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Scott Walker advised Republicans in Congress to disregard protests and focus on their agenda. canonical: https://time.com/4681005/scott-walker-cpac-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-23T20:27:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:29:45.084Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Scott Walker's Advice on How Republicans Should Handle Protests og:description: "Do what you said you were going to do." og:url: https://time.com/4681005/scott-walker-cpac-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a439dfd8ce26e85/6988bb83fb4eac0763890df0/gettyimages-462080036.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Iowa Freedom Summit Features GOP Presidential Hopefuls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Scott Walker's Advice on How Republicans Should Handle Protests twitter:description: "Do what you said you were going to do." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a439dfd8ce26e85/6988bb83fb4eac0763890df0/gettyimages-462080036.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Scott Walker's Advice on How Republicans Should Handle Protests > Sponsored content. 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The summit is hosting a group of potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates to discuss core conservative principles ahead of the January 2016 Iowa Caucuses. Scott Olson—Getty Images Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. The summit is hosting a group of potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates to discuss core conservative principles ahead of the January 2016 Iowa Caucuses. Scott Olson—Getty Images Scott Olson—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 23, 2017 8:27 PM UTC Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker [advised Republicans](http://time.com/4680161/cpac-scott-walker-protests/) in Congress to disregard protests and focus on their agenda. In a speech at the [annual Conservative Political Action Conference](http://time.com/4679396/cpac-donald-trump-conservatives/), the Republican Governor compared protests of the Trump Administration and congressional town halls to his own experiences in Wisconsin. “It was a vivid reminder about what we learned in Wisconsin,” he said. “And that is, to do what you said you were going to do, to go big, to go bold, to actually follow through on the promises you made throughout a campaign.” Read a complete transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4681005/scott-walker-cpac-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4681005/scott-walker-cpac-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Scott Walker's Advice on How Republicans Should Handle Protests","datePublished":"2017-02-23T20:27:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:29:45.084Z","description":"Wisconsin Gov. 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