% >> WE TURN FIRST TO WESTERN
% WISCONSIN AND THE THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL.%THE INCUMBENT
DEMOCRAT RON KIND
% IS RETIRING LEAVING AN OPEN
% SEAT.
% RECENT POLL FOUND THE
% REPUBLICAN IN THE RACE HOLDS A
% FIVE-POINT LEAD BUT THAT THE
% MAJORITY OF VOTERS HAVEN'T
% HEARD ENOUGH ABOUT EITHER
% CANDIDATE.
% "HERE AND NOW" REPORTER NATHAN
% DENZIN TRAVELED TO LA CROSSE
% AND HAS OUR STORY.
% >> THE RACE TO REPRESENT
% WISCONSIN'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
% DISTRICT IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF
% REPRESENTATIVES IS HEATING UP
% AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES.
% DEMOCRAT BRAD PFAFF IS GOING UP
% AGAINST PUBLIC DERRICK VAN
% ORDEN IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT
% CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES.
% >> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE TWO
% CANDIDATES WITH TWO DIFFERENT
% STYLES.
% PFAFF LOW-KEY GUY FOCUSES ON
% HIS FAMILY BACKGROUND FROM
% WESTERN WISCONSIN.
% VAN ORDEN WANTS TO BRAND
% HIMSELF AS AN OUTSIDER IN
% POLITICS.
% >> I WILL PRY THAT DEVIL --
% GAVEL OUT OF NANCY PELOSI'S
% HAND.
% >> HE WILL GET IN THE ARENA AND
% FIGHT THE CULTURAL BATTLE
% ESSENTIAL AND REALLY SHOW HIS
% SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP.
% HE SAYS THIS RACE IS GARNERING
% NATIONAL ATTENTION DUE TO THE
% RETIREMENT OF LONG-TIME
% REPRESENTATIVE RON KIND IN THE
% DISTRICT'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE
% NATURE.%KIND WAS ONE OF THE
FEW
% DEMOCRATS ELECTED TO CONGRESS
% IN A DISTRICT THAT VOTED FOR
% DONALD TRUMP IN 2020.
% THE CHALLENGE FOR BOTH
% CANDIDATES, HOW TO RELATE TO A
% LARGE GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE
% DISTRICT THAT INCLUDES SIX
% UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
% CAMPUSES AND A LARGE FARMING
% POPULATION?
% >> THERE ARE REALLY KEY AND
% SIGNIFICANT RURAL ELEMENTS OF
% THIS DISTRICT.
% AND WE KNOW HOW WELL
% REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IN RURAL
% PARTS OF WISCONSIN.
% WE KNOW HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING
% IN RURAL PARTS OF AMERICA.
% THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
% >> SO FAR IN THE RACE VAN ORDEN
% HAS NATIONALIZED HIS POLITICS
% AND BASHING JOE BIDEN FOR
% FEDERAL POLICIES AND COVID-19
% RESTRICTIONS AND SCHOOLS.
% STOPPING TAX HIKES AND LEADING
% WITH INTEGRITY AS HIS TOP THREE
% ISSUES GOING INTO THE ELECTION.
% >> DERRICK VAN ORDEN, U.S. NAVY
% SEAL.
% >> HE DID NOT RESPOND TO
% REQUESTS TO INTERVIEW FOR THIS
% REPORT.%HE HAS FOUND HIMSELF
IN
% NUMEROUS CONTROVERSIES %INCL
UDING REPORTS HE WAS AT THE
% U.S. CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6
% DURING THE INSURRECTION AND AN
% INCIDENT WHERE HE REPORTEDLY
% MADE LIBRARY STAFF IN PRAIRIE
% DU CHIEN FEEL THREATENED OVER A
% PRIDE DISPLAY
% >> I'M DERRICK VAN ORDEN.
% RETIRED NAVY SEAL AND NOMINEE
% FOR WISCONSIN'S THIRD
% CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
% >> THE REPUBLICAN SPOKE AT
% PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RALLY IN
% WAUKESHA ON AUGUST 5th, A CITY
% ABOUT 100 MILES FROM THE
% CLOSEST POINT IN THE THIRD
% DISTRICT.
% >> I WANT TO THANK PRESIDENT
% TRUMP FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY
% AND FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR
% AMERICA.%IT IS IRREFUSEABLE T
HIS NATION
% WAS BETTER UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.
% NOT A PARTISAN STATEMENT, IT'S
% REALITY.
% >> AT THE RALLY VAN ORDEN
% BASHED JOE BIDEN ON RISING
% INFLATION AND FENTANYL
% OVERDOSES.
% ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE
% REMOVAL OF TROOPS FROM
% AFGHANISTAN.
% >> THE ONE THING THAT ALL THESE
% THINGS HAD IN COMMON, NONE OF
% THEM, NONE OF THEM HAPPENED
% UNDER DONALD TRUMP.
% >> A FACT CHECK HERE.
% DESPITE VAN ORDEN'S CLAIM NONE
% OF THESE ISSUES WERE PREVALENT
% DURING TRUMP'S TIME IN OFFICE
% FENTANYL OVERDOSES HAVE BEEN
% STEADY ARISING IN AMERICA SINCE
% 2014.
% THE NUMBER OF APPREHENSIONS AT
% THE BORDER THE LAST 12 MONTHS
% ARE 336% HIGHER THAN TRUMP'S
% LAST YEAR IN OFFICE AND TRUMP
% SUPPORTED THE REMOVAL OF ALL
% TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN.
% >> LIFE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
% WHEN I GREW UP ON THE FARM.
% >> HIS COMPETITION, BRAD PFAFF,
% HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH
% TO HIS CAMPAIGN FOCUSING HIS
% ATTENTION ON LOCAL ISSUES.
% >> NEED TO MAKE SURE ANY TYPE
% OF PUBLIC POLICY WE PUT IN
% PLACE UNDERSTANDS THE PEOPLE'S
% NEEDS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT
% HERE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
% >> HE SAYS HE CAN RELATE TO
% VOTERS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN
% BECAUSE HE HAS LIVED AND SERVED
% HIS WHOLE LIFE HERE.
% THE DEMOCRAT WAS A STAFFER FOR
% RON KIND FOR MORE THAN 12 %YE
ESHS REPRESENTING THE % DISTRICT BEF
ORE TAKING
% POSITIONS IN PRESIDENTIAL OBAMA
% AND GOVERNOR EVEER'S ADD
% MINISTRATIONS.
% >> RURAL POLICY FOR CONGRESSMAN
% RON KIND AND SPEND EIGHT YEARS
% AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
% AGRICULTURE IN THE OBAMA
% ADMINISTRATION AND THE DREAM OF
% A LIFETIME TO SERVE AS OUR
% STATE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
% >> PROVIDING TAX INCENTIVES FOR
% MANUFACTURERS MOVING BACK TO
% AMERICA FROM OVERSEAS.
% INVESTING IN TRADE SCHOOLS AND
% APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND
% PROTECTING WISCONSIN WORKERS %
THROUGH LEGISLATION THAT AIMS
% TO RESTORE FAIR EXCHANGE RATES
% FOR EXPORTED PRODUCTS.
% >> HERE IN WISCONSIN
% PARTICULARLY HERE IN WESTERN
% WISCONSIN, WE KNOW HOW TO BUILD
% THINGS.
% WE KNOW HOW TO INNOVATE.
% WE KNOW HOW TO ENGINEER.
% AND WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST
% WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD.
% THE THING IS, THEY JUST NEED AN
% OPPORTUNITY IN ORDER TO APPLY
% THEIR TRADE.
% >> PFAFF ALSO CRITICIZED VAN
% ORDEN SAYING HIS TEMERMENT %
ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
% SURGERY SPECIALISTS AND
% ATTITUDES DON'T MATCH THE
% DISTRICT.
% >> MY OPPONENT IN THIS FALL
% ELECTION IS NOT FROM HERE.
% HE DOES NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE OR
% THE COMMUNITIES OF THIS
% DISTRICT.
% HE DOESN'T SHARE OUR VALUES.
% THE THING IS THAT WE'RE HARD
% WORKING, GOD-FEARING PATRIOTIC
% PEOPLE OUT HERE.
% WHAT DERRICK VAN ORDEN'S
% TEMPERAMENT, JUDGMENT AND
% CHARACTER DOES NOT REFLECT THE
% PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT.
% >> THE BIG QUESTION, WHICH
% STYLE OF CAMPAIGN WILL TURN OUT
% ENOUGH VOTES TO WIN THE
% ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
% WHETHER IT IS THROUGH
% NATIONALIZED POLITICS.
% >> VAN ORDEN LEARNED HE CAN
% LOCK DOWN REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS
% BY EMPHASIZING HOW MUCH HE
% BACKS DONALD TRUMP.
% >> OR IF THE PATH TO VICTORY IS
% THROUGH LOCAL EFFORTS.
% >> AND SO BRAD PFAFF IS REALLY,
% I THINK, GOING TO TRY TO MODEL
% HIS CAMPAIGN AFTER RON KIND AND
% TRY TO SHOW WAYS WHERE HE IS
% DISTINCT FROM JOE BIDEN AND
% NANCY PELOSI AND WASHINGTON
% REPUBLICANS.%>> FOR "HERE AND
NOW" I'M IN