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Scott Walker: My Family Targeted

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Kids, mother have been subjects of attacks.

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Scott Walker wants his opponents to lay off his family. The Wisconsin governor, who faces a recall election in June, said his mother and teenage son were "yelled at" at a grocery store and his children have been "targeted on Facebook." During an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Walker also blamed unions for pushing the recall election. "I think it's flat-out intimidation," he said. "I think what they clearly want to show is that if they win, they can take me out, and if they can take me out, they can take anybody out."

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