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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group calling itself the Redneck Party is planning to protest a speech by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
      

Walker is set to speak Tuesday evening in Franklin at the
Williamson County Republican Party's annual Reagan Day Dinner. The
protesters are expected to include members of the Redneck Party and
workers' advocates with cowbells and whistles, The Tennessean
reported. 

The group claims on its Facebook
page the noisemakers are a reference to protests earlier this year
in Madison, Wis., over a law pushed by Walker to strip public
employees of union rights.
      

As of midday Friday, nine self-described rednecks had pledged on
Facebook to attend the rally.

The
protesters are expected to include members of the Redneck Party and
workers' advocates with cowbells and whistles, The Tennessean
reported.

Wisconsin governor to face 'Redneck Party' protest in Tenn.

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