EAU CLAIRE — Both candidates squaring off in Tuesday’s 3rd Congressional District Republican primary called the impeachment of President Donald Trump a “sham.”
They both oppose government mandates intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus and the notion of cutting law enforcement spending after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
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