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Watch: Trump speaks in Wisconsin after naming secretary of state

Posted at 8:01 PM, Dec 13, 2016
and last updated 2016-12-13 21:20:28-05

WEST ALLIS, Wis. – President-elect Donald Trump and Governor Mike Pence spoke in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

Their ‘Thank You Tour’ was in West Allis.

House Speaker Paul Ryan also joined them at the event.

Trump chose ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillersonto serve as secretary of state on Tuesday morning.

Tillerson was originally a dark horse for the secretary of state nomination, but emerged from a lengthy public interview and vetting process that included better-known quantities like former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney and Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee.