding to Trump’s State of the Union address so powerful was his reminder that Trump’s politics are being upended by citizen action.