% >> THANK YOU.
% >>> THE AUGUST 9 PRIMARY
% ELECTION QUICKLY APPROACHES, AND
% TWO G.O.P. CANDIDATES ARE VYING
% TO BE THE NOMINEE TO TAKE ON
% DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT ATTORNEY
% GENERAL, JOSH KAUL.
% ZAC SCHULTZ HAS THIS STORY ON
% THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
% >> THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY
% GENERAL IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED
% TO AS WISCONSIN'S TOP COP.
% THE REPUBLICAN ERIC TONEY SAYS
% HIS TEN YEARS AS FOND-A-LAC
% PREPARED HIM FOR THE ROLE AND
% DECIDED TO RUN AFTER THE BLAKE
% SHOOTING IN AUGUST OF 2020 LED
% TO RIOTS IN KENOSHA.
% HE SAID JOSH KAU WILL NOT
% PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE POLICE
% OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE.
% >> AND TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY
% GENERAL THAT'S NOT STANDING WITH
% OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, I COULD NOT
% SIT BACK AND WATCH THAT
% CONTINUE, AND THAT'S WHAT GOT ME
% ULTIMATELY IN THE RACE FOR
% ATTORNEY GENERAL.
% >> IT WAS TONEY'S CANDIDACY THAT
% GOT HIM IN THE RACE.
% >> I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE
% RACE WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO
% IMMEDIATELY DAY ONE WALK INTO
% THE OFFICE AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE
% EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ISSUES
% THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE AG.
% >> JARCHOW WAS IN THE STATE
% ASSEMBLY, BUT OUT OF OFFICE IN
% 2021 WHEN HE SAID A CONSERVATIVE
% CANDIDATE NEEDED TO CHALLENGE
% TONEY.%>> A ROBUST PRIMARY WH
ERE
% CANDIDATES ARE VETTED IS
% INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND ADD TO
% THAT THAT MY PRIMARY OPPONENT,
% ERIC TONEY, HELPED ENFORCE
% EVERS' ILLEGAL LOCKDOWN
% MEASURES.%>> HE SAID HE NEVE
R ACTUALLY
% PROSECUTORRED ANYONE FOR NOT
% OBEYING LOCKDOWN ORDERS IN THE%
FIRST DAYS OF THE COVID-19
% PANDEMIC.%>> MY OPPONENT ATT
ACKED ME
% RELENTLESSLY FOR COVID WHERE MY
% JOB IS TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF
% LAW.
% WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
% SUPPORTING THOSE SAFE AT HOME
% EFFORTS IN THE FIRST 13 # 139 1E
% USED DISCRETION TO DISMISS THEM
% BAS IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO
% DO, AND WHEN THE LEGAL EXTENDED
% ORDER CAME HOME IN APRIL, WE DID
% NOT ENFORCE IT HERE.
% >> TONEY SAID IT'S HIS
% EXPERIENCE AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
% THAT SETS HIM APART CONSIDERING
% NEARLY EVERY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
% STATE HISTORY HAS PROSECUTION
% EXPERIENCE.%>> VOTERS LOOK A
T THE TOP COP,
% AN THEY WANT SOMEONE THAT HAS
% THAT EXPERIENCE PROSECUTING
% BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE%
LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I'M THE
% ONLY CANDIDATE THAT'S ACTUALLY
% DONE THAT.
% >> THE THIRD CANDIDATE IN THE
% PRIMARY IS REPUBLICAN KAREN
% MILLER, AN ATTORNEY FROM CHIPP,
% WA FALLS, BUT SHE DID NOT
% RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR INTERSLEW
% VIEW.
% JARCHOW SAYS TIMES ARE CHANGING.
% >> AS WE LOOK AT THE WAY THE
% ROLES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
% EXPANDED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY,
% WE SEE A FEWER AND A FEWER
% PROSECUTORS ELECTED TO THE
% OFFICE.%THAT WAS KIND OF THE
OLD MODEL.
% THE NEW MODEL IS PEOPLE FROM THE
% PRIVATE SECTOR OR WHO HAVE
% LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE%
SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO AS
% ATTORNEY GENERAL IS MANAGE A
% HUGE AGENCY.
% >> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN
% A PARTISAN OFFICE, BUT WISCONSIN
% VOTERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR
% A GOVERNOR OF ONE PARTY AND AG
% OF THE OTHER.
% BUT IN THE LAST DECADE, AGs
% ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME
% MORE ACTIVE, CHALLENGING STATE
% AND FEDERAL LAWS, ACTING IN
% CONCERT WITH THE POLITICAL
% PARTIES.
% >> IT IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT
% BECAUSE IT'S AN ERA OF UNCHECKED
% POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
% AND OUR OWN BUREAUCRACY HERE IN
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, AND SO
% YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
% ROLE OF THE AG CAN BE TORAN IN
% THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
% >> TONEY SAID THERE'S LIMITS TO
% PARTISANSHIP IN OFFICE.
% >> I FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW, AND
% THE RULE OF LAW IS NOT ALWAYS
% POPULAR.
% >> POINTING TO THE DEBATE AMONG
% REPUBLICAN VOTERS ABOUT THE
% VALIDITY OF THE 2020
% PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.%>> WE
HAVE NOT SEEN ANY COURT IN
% WISCONSIN MAKE A DETERMINATION
% OF FRAUD TO SOME LEVEL THAT
% COULD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE
% 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HERE
% IN WISCONSIN.
% >> THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD FRAUD
% THAT IMPACTED THE OUTCOME OF THE
% ELECTION, BUT DONALD TRUMP'S
% CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE MANY
% REPUBLICANS CONVINCED THE
% ELECTION CAN BE OVERTURNED.
% >> WE CANNOT DECERTIFY THE
% ELECTION.
% THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT.
% I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL
% ACROSS WISCONSIN.
% I HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
% I HAVE THIS DIALOGUE.
% THAT'S WHERE THE REPUBLICAN
% PARTY IS AT.
% THAT'S WHY I RECEIVED THE
% OVERWHELMING ENDORSEMENT VOTE IN
% THE STATE CONVENTION BECAUSE I'M
% WILLING TO BE UP FRONT AND TELL
% PEOPLE THE TRUTH, NOT JUST WHEN
% IT IS POPULAR.
% >> JARCHOW SAYS THE KEY TO
% CONVINCING REPUBLICAN VOTERS
% THAT IT WAS FAIR IS TO ELECT
% REPUBLICANS.%>> IF WE SECURE
THE ELECTIONS,
% WHICH I BELIEVE WE DO WITH A ROM
% GOVERNOR AND AG, THAT RESTORES
% THE FAITH.
% >> THEY WILL FACE JOSH KAUL AND
% VOTER HAVE TO CONSIDER
% ELECTABILITY.
% IN 2018, JARCHOW LOST A SEAT
% THAT HAD NOT VOTED DEMOCRAT IN
% DECADES, BUT FLIPPED BACK TO
% REPUBLICAN IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
% >> IF YOU DON'T WIN THAT SEAT,
% YOU DON'T WIN WISCONSIN.
% THE COUNTY VOTED TO SUPPORT ME,
% THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM BEST
% REJECTED HIM.
% >> HE SAYS THE SPECIAL ELECTION
% WAS A FLUKE IN A STRONG YEAR FOR
% DEMOCRATS.
% THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE EXPECTS
% FOR 2022.
% >> THEIR BASE TURNED OUT, AND
% OURS DID NOT IN A LOW TURNOUT
% SPECIAL ELECTION.
% I DON'T THINK THAT'S INDICATIVE
% AT ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF
% CANDIDATE THAT I'VE HISTORICALLY
% BEEN, WINNING ASSEMBLY SEAT BY
% WIDE MARGINS, AND NOT INDICATIVE
% HOW WE THUMP JOSH KAUL.
% >> REPORTING IN MADISON, I'M ZAC