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32:56Now PlayingWisconsin is on fire — and Mike Thurow is the firefighter running to put it out. Paul Rieckhoff sits down with union fire captain and independent congressional candidate Mike Thurow (WI-6) for a no-holds-barred conversation on ICE enforcement, Trump's threats to strike Iran, tariffs crushing Wisconsin farmers, and what it actually takes to run for Congress as an independent with no corporate PAC money and no party boss telling you what to think.
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ABOUT MIKE THUROW Mike Thurow is a union fire captain and hazmat team commander with the Milwaukee Fire Department, where he has served for twelve years. A lifelong resident of Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District, he is a father of four and a hazmat instructor who has trained fire departments across the district. He is running for Congress as an independent at thurowforcongress.com.
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