1 00:00:00,734 --> 00:00:01,702 Wisconsin Attorney General 2 00:00:01,768 --> 00:00:02,336 Josh Kaul 3 00:00:02,402 --> 00:00:03,770 announced this week he's 4 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,205 running for reelection 5 00:00:05,272 --> 00:00:06,473 to that office 6 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:07,841 not for governor. 7 00:00:07,908 --> 00:00:08,809 Would it be fair to say 8 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:09,676 that Josh Kaul 9 00:00:09,743 --> 00:00:10,878 would have been considered 10 00:00:10,944 --> 00:00:11,812 the front runner? 11 00:00:11,879 --> 00:00:12,613 Oh, absolutely. 12 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:14,615 He's a statewide elected officia 13 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,016 who's won twice 14 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:17,751 in tough environments. 15 00:00:17,818 --> 00:00:18,352 So, yeah 16 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:19,386 he would have been 17 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:20,621 a great candidate. 18 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:21,421 He'll be a great 19 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:22,890 attorney general candidate again 20 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:24,091 and I believe that 21 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:25,692 if some changes are made 22 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:26,960 in terms of the environment 23 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,028 that he'll win again. 24 00:00:28,095 --> 00:00:28,629 He's run and won 25 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,564 statewide twice before. 26 00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:31,331 He's got a record. 27 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:32,199 He's got a base 28 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:33,467 a statewide base. 29 00:00:33,534 --> 00:00:34,768 It's big news for us 30 00:00:34,835 --> 00:00:35,869 that one of the top tier 31 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:37,104 candidates got out of the way. 32 00:00:37,171 --> 00:00:38,939 So that leaves Democrats 33 00:00:39,006 --> 00:00:39,907 I think their bench is 34 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:40,507 a little bit short. 35 00:00:40,574 --> 00:00:41,141 Right now 36 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:41,808 the top tier is 37 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:42,509 David Crowley 38 00:00:42,576 --> 00:00:43,777 Milwaukee County Executive 39 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:44,511 Sara Rodriguez 40 00:00:44,578 --> 00:00:45,646 lieutenant governor 41 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:46,713 and they're waiting to see 42 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:47,447 whether or not 43 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:48,148 former Lieutenant Governor 44 00:00:48,215 --> 00:00:49,349 Mandela Barnes gets in. 45 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:50,951 That would be their top tier 46 00:00:51,018 --> 00:00:51,752 and I feel pretty good 47 00:00:51,818 --> 00:00:52,553 about our chances 48 00:00:52,619 --> 00:00:53,253 against that. 49 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,254 But, you know, Democrats 50 00:00:54,321 --> 00:00:54,955 have an embarrassment 51 00:00:55,022 --> 00:00:55,589 of riches. 52 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:56,223 They have some really 53 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:57,224 really good candidates. 54 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:57,891 They have some candidates 55 00:00:57,958 --> 00:00:58,592 who are still talking 56 00:00:58,659 --> 00:00:59,660 and thinking about it. 57 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,528 But, to run against 58 00:01:02,329 --> 00:01:03,230 what I would argue 59 00:01:03,297 --> 00:01:03,897 is the frontrunner 60 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:04,698 in Tom Tiffany 61 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:06,466 who is basically 62 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:07,801 an extension of Donald Trump 63 00:01:07,868 --> 00:01:08,602 and everything 64 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:10,170 that you dislike and fear 65 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:11,238 about Donald Trump 66 00:01:11,305 --> 00:01:12,706 is embodied in Tom Tiffany. 67 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:13,907 Nobody on the Dem side 68 00:01:13,974 --> 00:01:14,908 has Tiffany's record. 69 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:15,542 He was elected 70 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:16,343 to local office 71 00:01:16,410 --> 00:01:17,411 to state office 72 00:01:17,477 --> 00:01:18,445 state Assembly and state Senate 73 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:19,179 and now Congress. 74 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:21,248 So he's eminently qualified. 75 00:01:21,315 --> 00:01:22,082 He is a strong 76 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:23,450 consistent conservative. 77 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:24,484 So is Josh Schoemann. 78 00:01:24,551 --> 00:01:25,419 I think we have 79 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:26,019 an embarrassment 80 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:26,987 of riches on our side 81 00:01:27,054 --> 00:01:27,621 and it's going to 82 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,690 play out pretty well.