Hundreds rally in support of Wisconsin Gov. Walker

WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Hundreds of people have gathered in a Wauwatosa park to rally in support of Gov. Scott Walker.

Despite frigid temperatures, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports it’s a festive crowd basking in a winter Saturday sun. More than a dozen speakers were lined up.

There was also a counter-rally just outside the park where dozens of people marched in support of Walker’s recall.

Paris Procopis says the pro-Walker rally was organized via Facebook and came together quickly. He says he welcomes the counter-demonstrators, saying they’re exercising their democratic rights, too.

Walker opponents on Tuesday said they turned in more than a 1.9 million signatures to recall Walker and five other Republicans. Walker touched off weeks of protests last year with a proposal, now law, taking away public unions’ bargaining rights.