% >> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS A
% PBS WISCONSIN ORIGINAL %PROD
UCTION.
% >> WISCONSIN'S MIDTERM PRIMARY
% ELECTIONS SAW ITS HIGHEST
% TURNOUT IN 40 YEARS.
% SOME UNEXPECTED TWISTS AND TURNS
% MAY FORESHADOW WHAT'S TO COME IN
% THE FALL.
% I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON "HERE & NOW," WE
% BRING DOWN PRIMARY RESULTS WITH
% OUR POLITICAL PANELISTS SCOT
% ROSS AND BILL McCOSHEN, AND A
% CLOSER LOOK AT THE SWING THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH
% ANTHONY CHERGOSKY, AND THE U.S.
% HAS DECLARED MONKEYPOX A PUBLIC
% HEALTH EMERGENCY.
% DR. RYAN WESTERGAARD TELLS US
% WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN.
% IT'S "HERE & NOW" FOR %AUGUST
12TH.
% >> FUNDING FOR "HERE & NOW" IS
% PROVIDED BY THE FOCUS FUND FOR
% JOURNALISM AND FRIENDS OF PBS
% WISCONSIN.
% >> THE MIDTERM PRIMARIES SET THE
% STAGE FOR THE BATTLE TO
% NOVEMBER 8TH.
% WINNING CANDIDATES IMMEDIATELY
% PIVOTED TO THE 90-DAY CAMPAIGN
% AHEAD OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
% AS MARISSA REPORTS, THE RESULTS
% BROUGHT THE PREDICTED AND THE
% UNEXPECTED.%>> WISCONSIN'S P
RIMARY ELECTION
% LEFT REPUBLICANS ON THE EDGE OF
% THEIR SEAT.
% AS CANDIDATES REBECCA KLEEFISCH,
% "ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE WITH
% YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS SCOTT
% WALKER'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR"
% AND TIM MICHELS, THE SELF-FUNDED
% BUSINESSMAN VIED TO BE THE GOP
% NOMINEE.%>> WE FEEL WE ARE ON
A SLIPPERY
% SLOPE TOWARD SOCIALISM AND
% CLOAKED BEHIND SOCIAL ISSUES.
% AN OUTSIDER, A BUSINESSMAN AND
% VETERAN IN THE GOVERNOR'S
% OFFICE.
% >> IN THE END, MICHELS
% PREVAILED, WITH THE BOOST OF
% DONALD TRUMP SUPPORT JUST DAYS
% BEFORE THE ELECTION.
% PROVING THAT A REPUBLICAN CAN
% WIN THE STATE WITHOUT THE FULL
% BCKING OF THE MILWAUKEE
% SUBURBS.
% AN I'VE CONCEDED THIS RACE TO
% TIM MICHELS AND I URGE YOU ALL
% TO STAY IN THE FIGHT BECAUSE THE
% FIGHT NOW IS TRULY AGAINST TONY
% EVERS, AND THE LIBERALS WHO WANT
% TO TAKE AWAY OUR WAY OF LIFE.
% >> THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND
% INCUMBENT, TONY EVERS, WITH NO
% PRIMARY OPPONENT SAW AN EASY
% SLIDE INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION
% AND WAS JOINED BY HIS NEW
% RUNNING MATE, SARA RODRIGUEZ.
% >> HE'S NOT AN OUTSIDER, NOT AN
% INSIDER, AND HE CAN WEAR A BLUE
% SHIRT TO HAVE A BLUE COLLAR.
% AT THE END OF THE DAY I'M NOT
% QUITE SURE SOMEONE OF HIS STATUS
% WITH HOUSES ALL ACROSS THE
% COUNTRY COULD SAY I'M JUST ONE
% OF YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MANY
% OF HIM LIKE THAT IN THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN.
% >> MANDELA BARNES OPTING FOR A
% RUN AT U.S. SENATE INSTEAD OF
% ANOTHER TERM AS EVERS'
% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TRAVERSED A
% CROWDED PRIMARY FIELD BUT SAILED
% TO A SMOOTH VICTORY AFTER HIS
% OPPONENTS DROPPED OUT A WEEK
% BEFORE THE ELECTION.
% >> IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE
% REPRESENTED BY PEOPLE WHO
% ACTUALLY SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES.
% AND WHILE RON JOHNSON CONTINUES
% TO STACK THE DECK AGAINST US,
% I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WE ARE NOT
% GOING TO GIVE UP.
% >> BARNES WILL TAKE ON INCUMBENT
% RON JOHNSON, RUNNING FOR HIS
% THIRD TERM.
% HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS GENERAL
% ELECTION OPPONENT ON TWITTER
% SAYING IT'S A CONTEST BETWEEN
% RADICAL LEFT SOCIALISM VERSUS
% FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY.
% IT WILL ALSO PUT THE LIES AND
% DISTORTIONS OF DEMOCRATS AND THE
% MEDIA VERSUS THE TRUTH.
% IN WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST
% SURPRISING UPSET OF THE NIGHT,
% ROBIN VOS NARROWLY WON IN RACINE
% COUNTY.
% AND STEEN WAS ENDORSED BY THE
% FORMER STATE SUPREME COURT
% JUSTICE WHOM VOSS HIRED TO
% INVESTIGATION 2020 ELECTIONS IN
% WISCONSIN.%NO PROOF OF ELECTI
ON FRAUD OR
% MISCONDUCT AND HE IS BEING SUED.
% VOSS FIRED BACK.
% >> MIKE GEBELMAN IS AN
% EMBARRASSMENT TO THE STATE.
% AND IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
% DISTRICT, BRAD PFAFF READ OUT
% REBECCA COOK, AND NOW MOVES ON
% TO CHALLENGE DERRICK VAN ORDEN
% IN THE FALL.
% >> WILD TWISTS AND TURNS.
% AND BETTING OUR POLITICAL PANEL
% HAS SOME TAKES ON THIS,
% REPUBLICAN BILL McCOSHEN AND
% DEMOCRAT SCOT ROSS.
% >> GOOD TO BE HERE.
% >> WHAT IS YOUR TAKE, BILL, ON
% THE ESTABLISHMENT REBECCA
% KLEEFISCH LOSING TO
% TRUMP-ENDORSED TIM MICHELS?
% >> A COUPLE THINGS, NUMBER ONE,
% DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT, NO
% QUESTION THAT WAS A MAJOR FACTOR
% ON TUESDAY, AND OUTSIDER STATUS,
% NEVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE.
% HE RAN FOR U.S. SENATE IN 2004
% BUT HAS NEVER HELD A PUBLIC
% OFFICE AND THAT WAS APPEALING
% AND I THINK THE THIRD PIECE WERE
% THE RESOURCES, RIGHT.
% HE HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
% RESOURCES TO GET HIS MESSAGE OUT
% THERE AND HE HAD A MESSAGE THAT
% RESONATED.
% THERE WILL BE LOTS AND LOTS OF
% PEOPLE WILL SAY ONE, HE SPENT
% $13 MILLION OR WHATEVER THE
% FINAL NUMBER IS.
% IF MONEY WAS THE DECIDING
% FACTOR, ALEX LASRY WOULD BE THE
% NOMINEE FOR THE SENATE.
% >> TIM MICHELS FLEW IN FROM HIS
% PRIVATE JET FROM CONNECTICUT AND
% BOUGHT THE ELECTION.
% AND THE FACT REBECCA KLEEFISCH
% IS THE STANDARD BEARER UNDER
% WALKER DOING THE RUBBER CHICKEN
% CIRCUIT, MAKING ALL THE ATTACKS
% ON DEMOCRATS, RAISING MONEY FOR
% REPUBLICANS AND THEN SHE LOSES
% THIS?
% TO A GUY WHO CAME IN AND
% BASICALLY TOOK TRUMP'S
% ENDORSEMENT AND RAN WITH IT?
% I MEAN, I THINK THE REPUBLICAN
% PARTY HAS TO DO A LOT OF
% HEALING.%MIGHT -- THEY MIGHT
FINALLY ASK
% FOR THE MEDICAID MONEY SO THAT
% THEY CAN GET HEALTHCARE ACCESS
% TO HEAL THESE WOUNDS.
% >> AND BILL, DOES THIS MEAN THAT
% SCOTT WALKER IS NO LONGER THE
% STANDARD BEARER FOR THE
% WISCONSIN GOP?
% >> LISTEN, SCOTT WALKER WILL
% HAVE A PLACE IN HISTORY, AND
% ONLY GOVERNOR IN AMERICAN
% HISTORY WHO SURVIVED A RECALL.
% SO, HE WAS A TWO-TERM GOVERNOR
% HERE, DID A LOT OF MAJOR
% REFORMS.%HIS BRAND WAS CLEARL
Y NOT AS
% STRONG AS DONALD TRUMP, AND
% TOMMY THOMPSON.
% AND TIM MICHELS WAS ALSO
% ENDORSED BY TOMMY THOMPSON.
% HIS BRAND WAS NOT AS STRONG AS
% THEIRS WAS, AND HE'S 54 YEARS
% OLD.%DONE IN POLITICS, I HIGH
LY DOUBT
% IT.%I THINK WE WILL SEE SCOT
T WALKER
% BACK AT SOME POINT BUT YOU KNOW,
% HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL REBECCA
% OVER THE FINISH LINE.
% >> SCOT.
% >> HAVE YOU SEEN ANYWHERE AROUND
% THE COUNTRY WHERE A FORMER
% GOVERNOR GETS INTO A
% GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY TO ATTACK,
% YOU KNOW, OTHER CANDIDATES AND
% THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SCOTT WALKER
% DID.%I THINK THE GUY'S EGO --
HE'S
% JUST LOST IT IN TERMS OF THAT,
% AND IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM AND IT
% WAS TO THE DETRIMENT OF REBECCA
% KLEEFISCH.
% HE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE
% ADS.%AND 2018, PEOPLE WERE SI
CK OF
% HIM, AD AFTER AD AFTER AD.
% SCOTT WALKER, I KNOW YOU DON'T
% TAKE ADVICE FROM ME, GET AWAY
% FROM THE PARKING LOT, GRADUATED
% FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MOVE ON TO THE
% NEXT PLACE.
% >> WE AGREE ON THAT.
% OUTSIDE OF TOMMY THOMPSON, THE
% MOST HARD WORKING REPUBLICAN,
% SHE GOT SOME BAD ADVICE DOWN THE
% STRETCH AND WORKED AGAINST HER.
% >> BILL, ARE REPUBLICANS AT ALL
% SKITTISH RIDING THE COAT TAILS
% OF DONALD TRUMP WITH WHAT HE'S
% GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW?
% >> MICHELS RAN ADS WITH TRUMP'S
% PICTURE IN IT, I DON'T KNOW IF
% HE WOULD BE BACK IN THE GENERAL,
% IF HE DOES COME BACK, IN THE
% WAUSAU OR GREEN BAY AREA WHERE
% HIS SUPPORT IS ENORMOUS, I DON'T
% THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE HIM
% HIGHLIGHTED IN THE GENERAL
% ELECTION.
% TIM MICHELS WILL FOCUS ON THE
% CONTRAST BETWEEN HIM AND TONY
% EVERS.
% >> HE TOOK THE ENDORSEMENT FROM
% DONALD TRUMP OFF OF HIS WEBSITE
% AND THEN AFTER A REPORTER FOUND
% THAT OUT, HE PUT IT BACK UP.
% DONALD TRUMP IS TOXIC TO SWING
% VOTERS AND TOXIC TO INDEPENDENT
% VOTERS AND TOXIC TO DEMOCRATIC
% VOTERS.
% EVERY WOMAN IN THE STATE OF
% WISCONSIN HAD HER STATUS MADE
% SECOND CLASS BY THE DONALD TRUMP
% SUPREME COURT.
% >> SO SCOTT, PRESIDENT JOE
% BIDEN'S POLLING NUMBERS ARE IN
% THE TANK.
% HOW MUCH DOES HE HOLD BACK
% CANDIDATES IN HIS PARTY?
% >> I DON'T REALLY THINK HE HOLDS
% THEM BACK.
% HIS -- YOU KNOW, HE IS A MAKING
% OF WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE
% RIGHT NOW.
% INFLATION IS TOUGH, AND
% DEMOCRATS ARE TAKING STEPS TO
% SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
% BUT THE CHALLENGE IS THAT HE'S
% IN CHARGE SO HE GETS HIT WITH
% THAT.
% I DON'T THINK THE TOXICITY THAT
% DONALD TRUMP HAS COMPARES IN THE
% SOLAR SYSTEM TO JOE BIDEN.
% JOE BIDEN, YOU LOOK AT HIM, YOU
% KNOW HE'S TRYING TO HELP YOU.
% >> I DISAGREE.
% I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR
% DRAG ON DEMOCRATS, TONY EVERS
% AND MANDELA BARNES BUT NOT JUST
% THAT.
% THE PRESIDENT'S NUMBERS ARE OK
% HERE, I THINK HE'S AT 42%, NOT
% GREAT, HE'S UNDERWATER FOR SURE.
% THEY ARE IN THE 30s NATIONALLY.
% THE OTHER THING WORKING AGAINST
% DEMOCRATS IS THE RIGHT
% DIRECTION, WRONG TRACK NUMBER,
% IN MANY SURVEYS NATIONALLY IS
% 80% OF THE PEOPLE THINK THE
% COUNTRY IS ON THE WRONG TRACK.
% THAT ULTIMATELY SAYS CHANGE.
% SO INCUMBENT DEMOCRATS RUNNING
% THIS YEAR ARE IN A TOUGH
% REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THAT.
% AND TONY EVERS, ONLY ONE
% INCUMBENT EVER RE-ELECTED WHEN
% HIS PARTY CONTROLLED THE WHITE
% HOUSE, AND THAT WAS MY OLD BOSS,
% TOMMY THOMPSON.
% >> TIM MICHELS HAS BEEN IN
% CONNECTICUT.
% WHAT TONY EVERS IS DOING IS WHAT
% WISCONSINITES NEED HIM TO DO,
% GETS THE MONEY FOR SMALL
% BUSINESSES, LOCAL TAVERNS,
% COMMUNITIES ARE NOT LOSING
% BUSINESS BY GETTING MONEY FROM
% WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING THE
% GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT HAS GONE ON
% FOR YEARS.
% IF THE REPUBLICANS WERE IN
% CHARGE WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT
% MONEY.
% BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE PLACE
% WOULD CLOSE DOWN.
% THANK GOODNESS TONY EVERS IS IN
% THERE AND TALK TO VOTERS OUT
% THERE AND SAY IS TONY EVERS ON
% MY SIDE, ABSOLUTELY HE IS.
% I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH
% EVERYTHING BUT HE'S ON MY SIDE.
% >> RON JOHNSON'S BASE IS ALL IN
% ON THE SENATOR.
% IS HE VULNERABLE?
% >> HE'S IN BETTER SHAPE NOW THAN
% A YEAR AGO.
% AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF SMART
% VIEWERS FOR YOUR SHOW.
% WHEN TRUMP WON HERE IN 16, THE
% FIRST TIME A REPUBLICAN
% CANDIDATES HAD WON SINCE 1984.
% JOHNSON GOT MORE VOTES IN 2016.
% POPULAR POLITICAL FIGURE IN THE
% BASE AND DOES PRETTY WELL WITH
% INDEPENDENTS AND HE'S A STRAIGHT
% SHOOTER, TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.
% ULTIMATELY I THINK THE RACE IS A
% FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION.
% IF YOU LIKE THE DIRECTION OF THE
% COUNTRY OR THE LEADERSHIP OF JOE
% BIDEN, MANDELA BARNES IS YOUR
% GUY.%A DIFFERENT TAKE, IT'S R
ON
% JOHNSON.
% >> LISTEN, RON JOHNSON, HIS
% APPROVAL IS 36%.
% THAT IS AWFUL, THAT IS TERRIBLE.
% HE, YOU KNOW -- HE HAS NOT BEEN
% ALL THAT VISIBLE UNTIL THE LAST
% COUPLE YEARS AND IT'S ALL BEEN
% NEGATIVE.%HE WANTS TO GET RI
D OF SOCIAL
% SECURITY AND MEDICARE, PUT IT ON
% THE CHOPPING BLOCK FOR A
% PARTISAN CONGRESS.
% IF YOU ARE A SENIOR OUT IN RURAL
% WISCONSIN, OR A SENIOR ANYWHERE,
% HOSPITALS WOULD BE SHUT DOWN
% ACROSS WISCONSIN IF WE LOSE
% MEDICARE.
% RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES,
% THEY ARE GONE IF RON JOHNSON
% GETS HIS WAY ON SOCIAL SECURITY
% AND MEDICARE AND DEMOCRATS ARE
% GOING TO HANG THAT AROUND HIS
% NECK AND THEY SHOULD BECAUSE
% HE'S WRONG ON IT.
% >> SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT
% HERE BUT I WANT TO GET TO THIS,
% HOW ROBIN VOSS JUST BARELY SNUCK
% OUT A WIN OVER A TRUMP-ENDORSED
% UNKNOWN CANDIDATE AND HIS OWN
% ELECTION INVESTIGATOR TURNED ON
% HIM ENDORSING THE OTHER GUY.
% NOW, VOSS THEN CALLED GEBELMAN
% AN EMBARRASSMENT AND TODAY FIRED
% HIM.
% >> I'M GLAD, I THINK IT'S LONG
% OVERDUE.%I THINK THE INVESTIG
ATION HAD
% RUN ITS COURSE.
% WE HAVE TWO MORE CREDIBLE
% INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE WISCONSIN
% INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND LIBERTY
% AND THE AUDIT BUREAU, A CLEAR
% ROAD MAP ON THINGS TO GET DONE,
% LEGISLATURE HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS
% IT TWICE AND EVERS HAS VETOED
% IT.
% >> YOUR REACTION TO THE FIRING?
% >> THIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION HAS
% BEEN CORRUPT, CIRCUS, AFRONT TO
% DEMOCRACY.
% REPUBLICANS WANT TO ATTACK YOUR
% RIGHT TO VOTE, PREVENT YOU FROM
% GOING OUT TO VOTE.
% DEMOCRATS ARE EMBOLDENED BY
% THIS.
% AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WHO HAS
% THE RIGHT TO VOTE GETS OUT AND
% VOTE.%A GOOD ELECTION NIGHT
FOR
% DEMOCRATS.%>> SCOT ROSS, BILL
McCOSHEN,
% THANKS VERY MUCH.
% >> THANKS.
% >> THE LINES ARE SET IN WEST
% CENTRAL WISCONSIN.%REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN WILL FACE OFF AGAINST BRAD
% PFAFF.
% WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES?
% WE TURN TO ANTHONY CHERGOSKY,
% PROFESSOR, THANKS FOR BEING
% HERE, FROM UW-LA CROSSE.
% WHY IS THE THIRD SO CLOSELY
% WATCHED?
% >> IT'S BY FAR THE MOST
% COMPETITIVE U.S. HOUSE OF
% REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT IN
% WISCONSIN AND SOME
% PROGNOSTICATION SERVICES SAY
% IT'S ONE OF THE MOST LIKELY
% DISTRICTS TO FLIP PARTY CONTROL.
% REPUBLICANS HAVE THEIR EYE ON
% THIS DISTRICT AS THEY SEEK TO
% REGAIN MAJORITY CONTROL OF THE
% HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
% >> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE
% CANDIDATES.%HOW WOULD YOU DE
SCRIBE THEM,
% DERRICK VAN ORDEN FIRST.
% >> HE IS A STAUNCH DONALD TRUMP
% ALLY.
% SOMEONE WHO REALLY BRANDS
% HIMSELF AS BEING PART OF THE
% DONALD TRUMP MOVEMENT OF THE
% PARTY.
% HE WAS FAMOUSLY IN D.C. ON
% JANUARY 6TH, 2021.
% HE SAYS THAT HE WAS NOT INVOLVED
% IN THE RIOT, HE WAS NOT IN A
% RESTRICTED AREA.
% SOME OF THE FACTS ARE DISPUTED
% SURROUNDING THAT.
% BUT WHAT IS CLEAR, DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN IS A STAUNCH, STAUNCH
% SUPPORTER OF DONALD TRUMP AND
% THIS DISTRICT DID GO DONALD
% TRUMP'S WAY BY A SMALL MARGIN.
% THAT COULD BODE WELL FOR HIM.
% >> WHAT ABOUT BRAD PFAFF?
% >> BRAD PFAFF IS REALLY IN
% THE -- HE'S REALLY FOLLOWING IN
% THE FOOTSTEPS OF RON KIND, I
% WOULD SAY.
% RON KIND, THE LONG TIME CONGRESS
% PERSON FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO
% RAN AS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT,
% SOMEONE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE
% LOCAL ISSUES, SOMEONE WHO COULD
% DRAW THE KEY CROSSOVER SUPPORT
% FROM VOTERS WHO MAY VOTE
% REPUBLICAN IN OTHER RACES BUT
% VOTE FOR KIND IN THE RACE FOR
% CONGRESS.
% PFAFF IS FOCUSED ON RURAL
% ISSUES, DEMOCRATS ARE HUNGRY TO
% CONNECT WITH THE KEY RURAL
% AUDIENCE.
% >> ANY SENSE THAT THE FBI
% SEARCHES AND DEPOSITIONS AND
% INVESTIGATIONS INTO TRUMP WILL
% GIVE HIS SUPPORTERS IN THAT
% DISTRICT ANY PAUSE?
% >> I'M NOT SURE, FREDERICA.
% I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A
% STRONG RURAL URBAN DIVIDE IN
% THIS DISTRICT AND I THINK THAT'S
% THE KEY POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN
% WESTERN WISCONSIN IN THIS THIRD
% DISTRICT OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF
% YEARS.%WHERE RURAL AREAS HAVE
BECOME
% VERY STRONGLY IN THE REPUBLICAN
% CAMP, THIS COULD HAVE AN EFFECT
% ON THOSE AREAS, HOW THEY TURN
% OUT TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
% AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT
% DEMOCRATS ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATED
% IN THE ELECTION DUE TO DERRICK
% VAN ORDEN'S PRESENCE IN D.C. ON
% JANUARY 6TH AND HIS STRONG
% SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP.
% >> WHAT IN YOUR ESTIMATION ARE
% THE MAJOR ISSUES IN THE DISTRICT
% THERE?%>> WELL, DERRICK VAN O
RDEN
% FOCUSES ON NATIONAL POLITICAL
% ISSUES.%VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIA
L MEDIA AND
% REALLY FOCUSES ON THE ISSUES
% THAT ANIMATE THE REPUBLICAN BASE
% NATIONALLY.
% CULTURE WAR ISSUES, ISSUES
% RELATED TO JOE BIDEN AND WANTING
% TO DEFEAT JOE BIDEN, WANTING TO
% UNSEAT THE DEMOCRATS FOR
% MAJORITY CONTROL.
% SO HE'S REALLY IN LINE WITH THE
% NATIONAL REPUBLICAN MESSAGING.
% BRAD PFAFF, ON THE OTHER HAND,
% IS TRYING TO LOCALIZE THE RACE.
% AGRICULTURE A KEY ONE, EDUCATION
% BEING ANOTHER ONE.
% WE HAVE MANY U.W. CAMPUSES IN
% THIS DISTRICT.
% U.W. HAS A MAJOR PRESENCE IN
% THIS AREA.
% SO ALL OF THAT COULD PLAY OUT IN
% THIS CAMPAIGN IN UNPREDICTABLE
% WAYS BUT WE KNOW DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE
% NATIONAL REPUBLICAN BRAND.
% BRAD PFAFF WANTS YOU TO
% DISTINGUISH YOURSELF AND FOCUS
% MORE ON THE LOCAL ISSUES.
% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT,
% WHICH WORKS BEST IN THAT
% DISTRICT IN YOUR ESTIMATION?
% >> FOR YEARS RON KIND HAS BEEN
% ABLE TO WIN RE-ELECTION THROUGH
% FOCUSING ON THOSE LOCAL ISSUES
% AND CREATING SOME DISTANCE
% BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THAT
% NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY BRAND.
% HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT
% HE'S DIFFERENT THAN OTHER
% DEMOCRATS.%HE'S MORE MODERATE
THAN OTHER
% DEMOCRATS, AND THAT HE'S REALLY
% FOCUSED ON THOSE LOCAL ISSUES,
% THOSE AGRICULTURAL ISSUES, THOSE
% ISSUES RELATED TO OUR PRESENCE
% ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, FOR
% EXAMPLE.%SO I THINK BRAD PFAF
F IS TRYING
% TO REPLICATE THE RON KIND
% STRATEGY AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT
% WINS OUT OR IF THOSE NATIONAL
% FACTORS CARRY DERRICK VAN ORDEN
% TO A WIN.
% >> OK, PROFESSOR ANTHONY
% CHERGOSKY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
% FOR JOINING US.
% >> THANK YOU.
% >> A SWEEPING CLIMATE HEALTH AND
% TAX BILL DUBBED BY DEMOCRATS AS
% THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WENT
% TO THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HOUSE
% TODAY FOR PASSAGE.
% LAST WEEKEND THE SENATE PASSED
% THE MEASURE WITH 0 REPUBLICANS
% VOTING IN FLAVOR.
% $437 BILLION SPENDING BILL
% INCLUDES NEARLY 370 BILLION
% INVESTMENT IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE
% REFORM.
% IT INCLUDES 60 BILLION FOR
% RENEWABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
% AND ALSO CONSUMER TAX CREDITS
% FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
% ON THE HEALTHCARE SIDE, THE BILL
% INCLUDES ALLOWING THE FEDS TO
% NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
% PRICES FOR MEDICARE, AND EXTENDS
% SUBSIDIES FOR AFFORDABLE CARE
% ACT HEALTH PLANS, AND THE
% MEASURE CREATES A 15% MINIMUM
% TAX FOR CORPORATIONS MAKING
% $1 BILLION OR MORE IN INCOME.
% ALL TOLD, BRINGING IN MORE THAN
% $300 BILLION IN REVENUE.
% ONE PART OF THE BILL GETTING
% NOTICE FROM FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE
% IN THE MARKET FOR CLEAN CARS, A
% NEW $7,500 TAX CREDIT FOR NEW
% ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND A $4,000
% CREDIT FOR USED ELECTRIC
% VEHICLES.
% >> THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
% WILL LOWER ENERGY COSTS FOR
% CONSUMERS AND HELP US MEET OUR
% LONG-TERM'S EMISSION GOALS TO
% COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
% >> FRESH OFF VOTING FOR THE
% MEASURE, TAMMY BALDWIN TOURED A
% MADISON COMPANY BUILDING OUT
% ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS WITH
% THE LOCAL UTILITY.
% >> TRANSPORTATION IS THE LEADING
% CONTRIBUTOR TO GREENHOUSE GAS
% EMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
% ADVANCING ELECTRIC
% TRANSPORTATION POWERED BY AN
% INCREASINGLY CLEANER ELECTRIC
% GRID IS KEY TO CREATING A MORE
% SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, LOCALLY AND
% GLOBALLY.
% >> FOR HER PART, BALDWIN HERALDS
% THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION.
% >> THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
% MAKES THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN
% COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE THAT %
WE HAVE EVER MADE IN THE UNITED
% STATES.
% >> I MEAN, THEY ARE DOING
% THINGS --
% >> U.S. SENATOR RON JOHNSON WAS
% AMONG ALL THE REPUBLICANS WHO
% VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE AND
% AMONG OTHER THINGS RELEASED A
% STATEMENT CALLING ITS TITLE A
% MISNOMER, SAYING THE ORWELLIAN
% NAMED INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
% WILL DO NO SUCH THING.
% THIS IS A GREEN ENERGY FANTASY
% TO DRIVE THE COST OF ENERGY UP
% RATHER THAN DOWN.
% JOHNSON ALSO BLASTS THE 15% TAX
% ON BILLION DOLLARS PLUS
% CORPORATIONS AND MONEY IN THE
% PACKAGE TO BOOST IRS TAX
% ENFORCEMENT.
% IN HEALTH NEWS, THE U.S.
% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
% SERVICES HAS DECLARED MONKEYPOX
% A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH
% MORE THAN 10,000 CASES REPORTED
% NATIONALLY.%HERE IN WISCONSI
N THE STATE
% DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES IS
% PRIORITIZING VACCINE DOSES THAT
% ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
% CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND STATE
% EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. RYAN
% WESTERGAARD IS HERE WITH AN
% UPDATE.
% NICE TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR.
% >> NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU.
% >> WHAT IS THE STATUS OF
% MONKEYPOX IN WISCONSIN.
% HOW MANY CASES AT WEEK'S END AND
% HOW FAST ARE THEY CLIMBING?
% >> YEAH, WE ARE IN A BIT OF AN
% ACCELERATION PHASE.
% CASES ARE STILL RELATIVELY LOW.
% NATIONWIDE IN THE U.S., OVER
% 10,000 CASES THAT HAVE BEEN
% REPORTED.%IN WISCONSIN THE N
UMBER IS ONLY
% 40, AND THAT INCLUDES CASES
% INFECTED IN TEN OUT OF THE
% COUNTIES, AND WE ARE EXPECTING
% TO SEE MORE.
% >> WHAT IS MONKEYPOX, EXACTLY?
% >> MONKEYPOX IS A VIRUS THAT IS
% A COUSIN OF THE SMALLPOX VIRUS
% WHICH OF COURSE USED TO CAUSE A
% LOT OF SEVERE DISEASE BUT THEY
% ERADICATED THROUGH VACCINATION.
% MONKEYPOX IS NATURALLY FOUND IN
% SOME ANIMAL POPULATIONS, WHICH
% IS WHERE IT GOT ITS NAME AND
% SPILLED OVER INTO HUMAN
% POPULATIONS VARIOUS TIMES,
% INCLUDING ABOUT 2002, 2003 THERE
% WAS AN OUTBREAK IN THE MIDWEST.
% THIS PARTICULAR OUTBREAK IS
% DIFFERENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT
% SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERED SEXUALLY
% TRANSMITTED DISEASE IT'S
% SPREADING THAT WAY IN THIS
% CURRENT GLOBAL OUTBREAK
% AFFECTING PREDOMINANTLY MEN WHO
% IDENTIFY AS GAY AND BISEXUAL.
% >> WHY IS THAT, WHY ARE GAY MEN
% IN THE HIGH RISK GROUP?
% >> I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT
% STARTED.
% THE INITIAL INFECTIONS IN SPEED
% LIMIT WERE AMONG MEN WHO HAD
% TRAVELED, WHO HAD ATTENDED LARGE
% GATHERINGS WHERE A LOT OF CLOSE
% SKIN TO SKIN OR INTIMATE CONTACT
% WAS TAKING PLACE, AND IT SPREAD
% THROUGHOUT THOSE SOCIAL AND
% SEXUAL NETWORKS AROUND THE
% WORLD.%SO I THINK IT'S IMPORT
ANT THAT
% THAT -- THE GROUP OF MEN WHO
% HAVE SEX WITH MEN OR IDENTIFY AS
% GAY OR BISEXUAL KNOW THEY ARE AT
% HIGHEST RISK BUT ALSO IMPORTANT
% FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO KNOW
% ANYONE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS.
% PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSEHOLD
% CONTACTS, IF THEY COME INTO
% CLOSE CONTACT WITH A PERSON, OR
% EVEN WITH TOWELS OR LINENS
% SHARED CAN CONTRACT THIS VIRUS.
% SO IT'S SOMETHING EVERYONE
% SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.
% >> HOW DANGEROUS IS IT IF YOU
% GET IT?
% >> IT'S NOT PLEASANT, BUT SO FAR
% IN THE UNITED STATES NO FATAL
% CASES.
% THERE ARE HOSPITALIZATIONS
% BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR PAIN
% CONTROL.
% THE SKIN LESIONS CAN BE PAINFUL,
% IN THE CURRENT OUTBREAK AFFECT
% THE GENITAL AREA, AND SOME
% REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION FOR PAIN
% CONTROL.
% IT'S PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS IN
% YOUNGER PATIENTS, PREGNANT
% PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WITH
% SUPPRESSED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
% SO BEFORE THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK
% WE THOUGHT WE HEARD ABOUT A 1%
% MORTALITY, SO IT CAN CAUSE
% SEVERE DISEASE, BUT THESE DAYS
% IT'S PREDOMINANTLY AFFECTING
% YOUNGER AND HEALTHY MEN, SO NO
% DEATHS, THANK YOU FLY.
% >> VACCINATIONS ARE IN SHORT
% SUPPL AND NOW BEING STRETCHED.
% WHAT'S THE SITUATION IN
% WISCONSIN?
% >> WE HAVE ADMINISTERED JUST
% UNDER 1,000 DOSES TO PEOPLE AT
% THE HIGHEST RISK, AND PEOPLE WHO
% WE HAVE DETERMINED THROUGH
% PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATIONS
% HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO A PERSON
% WITH KNOWN MONKEYPOX OR HIGH
% RISK, THE POPULATION OF MEN WHO
% HAVE HAD MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS
% SO TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT
% AND SUPPORT ALL THE CLINICAL
% PARTNERS AND PROVIDERS AND THE
% STATE TO GET THIS NEW VACCINE,
% CALLED GENAOS, OUT INTO THE
% POPULATION AND GET AS MANY OF
% THE HIGHEST RISK PEOPLE FOR THE
% MONKEYPOX VIRUS VACCINATED.
% GOOD NEWS WE ARE ABLE TO STRETCH
% THE VACCINE SUPPLY BY GIVING IT
% AT A SMALLER DOSE THROUGH A
% DIFFERENT ROUTE, AND BASED ON
% GOOD SCIENCE SHOWING IT WAS JUST
% AS EFFECTIVE AS THE TRADITIONAL
% LARGER DOSE ROUTE, SO WE ARE
% OPTIMISTIC WE HAVE ENOUGH
% VACCINE TO REACH THE PEOPLE AT
% THE GREATEST RISK RIGHT NOW.
% >> ON COVID THERE IS NEW RELAXED
% GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC.
% DOES WISCONSIN EXPECT TO FOLLOW
% THAT?
% >> YES, WE DO, AND WORKING WITH
% PARTNERS AS WE HAVE IN THE
% SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND BUSINESSES
% AND UNIVERSITIES TO SPREAD THE
% WORD ABOUT THE NEW GUIDANCE, THE
% MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THAT WE
% ARE DOING AWAY WITH QUARANTINE.
% THESE DAYS AFTER THE NEW
% GUIDANCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
% EXPOSED TO A PERSON WITH
% COVID-19 IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD OR IN
% THE COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T NEED
% TO STAY HOME, NECESSARILY BUT DO
% WANT THEM TO WEAR MASKS.
% THE NEW GUIDANCE IN THE FALL AND
% THE COLD AND FLU SEASON COMING
% UPON US, WEARING MASKS MORE WHEN
% YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED
% TO SOMEONE.
% >> DR. RYAN WESTERGAARD, THANK
% YOU SO MUCH.
% >> NICE TO BE WITH YOU.
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