Barrett Claims That He Wants To Bring Wisconsin Together And End The “Civil War”:
Barrett: “We need a governor who’s going to try and bring this state back together.” (Katie DeLong, “Tom Barrett Spends Weekend Meeting With Voters,” Fox 6, Milwaukee, 5/13/2012)
Barrett: “I will end the civil war that he’s started, and for me this is all about restoring trust. It’s about healing the state.” (Katie DeLong, “Tom Barrett Spends Weekend Meeting With Voters,” Fox 6, Milwaukee, 5/13/2012)
Barrett Has No Interest In Uniting The State, And Has Pledged To Re-Ignite The Capitol Protests:
Tom Barrett Threatened To Re-Ignite The Protests In Wisconsin By Putting Pressure On The GOP Members Of The Wisconsin Assembly To Roll Back The Collective Bargaining Reforms. “I would be honored to do that, and we would get that bill passed through the Senate, I know we would, and we would put so much pressure on the Assembly that they’d be quaking in their boots and they would have to pass that legislation. That’s not a lie.” (Kay Nolan, “Barrett pledges special session on collective bargaining, Falk says not enough,” Wispolitics, 4/5/2012)
Barrett: “I can take it to them.” (Republican Party of Wisconsin Video, Democrat Candidate Forum, 4/11/2012)
Barrett: “If you are gonna let me have it, I’m gonna let you have it right back.” (Republican Party of Wisconsin, Democrat Candidate Forum, 4/5/2012)
Tom Barrett Implied That He Would Encourage A New Round Of Protests, And That The GOP Members Of The Wisconsin Assembly Would Cave To Outside Pressure. “Those assembly members who had all that courage last year, I’m not so sure they are going to be as courageous this year. (Republican Party of Wisconsin Video, Racine Candidate Forum, 4/23/2012)
Tom Barrett Used The Recall Elections To Threaten Members Of The GOP Assembly. “It would change the minds of a lot of those Assembly members as they see senator after senator and the governor recalled,” he said. (Scott Bauer, “Barrett, Falk differ on collective bargaining,” Times Union, 4/11/2012)
