Baldwin said Wisconsin has a proud history of reforms. She noted Wisconsin was the first state to have collective bargaining for public employees, unemployment compensation laws and to ratify the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. She also noted former U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day.
“Wisconsin respects its environment, or at least we did until Scott Walker came along,” she said. “Wisconsin respects its schools and its teachers, or at least we used to until Scott Walker came along.”
