Back in 1999, when Walker was a representative in the State Assembly, he co-sponsored a bill to allow concealed weapons in Wisconsin. Yet in 2001, Walker did not sign on to a nearly identical bill. And when the concealed carry legislation came up for a vote in the Assembly in early 2002, Walker voted against the bill.
Why such a change of heart? At that time, Walker was running for county executive of Milwaukee, where a position in support of concealed carry wouldn’t help him win election.
Now that Scott Walker is running for Governor – and trying to win enough of the Republican base to prevail over his GOP opponent Mark Green – Walker is once again a staunch supporter of concealed carry.
And:
Walker’s flip-flops on concealed carry are just the latest example of the Republican now changing his tune to suit his current political aspirations. As a candidate for Governor, Walker is now supporting a repeal in the annual automatic increase in the state’s gas tax. But when he was in the Assembly, Walker voted to increase the gas tax and voted against efforts to both suspend the automatic increases and cut the gas tax rate. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/2/2005] Green, who is now trying to one-up Walker every chance he gets, also voted as a member of the Assembly against efforts to end the gas tax, and even voted for a 3 cent increase in the gas tax.
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