% >> DANIEL KELLY, THANKS VERY
% MUCH.%>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE
.
% APPRECIATE IT.
% >> WE WERE TO TURN TO LIBERAL
% CANDIDATE AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY
% CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE JANET
% PROTASIEWICZ NOW.
% HOWEVER, SHE ASKED JUSTICE JILL
% KUROWSKI TO APPEAR IN HER PLACE
% DUE TO ILLNESS.
% JUSTICE KUROWSKI RAN AND WON
% AFTER DEFEATING DANIEL KELLY IN
% 2020.%SHE JOINS US NOW.
% THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
% >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
% THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
% PINCH-HIT THIS MORNING.
% >> IT DOES SEEM IRREGULAR, BUT
% WITH SITTING SUPREME COURT
% JUSTICE STANDING IN FOR A
% CANDIDATE, BUT HOW DOES THIS
% SPEAK TO THE HIGH STAKES IN THIS
% ELECTION?
% >> I THINK EVERYTHING THAT
% WISCONSINITES CARE ABOUT IS ON
% THE LINE IN THIS ELECTION, FROM
% ABORTION RIGHTS TO THE 2024
% ELECTION TO DEMOCRACY ITSELF,
% ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO
% BE ON THE BALLOT ON APRIL 4th
% AND CERTAINLY ANYONE WHO HAS
% BEEN IN WISCONSIN FOR 20 SECONDS
% CAN'T ESCAPE THE FACT THAT THIS
% ELECTION IS HAPPENING, THAT
% WISCONSINITES AND VOTERS ARE
% PAYING ATTENTION, AND THAT THE
% WHOLE NATION IS WATCHING TO SEE
% HOW THIS ELECTION TURNS OUT.
% >> JANET PROTASIEWICZ CALLS
% DANIEL KELLY A TRUE THREAT TO
% DEMOCRACY, POINTING TO HIS WORK
% AS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE
% REPUBLICANS HATCHING THE
% FRAUDULENT ELECTOR SCHEME
% FOLLOWING THE 2020 ELECTION.
% COULDN'T IT BE SAID THAT HE WAS
% JUST DOIN DOING HIS JOB?
% >> I THINK DANIEL KELLY IS A
% TRUE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
% HE IS CORRUPT AND HE IS EXTREME
% AND WE HAVE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES
% OF THAT.
% I STARTED TO LAY THAT CASE OUT
% IN 2020 AND JANET PROTASIEWICZ
% HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE THAT CASE
% NOW IN 2023.
% IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE
% DECISIONS THAT HE RENDERED WHEN
% HE WAS ON THE SUPREME COURT, I
% HAVE NEVER SEEN A JUDGE FIRST
% DECIDE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF A
% CASE IS GOING TO BE, THE OUTCOME
% THAT HE WANTS, AND THEN WORK
% BACKWARDS MORE THAN DAN KELLY.
% YOU HAVE THE EXAMPLE OF THE ZIG
% CASE WHERE HE RECUSED HIMSELF
% AND THEN RECEIVED $20,000 IN
% UNRECUSED HIMSELF.
% I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW UNRECUSING
% YOURSELF WAS A THING WHEN
% SOMEONE FIRST ASKED ME ABOUT IT.
% IT'S AN OXYMORON.
% IT CAN'T BE.
% THESE CAN'T STILL, THREE YEARS
% LATER, YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THE
% CONSISTENCY OF HIS RULINGS,
% WHERE HE ALWAYS RULED IN FAVOR
% OF THE RIGHT WING SPECIAL
% INTERESTS WHEN HE WAS ON THE
% COURT.
% HE'S BEEN CAMPAIGNING WITH
% INSURRECTIONISTS, WITH
% ANTI-SEMITES, WITH ANTI-ELECTION
% DENIERS, AND JUST THIS WEEK, HE
% AND HIS CRONIES PUT AN AD UP
% ABOUT A CASE WHERE THEY ENDED
% UP -- IT'S HARD TON EVEN FIND
% THE WORDS FOR WHAT THEY DID TO
% THIS POOR VICTIM.
% THEY HARASSED HER, THEY
% REVICTIMIZED HER, THEY MADE HER
% RELIVE THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
% SEXUAL ASSAULT.
% SHE DIDN'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS
% CAMPAIGN, AND IF THAT IS NOT
% ACTING IN AN EXTREME AND CORRUPT
% MANNER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
% >> THE KELLY CAMPAIGN ATTACKS
% WITH SLOGANS LIKE "NO JAIL
% JANET" FOR SENTENCING DECISIONS,
% WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE
% ATTACKS AND HER BEING CALLED A
% SERIAL LIAR BY THE CONSERVATIVE
% OPPONENT?
% >> THOSE ARE BASELESS LIES.
% THEY ARE MEANT TO DISTRACT FROM
% THE FACT THAT DAN KELLY LOST IN
% 2020 AND HE'S VERY LIKELY TO
% LOSE IN 2023.
% COMPARE THEIR RECORDS.
% JUDGE JANET PROTASIEWICZ WAS IN
% THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
% IN MILWAUKEE FOR 25 YEARS.
% SHE STOOD UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF
% MILWAUKEE.%SHE PROTECTED THEI
R RIGHTS.
% SHE PROTECTED VICTIMS.
% SHE HELD DEFENDANTS ACCOUNTABLE.
% SHE MADE SURE THAT DEFENDANTS'
% RIGHTS WERE NOT VIOLATED, AND
% THEN SHE'S BEEN SERVING ON THE
% CIRCUIT COURT IN MILWAUKEE
% COUNTY FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
% COMPARE THAT TO THE CAREER OF
% DAN KELLY.
% DAN KELLY HAS NEVER SENTENCED A
% SINGLE PERSON.
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ HAS SENTENCED
% THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
% PEOPLE.%THEY CHERRY PICK A C
OUPLE OF
% CASES, THEY DON'T FULLY DISCLOSE
% WHAT THE FACTS ARE OF THOSE
% CASES, AND THEN THEY THROW UP
% THESE T.V. ADS WITH ALL THE
% OUTSIDE MONEY THAT'S COMING FROM
% THE RIGHT WING SPECIAL INTERESTS
% BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP DAN
% KELLY ON THE COURT BECAUSE THEY
% KNOW DAN KELLY WILL CARRY THEIR
% WATER AND HE WILL NOT SPILL A
% DROP OF IT.
% >> JANET PROTASIEWICZ HAS BEEN
% PLAYING ON HER VIEWS SUPPORTING
% ABORTION RIGHTS AND THAT
% WISCONSIN'S LEGISLATIVE MAPS ARE
% RIGGED.%WHY WOULD OPENLY STA
TED PERSONAL
% VIEWS NOT HINDER IMPARTIALITY AS
% A JUSTICE BUT DANIEL KELLY'S
% ENDORSEMENTS BY ANTI-ABORTION
% GROUPS, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD?
% >> WELL, LOOK.
% I THINK THERE'S -- I THINK DAN
% KELLY IS TALKING OUT OF BOTH
% SIDES OF HIS MOUTH.
% RIGHT?
% WHAT JANET PROTASIEWICZ HAS DONE
% IS SHE HAS SAID, I'M GOING TO
% TELL YOU WHAT MY VALUES ARE.
% DAN KELLY HAS BEEN SAYING, OH,
% I'M NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW,
% OVERTLY TELL YOU WHAT MY VALUES
% ARE.
% VOTERS IN WISCONSIN ARE
% INTELLIGENT.%THEY ARE SOPHIST
ICATED AND
% THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE FOOLED
% BY THAT AD.
% JUST LOOK AT DAN KELLY'S WORDS
% AND HIS ACTIONS.
% WE CAN LOOK IN HIS WRITINGS TO
% SEE HOW HE FEELS ABOUT ABORTION.
% YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RIGHT TO
% LIFE WHO HAS ENDORSED HIM AND IN
% ORDER FOR HIM TO GET THAT
% ENDORSEMENT, HE HAD TO PLEDGE TO
% BE ANTI-ENDORSEMENT.
% WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAPS, THE
% MAPS ARE RIGGED.
% I WROTE IN THE DESCENT THAT THE
% MAPS, I DIDN'T USE THE WORD,
% RIGGED, BUT IF YOU READ THE
% DISSENT, YOU WILL SEE THOSE MAPS
% ARE RIGGED.
% YOU CAN'T BE IN THIS STATE AND
% NOT REALIZE THAT.
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ IS SAYING THE
% QUIET PART OUT LOUD, DAN KELLY
% IS TRYING TO REMAIN KELLY, BUT
% LOOK AT HIS WORDS AND HIS
% ACTIONS.% THERE IS NO DOUBT
IN ANYBODY'S
% MIND THAT IF DAN KELLY HAS THE
% CHANCE TO RULE ON AN ABORTION
% CASE, HOW HE WILL RULE ON THAT
% CASE, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO
% BELIEVE THAT ANY PREGNANT PERSON
% IN THIS STATE WOULD WANT DAN
% KELLY MAKING SUCH AN IMPORTANT
% MEDICAL DECISION ON THEIR
% BEHALF.
% >> FOR HIS PART, KELLY STATES
% THAT HE PRACTICES THE RULE OF
% LAW AND HIS OPPONENT, WHAT HE
% CALLS THE RULE OF JANET,
% INTENDING, HE SAYS, TO PLACE
% HERSELF ABOVE THE LAW.
% WHAT ABOUT THAT?
% >> JANET PROTASIEWICZ HAS TALKED
% SEVERAL TIMES, I'VE HEARD HER
% TALK ABOUT TIMES WHERE SHE HAS
% FOLLOWED THE LAW AND SHE HASN'T
% WANTED TO.
% SHE TALKS ABOUT WHEN SHE'S HAD
% TO SENTENCE PEOPLE AND WHEN
% SHE'S RECEIVED SENTENCING
% RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE
% AND SHE'S RECEIVED SENTENCINGS
% RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEFENSE
% AND SHE HAS TO, IN THE END, CHEW
% WHAT THE RIGHT SENTENCE IS
% CHOOSE WHAT THE RIGHT SENTENCE
% IS.
% DAN KELLY, ON THE OTHER HAND, HE
% CANNOT PROVE, HE CANNOT SHOW YOU
% ONE TIME WHEN HE SAT ON THE
% SUPREME COURT WHEN HE DID NOT
% RULE IN FAVOR OF THE RIGHT WING
% SPECIAL INTERESTS.
% SO I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO
% QUESTION HERE WHO IS FOLLOWING
% THE RULE OF LAW.
% IT'S CLEAR IT IS NOT DAN KELLY.
% IT MOST DEFINITELY IS JUDGE
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ.
% >> AS TO RECUSAL RULES, DOES
% JANET PROTASIEWICZ HOLD THE
% INDIVIDUAL JUSTICES ALONE SHOULD
% GET TO DECIDE WHEN TO RECUSE OR
% STEP ASIDE FROM A CASE BECAUSE
% OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
% WITH ALL THE MONEY IN THIS RACE,
% IT SEEMS THAT THERE COULD BE A
% LOT OF CONFLICT.
% >> SURE.
% LET'S LOOK AT THE RECUSAL LAW.
% THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A
% HEARING ON THE RECUSAL LAW BACK
% IN 2016 OR 2017 WHEN DAN KELLY
% WAS ON THE COURT.
% THEY WOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW A
% HEARING.
% DAN KELLY VOTED AGAINST THE
% SUPREME COURT GETTING THE
% INFORMATION IT NEEDED IN ORDER
% TO CRAFT A RECUSAL RULE THAT
% WOULD BE FAIR TO VOTERS, THAT
% WOULD BE FAIR TO DONORS, THAT
% WOULD BE FAIR TO CANDIDATES,
% THAT WOULD BE FAIR TO JUSTICES.
% IN THIS RACE, JANET PROTASIEWICZ
% HAS SAID, I RECEIVED MILLIONS OF
% DOLLARS FROM DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
% WISCONSIN, SO IF THEY ARE A
% PARTY IN A LAWSUIT, I WILL
% RECUSE MYSELF.
% DAN KELLY HAS MADE NO SUCH
% PROMISE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS
% RECEIVED, I THINK AS OF
% YESTERDAY, IT WAS EITHER 5.1 OR
% 5.8 MILLION DOLLARS FROM
% WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS AND
% COMMERCE.
% >> WE HAVE JUST 15 SECONDS LEFT.
% FINAL PITCH IN THIS RACE.
% >> THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST
% SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT%EL
ECTION IN OUR LIFETIME.
% PLEASE GO AND VOTE ON APRIL
% 4th FOR YOUR SEAT ON THE
% WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT.
% THANK YOU.
% >> JUSTICE JILL KUROWSKI, THANKS
% VERY MUCH FOR PINCH-HITTING.