WATCH: Protesters flip the script with beach party outside Rep. Tom Tiffany’s office

By Salina Heller

July 29, 2025

After sprinklers mysteriously came on when people were rallying in front of Rep. Tom Tiffany’s office in Wausau recently, constituents came prepared the next time.

The sprinklers turned on again, but the group of about 60 people turned the rally into a beach party and came prepared in bathing suits, snorkels, beach balls, beach music, umbrellas, and had plastic over their protest signs.

When the water started spraying, they flipped over their signs about Tiffany’s vote in favor of the “Big Ugly Bill” to reveal messages like “You Can’t Drown Our Democracy” and “You Can’t Wash Away Our Rights.” 💦😆

✏️: Salina Heller

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Salina Heller

A former 15-year veteran of reporting local news for western Wisconsin TV and radio stations, Salina Heller also volunteers in community theater, helps organize the Chippewa Valley Air Show, and is kept busy by her daughter’s elementary school PTA meetings. She is a UW-Eau Claire alum.

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