[applause] so basically whatever the people vote for won t matter. the will of the people will never be respected in wisconsin. kim michaels is elected governor. one of the states most prominent newspapers and waukee journal, well, they endorsed abrams to, quote, defend our democracy. the endorsement went on to say that the most important reason to vote for everson? his veto pen. the milwaukee journal sent does not regularly endorsed candidate, y all. that s very important to know. i have the opportunity to speak with governor hubris at a campaign stop and sheboygan wisconsin earlier this week where he responded to the endorsement. take a listen. well, it s certainly welcome. they re right, they don t endorse regularly. so it is an honor to be endorsed. but when it comes to democracy, what ron johnson is doing and frankly what my opponent tim michaels is doing as it relates to, you, know still complaining about and wondering about the last election.
days. so, then, is that then the wisconsin democratic parties down ballot strategy? you say you all started early. so that is how you are going to prevent this veto proof majority? , well the main strategy is to do everything and lots of it. we have more yard signs up. people say yard signs don t vote, but the people who put them up certainly vote. we have been knocking on doors, steve boyle and his team have been knocking out $1,000 a week in a state legislative district where you can win a race with 16,000 votes. we have ads on rural radio, tv, on every screen you can find. on digital. we ve got mailers. we ve got just about every way to communicate with someone that we are doing. representative gwen moore s economy going around waukegan a soundtrack in his last couple of days to make sure everyone turns out to vote for governor ever s and bella barnes. it is all on the table strategy. and that is what you have to do in a state like wisconsin, where it is so close for the last six
whether it was fraudulent. that just sends the wrong message to the people of wisconsin about what democracy is all about. and it is making sure that we have a great system. every court in the land that has weighed in this issue has made that clear. so to be consistently bringing that up, challenging results that are not challenge-able. it is just wrong for wisconsin. rong for wisconsin if you are successful in your bid for reelection of governor, but republicans in the state legislator are successful in getting enough seats for veto proof majority, what is your strategy? first of all, we have to make sure that doesn t happen. and we are working very hard to make all of the down ballots democrats are running, get them across the finish line. but if we ended up in that position, it is kind of hand to hand combat. you are fighting moderate republicans, not override every veto. or, you know, making the pitch
that we have there, saving about 30 cents a gallon on that. and also, put some more money into childcare tax credits. that helps people that may not be in the workforce because of childcare costs. maybe get them into the workforce. but also allowing them to keep some more money. so that is the only plan out there. my opponent hasn t come up with one, the legislature hasn t been in session since last march. so we can do this, a wave to do is get legislators to do some work. all right, governor, i know you have a room full of folks in their, so i will let you get in there. thanks, thanks so much, appreciated. thank you. we reached out to governor evers republican opponent tim michaels, but he did not get back to us. but still time, still time. but who did get back to us is the next guest that i want to bring in, the chair of the wisconsin state democratic party. ben we color, welcome to you, then. ben, you are in a car. i saw you on that bus tour with governor everson, you got off
every election, they figure out a way to make it hard for black and brown people to vote in wisconsin. every year, right. underline and build this point, because we can t have this conversation without talking about what a special. yes, yes. so every election is all about something new. you think about 2020, during the pandemic where people had to stand in long lines and they made it hard for them. they took away the ballot boxes and all of those different things, right? so making folks have to figure out how to have an i.d. and all of these different barriers that we just talked about. and why they may not know or feel power that their vote counts. you go to this year, you can t even take your ballot to a ballot box for this election. that is coming up. right? so we have to think about how important that is to educate people on why they need to fight those things to go out and vote. what happens if governor ever s and miguel are not successful? i hear the optimism about the succ