%>> IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WISN IN
%MILWAUKEE, ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
%ROBIN VOS SAID FORMER PRESIDENT
%DONALD TRUMP CALLED HIM LAST
%WEEK, PRESSURING HIM AGAIN TO
%DECERTIFY WISCONSIN'S 2020! 2020
%ELECTION AFTER THE STATE HIGH
%COURT RULED ABSENTEE BALLOT
%BOXES ARE ILLEGAL.
%VOS SAYS HE, ONCE AGAIN, TOLD
%TRUMP, DECERTIFYING IS NOT
%LEGALLY POSSIBLE, AND THAT THE
%COURT RULING DOESN'T REACH BACK,
%BUT FORWARD.
%TRUMP SUBSEQUENTLY POSTED ON
%SOCIAL MEDIA: THE DEMOCRATS
%WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK
%ROBIN AND ALL OF HIS FELLOW
%REPUBLICANS AND NAME ONLY'S FOR
%LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH
%MURDER.
%THAT'S WHO COULD BE COMING TO
%MILWAUKEE FOR THE 2024
%REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION,
%AFTER THE CITY GOT THE NOD OVER
%NASHVILLE FOR THE EVENT.
%THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
%REPRESENTS AN ECONOMIC WINDFALL
%FOR MILWAUKEE AND WISCONSIN.
%WE CHECK IN WITH MILWAUKEE MAYOR
%CAVALIER JOHNSON FOR HIS
%REACTION.
%AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE,
%MAYOR.
%>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
%>> SO WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO
%THE NEWS THAT MILWAUKEE IS
%ALMOST CERTAINLY A LOCK FOR THE
%RNC CONVENTION IN 2024?
%>> WELL, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR
%WEEKS AND MONTHS PERHAPS, EVEN,
%I THINK THIS IS A WIN FOR
%MILWAUKEE FOR A HOST OF REASONS.
%ONE, WINNING THE SECOND
%PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONTEST
%IN AS MANY PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES
%JUST SHOWS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
%ARE STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO
%MILWAUKEE, BUT OF COURSE WE
%DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
%FULLY EXECUTE THE DEMOCRATIC
%NATIONAL CONVENTION.
%NOW WE'RE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY
%TO EXECUTE THE REPUBLICAN
%NATIONAL CONVENTION.
%AND WHEN CONVENTION GOERS COME
%HERE WHEN AN EVENT ACTUALLY
%HAPPENS, I THINK IT WILL OPEN UP
%THE EYES OF THE COUNTRY AND THE
%WORLD TO THIS BEST KEPT SECRET
%IN THE MIDWEST THAT IS
%MILWAUKEE.
%IT WILL GENERATE
%OPPORTUNITIES -- I'M SORRY.
%>> WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL
%WINDFALL DOES IT REPRESENT?
%>> CERTAINLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
%OF ECONOMIC IMPACT.
%YOU'LL HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
%INDIVIDUALS WHO DESCEND UPON
%MILWAUKEE, STAYING AT OUR
%HOTELS, EATING AT OUR
%RESTAURANTS, SO IT WILL BE A
%BOONE TO OUR CONVENTION AS WELL
%AS OUR TOURISM INDUSTRY HERE IN
%MILWAUKEE, PUTTING MONEY INTO
%THE POCKETS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
%BEEN MOSTLY BATTERED OVER THE
%COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS DUE
%TO THE PANDEMIC.
%>> IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE STILL
%IN PLACE FROM THE PLANNED DNC
%CONVENTION OF WHICH YOU JUST
%SPOKE THOUGH THAT WAS MOSTLY
%REMOTE?
%>> YEAH, THERE WERE PLANS
%OBVIOUSLY FOR TO BE IN PERSON
%BEFORE IT TURNED TO BE A
%REMOTE-MOSTLY EVENT, BUT THE
%POLICE DEPARTMENT DID ALL OF ITS
%PLANNING FOR THE EVENT, I FEEL
%THEY'RE STILL IN A STRONG
%POSITION TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
%THE PLANS THAT THEY PUT IN
%PLACE, BUILD OFF OF THOSE FOR
%2024 TO HAVE A SAFE EVENT.
%OBVIOUSLY WE'VE EXPANDED OUR
%CAPACITY FOR HOTEL SPACE SINCE
%2020, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO
%SO LEADING UP UNTIL 2024 AS
%WELL.
%WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO
%HOST THE CONVENTION.
%>> SO YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT AND
%MAYOR IN A DEMOCRATIC CITY THAT
%WON THE STATE FOR JOE BIDEN IN
%2020.
%DO YOU HAVE MISGIVINGS ABOUT
%HIGHLIGHTING THE OTHER SIDE OF
%THE AISLE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE
%EXTRAORDINARY CONTENTIOUS TIMES?
%>> NO, LOOK, I AM A DEMOCRAT,
%AND PROUDLY SO, AND I CAMPAIGNED
%VERY HARD FOR JOE BIDEN TO WIN
%THE PRESIDENCY IN 2020 AND WILL
%DO SO AGAIN IN 2024, WHEN HE
%RUNS FOR REELECTION THIS IS THE
%THING.
%WE CAN BE OPPOSING PARTIES BUT
%THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T HAVE
%TO BE WELCOMING.
%WE CAN PUT ON A GREAT
%CONVENTION, BRING ON, AGAIN, THE
%EYES OF THE COUNTRY, THE EYES OF
%THE WORLD TO MILWAUKEE, TO MOVE
%MILWAUKEE FROM BEST KEPT SECRET
%STATUS TO KNOWN COMMODITY AND A
%PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO
%AND DO BUSINESS CATEGORY, HAVING
%MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED
%INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY,
%PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THOUSANDS
%OF WORKERS IN OUR TOURISM AND
%HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AND STILL
%KEEP OUR PRINCIPLES.
%THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
%CONVENTION COMING HERE PRESENTS
%DEMOCRATS HERE IN MILWAUKEE AND
%IN WISCONSIN WITH THE LARGEST
%STAGE IN THE WORLD TO COMBAT THE
%PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN
%PARTY.
%SO I AM A DEMOCRAT, I WILL
%CONTINUE TO HOLD DEMOCRATIC
%PRINCIPLES, DEMOCRATIC VALUES,
%AND I'M GOING TO CAMPAIGN FOR
%JOE BIDEN TO WIN RE-ELECTION IN
%2024.
%THAT DOESN'T CHANGE A THING.
%>> WHAT IF DONALD TRUMP IS THE
%REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, WHAT WILL
%THAT BE LIKE FOR YOU?
%>> IF DONALD TRUMP IS THE
%REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, AND I DON'T
%KNOW IF DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE
%REPUBLICAN NOMINEE OR NOT, THAT
%DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
%I THINK THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
%HAS PROVEN TO NOT JUST RESIDENTS
%OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WHICH
%HE WON, BUT TO CITIZENS ACROSS
%THE UNITED STATES THAT HE IS THE
%PERSON TO LEAD THE COUNTRY.
%HE CHARACTERIZED HIS CAMPAIGN
%ABOUT THE SOUL OF AMERICA.
%AND IT WAS AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
%AND OBVIOUSLY HE WAS VICTORIOUS
%IN THAT ELECTION AS WELL.
%THIS SAME THING WILL STAND TO
%HOLD TRUE IN THE 2024 ELECTION.
%AND SO I'LL BE CAMPAIGNING WITH
%THE PRESIDENT, WITH PRESIDENT
%JOE BIDEN, ON THAT SAME BASIS,
%AND I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE
%THE SAME RESULT WE HAD IN 2020,
%WHICH IS JOE BIDEN VICTORIOUS IN
%THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND
%WERE DONALD TRUMP TO BE THE
%NOMINEE, ANOTHER LOSS.
%>> I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE MORE
%VOTE TO SECURE FOR SURE THE
%CONVENTION, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S
%IN EARLY AUGUST.
%DO YOU EXPECT THAT VOTE TO ALSO
%GIVE TO MILWAUKEE?
%GOOD NEWS.
%MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
%JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS
%ON GETTING THE CONVENTION.
%>> ABSOLUTELY.
%THANK YOU SO MUCH, FREDERICA,