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Published May 31, 2012, 12:00 AM

Republican get-out-the-vote rally

Congressman Sean Duffy featured speaker at event to support Scott Walker in recall election


It appeared that between 100 and 150 people attended the rally Wednesday evening in Lakefront Park.

  • It appeared that between 100 and 150 people attended the rally Wednesday evening in Lakefront Park.
  • State Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, addresses the crowd.
  • State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, speaks at the Lakefront Park band shell in Hudson on Wednesday evening, May 30.
  • State Rep. John Murtha, R-Baldwin, defends the elimination of collective bargaining for most public employees that was enacted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker.
  • Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, talks with supporters prior to the May 30 program in Lakefront Park.
  • St. Croix County Republican Party Chairman Jesse Garza introduces a speaker.
  • Tony Nasvik of the town of Troy gives the invocation. Nasvik is the president of the Wisconsin Faith & Freedom Coalition, a faith-based political advocacy group affiliated with Ralph Reed’s national Faith & Freedom Coalition.
  • A group of Hudson children sing the national anthem at the start of the rally.
  • Rally-goers sit next to a sign of support for Gov. Scott Walker.