Progressives rally at Fighting Bob Fest

BARABOO — U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore held a thermos and figuratively poured what she called lies — proposed tax cuts, efforts to repeal health care reform, the “need to take back our country” — into a glass of “poison tea” decorated with a skull.

“Don’t drink the tea, people,” the Democrat from Milwaukee told the crowd Saturday at the ninth annual Fighting Bob Fest. “Remember the Kool-Aid (from the Jonestown massacre in 1978)? This tea is just as lethal.”

Moore’s speech echoed the sentiments of many who came to the Sauk County Fairgrounds for a gathering of progressives. The event also served as a rally against the tea party movement that gained momentum this year around the country.

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