THE GOVERNOR ACTIVATED THE
NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP LOCAL
POLICE IN THEIR RESPONSE.
POLICE LINES AND TEAR GAS MET
PEOPLE PROTESTING THE DEATH OF
ALVIN COLE.
STARK LINES BETWEEN THE CALLS
FOR LAW AND ORDER AND PEOPLE
CALLING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.
THIS HAPPENING IN A MILWAUKEE
SUBURB GRAPPLING WITH THOSE
VERY ISSUES IN AN ELECTION RACE
FOR THE STATE ASSEMBLY WHERE
REDISTRICTING DREW IT UP AS A
REPUBLICAN SEAT BUT A DEMOCRAT
WON THERE TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE CITY OF WAUWATOSA MAKES UP
A SWING PART OF THE DISTRICT.
THE REPUBLICAN HOPING TO WIN
THE SEAT MAKES PLAIN HER LAW
AND ORDER PLATFORM.
>> DEMOCRAT BURST ONTO
WISCONSIN EAST POLITICAL SCENE
IN 2018 WHEN SHE ONE THE
GENERALLY REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.
>> PEOPLE MATTER.
THAT'S AT THE CORE.
IN 2018 WE BROKE THE RECORD OF
NUMBERS OF DOORS KNOCKED.
>> THE 14th RUNS EAST/WEST AND
CONTAINS PARTS OF THE MILWAUKEE
SUMMERS OF WAUWATOSA AND
BROOKFIELD.
SHE WON THE SEAT BY 138 VOTES
AND SHE HAD TO APPEAL TO ALL
VOTERS.
>> WE RAN A CAMPAIGN LAST TIME
FOCUSED ON PEOPLE.
DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR ME.
INDEPENDENTS VOTED FOR ME.
REPUBLICANS VOTED FOR ME.
>> THE QUESTION FOR VINEING IS
WHETHER THEY CAN KEEP THE
COALITION TOGETHER.
>> HOW DID I DO MY JOB FOR THE
FIRST 15 MONTHS BEFORE THERE
WAS A PANDEMIC?
HOW HAVE I DONE MY JOB AS A
LEGISLATOR DURING THE PANDEMIC?
BONNIE LEE.
RUNNING FOR STATE ASSEMBLY.
>> BONNIE LEE SAYS SHE RESPECTS
THE WORK ROBIN PUT IN TO GET
ELECTED BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE
REPLACED.
>> I BELIEVE THAT I REPRESENT
THIS DISTRICT ACTUALLY A LITTLE
BIT MORE ACCURATELY.
>> LEE SAYS THERE IS ONE CORE
ISSUE THAT VOTERS IN THE
SUBURBS ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> REALLY, AFTER ABOUT THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS THIS ISSUE HAS
COME TO THE TOP.
THERE IS NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY
THAT I DON'T TALK WITH SOMEBODY
WHO SAYS WE ARE THINKING OF
LEAVING.
IN PARTICULAR WAUWATOSA,
MILWAUKEE.
THAT'S HOW COMMUNITIES DIE.
WE CAN'T HAVE THAT HAPPEN HERE.
>> BONNIE LEE IS NOT THE ONLY
REPUBLICAN TALKING ABOUT THIS.
DONALD TRUMP SPENT THE SUMMER
CAMPAIGNING ON LAW AND ORDER IN
RESPONSE TO THE PROTESTS
AGAINST POLICE SHOOTINGS THAT
POPPED UP AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE TOW FOR LAW AND ORDER.
EVERYBODY WANTS LAW AND ORDER.
>> PUBLIC SAFETY, LAW AND ORDER
AS THE PRESIDENT WOULD SAY IS
SORT OF GOING TO BE FRONT AND
CENTER ON THE BALLOT IN
NOVEMBER.
>> ANDREW IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN
AND SAYS THE SHOOTING OF JACOB
BLAKE IN KENOSHA AND SUBSEQUENT
PROTESTS AND THE FIRES AND THE
KILLING OF TWO PEOPLE WERE A
TURNING POINT IN THE STATE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IN KENOSHA IS
UNFORTUNATE BUT IT DID REFOCUS
A LITTLE BIT THIS RACE, AT
LEAST FOR WISCONSIN.
>> TRUMP HAS FUELED THE
VIOLENCE AND CHEERED ON
VIGILANTE WHO CAME TO KENOSHA
AND SHOT TOO PEOPLE DID.
>> THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF WISCONSIN.
>> I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE
FOOLING THEMSELVES IF THEY
THINK THAT PEOPLE LIKE THE CAST
THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING UNDER
DONALD TRUMP.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS NOT RUNNING
FOR STATE ASSEMBLY IN WAUWATOSA
BUT HIS PRESENCE LOOMS OVER
EVERY RACE DOWN THE BALLOT.
>> HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN GOING ON THAT'S PRETTY
POLARIZING ON BOTH SIDES.
>> ACROSS THE COUNTRY 2018 SAW
SUBURBS THAT WERE ONCE
REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS TURN
BLUE.
IN WISCONSIN, ROBIN VINEING WAS
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT TO ACCOMPLISH
THAT.
>> THE SUBURBS HAVE CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY.
>> THE ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER
HOPES TO EXPAND ON HEROIN. --
HER WIN.
>> I THINK THERE IS A ROADMAP
AND WE HAVE CANDIDATES THAT
REFLECT THE MODEL AND THE STYLE
THAT REPRESENTATIVE VINEING HAS
DEMONSTRATED IS SUCCESSFUL.
>> FOR HER PART SHE SAYS THERE
IS NO MAGIC FORMULA.
>> THE FORMULA THAT MATTERS IS
THAT THE COMMUNITY RISES UP AND
CLAIMS THE SEAT.
HOW THAT HAPPENS IS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT IN EVERY COMMUNITY,
RIGHT?
I'M RUNNING FOR STATE ASSEMBLY
IN THIS DISTRICT.
>> BONNIE LEE SAYS THE DISTRICT
DIDN'T RISE UP AGAINST
REPUBLICANS AND PEOPLE DIDN'T
CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
SHE SAID THE 14th STARTED
VOTING DEMOCRATIC WHEN
DEMOCRATS MOVED OUT OF
MILWAUKEE.
>> I SEE THAT HERE IN WAUWATOSA.
IT USED TO BE THAT IF YOU WERE
A CITY WORKER YOU MUST LIVE IN
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
AND THEN THAT WAS LIFTED AND
PLENTY OF PEOPLE MOVED IN TO
WAUWATOSA.
QUITE A FEW OF THOSE WERE
EDUCATORS WITH THE TEACHERS
UNION.
>> NOT ALWAYS ABOUT
PARTISANSHIP.
PEOPLE VOTE FOR PEOPLE VERSUS
PARTY.
I THINK HONESTLY, I THINK
THAT'S THE TRENDS.
>> WHETHER SHE HAS MADE THE
14th A TRUE SWING DISTRICT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN IN NOVEMBER.
THE FACT IS, THE 14th WAS
CREATED TO ELECT REPUBLICANS.
COURT DOCUMENTS FROM
REDISTRICTING LAWSUITS SHOW
REPUBLICANS DREW THE 14th
ASSEMBLY LINES SO THE VOTER
MAKEUP WAS BETWEEN 57 AND 59%
REPUBLICAN.
IN THE YEARS DEMOCRATS PUT UP A
CHALLENGER THE REPUBLICAN
RECEIVED 57% AND 59% OF THE
VOTE.
BUT IN 2018 THE REPUBLICAN
RECEIVED 48% OF THE VOTES AND
ROBIN VINEING RECEIVED 138 MORE
THAN THAT.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE AS
POLARIZED AS WE THINK WE ARE.
THAT DEMOCRATS LIVE IN ONE AREA
AND REPUBLICANS LIVE IN ONE
AREA.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE VOTE FOR
BOTH PARTIES.
>> REPORTING FROM WAUWATOSA,
I'M ZAC SCHULTZ FOR "HERE AND
NOW."
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