YOU,
FREDERICA.%- >>
WHY DID
YOU
SUPPORT
LIMITING
%- THE
PRESIDENT'S WAR
POWERS
IN
%- IRAN?%->>
WELL,
HONESTLY, THIS HAS
BEEN
%- OVERDUE FROM
PROBABLY A
FEW
%- DECADES.
%- THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS
%- THE SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
%- PUTTING OUR COUNTRY
INTO A
WAR
%- UNLESS
THERE HAS
BEEN
AN
ATTACK
%- DIRECTLY
AGAINST
OUR
COUNTRY
AND%- A FEW OTHER
PROVISIONS.
%- AND
IT'S
VER
Y
CLEAR THAT
THE
%- LAST COUPLE
DECADES
CONGRESS HAS
%- GIVEN UP TOO MUCH
OF THAT
POWER
%- TO THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
AND
%- PRESIDENTS, BOTH
DEMOCRATS AND
%- REPUBLICANS, HAVE
LOOSELY
U
SED
%- OLD
2001, 2002
AUTHORIZATIONS TO
%- GO
INTO
WAR
FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.
%- AND
IT'
S
LONG
OVERDUE THAT
W
E
%- DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
%- WHAT WE SAW
THE
PRESIDENT DO
%- LAST
WEEKEND
WAS
ANOTHER
EXAMPLE%- AN OF
SOMEONE
NO
T
COMING
T
O
%- CONGRESS AS
THEY'RE
SUPPOSED
TO
%- FOR ADVICE
AND
CONSENT.
%- WE
JUST
NEED
TO
DO THIS
NOT
JUST
%- FOR DONALD TRUMP, BUT
FOR
ANY
%- FUTURE
PRESIDENT.
%- WE HAVE TO
GO BACK TO WHAT
THE
%- CONSTITUTION
SAYS
AND
THAT
MEANS
%- CONGRESS
HAS
THAT SOLE
POWER.%- >>
REPRESENTATIVE
GALLAGHER SAID%- IT WILL HAVE
THE
PRACTICAL
%- EFFECT OF
UNDERMINING OUR
%- MILITARY.%-WHAT
IS
YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
%- >>
THAT'S
POLITICAL
RHETORIC.
%- I
KNOW WH
EN I
T
COMES
TO
THINGS
%- THAT
INVOLVE
WAR, WE
HAVE TO
GET
%- BEYOND
OUR
LITTLE WHAT
TEAM
%- WE'RE
O
N,
WHAT
PARTY
WE'RE
ON
%- AND
T
ALK ABOUT
WHAT'S
RIGHT
FOR
%- THE
COUNTRY.
%- AND IN THIS
CASE,
IF
YOU
ARE A
%- COEQUAL
BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT,
%- CONGRESS,
AND
CONSTITUTION
%- EXPLICITLY SAYS
IT'S
CONGRESS'S
%- ROLE, WE
SHOULD GET
TOGETHER
AND
%- RECLAIM
THAT
ROLE
BECAUSE WHAT
%- WE DON'T
WAN
T
O
HAPPEN
IS
%- PRESIDENTS
LOOSELY
USING OLD
%- AUTHORIZATIONS TO GO INTO
WAR
%- FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.
%- FOR
EXAMPLE,
IN
THIS
CASE,
THAT
%- 2002 AUTHORIZATION TO
GO
INTO
%- WAR WAS
SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT
%- SADDAM
HUSSAIN
IN
IRAQ AND IT
%- WAS
THE RATIONALE USED
BY
THE
%- PRESIDENT THIS TIME
TO
DO
%- SOMETHING
IN
IRAQ
JUST
BECAUSE
%- IT HAD
THE
W
ORD
IRAQ.
%- THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS
INTENDED BY
%- CONGRESS BACK IN
2002.
%- THAT'S
WHY WE
NEED
TO,
AGAIN,
AS
%- THE
CONSTITUTIONAL
AUTHORITY IS
%- GIVEN TO
CONGRESS,
TAKE THA
T
%- BACK
S
O
THAT
ANY
PRESIDENT,
%- DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN,
%- UNDERSTANDS THEY HAVE
TO
COME
%- BEFORE CONGRESS IN
ORDER
TO
D
O
%- THAT.%->>
WELL,
WHAT'S
YOUR
POSITION ON
%- THE
ASSASSINATION OF
GENERAL
%- SOLEIMANI?%->>
WELL,
AGAIN,
I
THINK
ONE OF
%- THE
TROUBLING THINGS WE
H
AD,
WE
%- HAD A CLASSIFIED
BRIEFING THIS
%- WEEK.
%- ALSO I
WENT
INTO A CLASSIFIED
%- SETTING AND READ
THE
PRESIDENT'S
%- TWO-PAGE REASONS WHY
WE DID
%- THIS.
%- THE PROBLEM I
S
-
AND
IT'S
NOT
%- JUST COMING FROM
ME,
B
UT
IT'S
%- COMING FROM
REPUBLICANS IN
THE
%- SENATE
AND
OTHERS,
THEY
DIDN'T
%- GIVE
US
ANY
JUSTIFICATION.
%- IT WAS
SAID
WE
DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE
%- OR
WHEN,
BUT IT WAS
IMMINENT.
%- IT SHOULD BE
SOMETHING THAT IS
%- ACTUALLY
F
ACTUAL.
%- EVERY TIME WE
ASKED,
WELL, WHAT
%- WAS THE
IMMINENT
WARNING?
%- WELL, IT
WAS
IMMINENT.
%- WHAT
WAS
IMMINENT?
%- IT
WAS A
WARNING.
%- WE
NEED
HARD
FACTS T
O
KNOW I
F
%- IT'S SOMETHING
T
HE
PRESIDENT HAD
%- TO D
O
OR DID HE
HAVE THE
TIME TO
%- COME TO CONGRESS
AND DO IT.
%- IN THIS
PARTICULAR
C
ASE
THAT
%- ASSASSINATION HAS BEEN
%- CONSIDERED
B
Y
PREVIOUS
%- PRESIDENTS WHO
DID
NOT DO
IT
%- BECAUSE
THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE
%- SEVERE.
%- WE DID
GET
SOME
BACKGROUND
WHAT
%- THOSE
CONSEQUENCES COULD BE
%- ACCORDING
T
O
THE
INTELLIGENCE%- COMMUNITY AND IT
WAS A
BAD
%- ASSESSMENT
WITHOUT A
REAL
%- IMMINENT REASON.
%- THAT'S WHY
I
THINK
AGAIN
%- CONGRESS NEEDS
TO UNDERSTAND
I
S
%- THE
COEQUAL BRANCH
OF
%- GOVERNMENT.
%- IT'S
N
OT
ABOUT
DEMOCRATS AND
%- REPUBLICANS.
%- IT'S
ABOUT
BEING AMERICANS.
%- WE
NEED
TO
RECLAIM
THAT
%- AUTHORITY PER
THE
CONSTITUTION%- THAT
CONGRESS
HAS.
%- AND
I
THINK
YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE
%- SOME OTHER
MEASURES
COMING
IN%- THE
COMING
WEEKS THAT
ARE
ALSO
%- GOING TO DO THAT.
%- I THINK
WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE
%- SOMETHING THAT
SAY
S
N
O
FUNDS
CAN
%- GO TOWARDS
WAR
W
ITH
IRAN
AND
SEE
%- SOMETHING
REPEALING
THAT
2002
%- ITEM, SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE
%- DONE A
LONG ITEM
A
GO.%- >>
WHERE DO YOU
THINK
THIS
U.S.
%- MILITARY ACTION
AND
REVENGE FOR
%- IT LEAVES OUR
PEOPLE?
%- >> WE ARE
WITHOUT A
DOUBTLESS
%- SAFE
TODAY
THAN WE
WERE A
WEEK
%- AGO.
%- BECAUSE B
Y
DOING
SOMETHING THAT
%- IS
ESSENTIALLY
ASSASSINATING THE
%- NUMBER TWO PERSON
OF A
COUNTRY%- THAT HAS
THE
EIGHTH
LARGEST
%- MILITARY ON
THE
PLANET, THAT IS
%- NOT A
GOOD
IDEA
UNLESS YOU
HAD
%- SOME REAL REASON.
%- AND SINCE WE
HAVE
NOT
SEEN A
%- REAL
REASON,
IT
PUTS
US
AT
%- GREATER RISK.
%- EVEN THOUGH
WE
SAW
ONE
REACTION
%- FROM
IRAN,
WHAT WE
THINK
IS
%- GOING TO
HAPPEN
IS
THERE'S
GOING%- TO
BE
MORE
SURROGATE
REACTIONS
%- THAT COULD HAPPEN
IN
THE
WEEKS
%- TO
COME
THA
T
MAKE
THE
REGION
%- LESS SAFE.
%- THAT
IS A BAD
THING.
%- IF
W
E
EVER HAVE
T
O
CONSIDER
%- SENDING MEN
AND
WOMEN
FROM
THE%- UNITED
STATES OVER TO
THE
%- MIDEAST,
THAT
HAS TO
BE A
VERY
%- THOUGHTFUL DECISION.
%- THE
PRESIDENT
PROMISED
HE WAS
%- GOING
TO
END
ENDLESS
WARS,
BRING%- TROOPS
H
OME, BUT
RIGHT
NOW WE
%- HAVE
15,000 MORE TROOPS
IN
THE
%- MIDEAST THAN WE
DID
SIX
MONTHS
%- AGO AND
THAT'S NOT
GOOD FOR
%- PEACE.%->>
JUST
VERY
BRIEFLY
AS
WE
CLOSE%- THIS OUT, ALL OF
THIS
SAID,
I%- TRUST DOES NOT MEAN THAT
YOU
ARE
%- DEFENDING SOLEIMANI?%->> NO.
%- NO ONE IS.
%- IN
FACT,
TODAY
REPUBLICANS ARE
%- STARTING
TO
APOLOGIZE FOR
THEIR
%- RHETORIC OF THE
WEEK
THAT
THEY
%- SAID PEOPLE
WERE
STANDING
IN
THE
%- AYATOLLAH.
%- THAT'S
RIDICULOUS.
%- WHAT'S IMPORTANT
IS
YOU
DON'T
%- PUT THE
BLUE
OR
RED CAP
ON.
%- YOU SAID WHAT IS
IN
THE
BEST
%- INTEREST OF PEACE
IN THE
MIDDLE
%- EAST
AND
NOT
HAVING
T
O
SEND
%- AMERICAN MEN
AND
WOMEN
OVERSEAS.
%- RIGHT
NOW IT
IS
BY
HAVING
%- DEESCALATION,
HAVING
DIPLOMACY
%- AND I'M
HOPING THAT'S WHAT
WE'LL
%- DO MOVING
FORWARD.%- >>
ALL
RIGHT.
%- REPRESENTATIVE MARK POCAN,
%- THANKS VERY
MUCH.
%- >>
YEAH.
%- THANK
YOU,
FREDERICA.%- >>
NOW BACK TO
2020
ELECTION
%- COVERAGE OF THE
STATE SUPREME
%- COURT RACE.
%- IN
TONIGHT'S
CLOSER
LOOK,
WE
%- CONTINUE OUR
INTERVIEWS WITH
THE
%- CANDIDATES RUNNING
IN
THE
%- FEBRUARY 18
PRIMARY RACE FOR
THE
%- HIGH COURT.
%- LAST
WEEK,
WE
SPOKE
WITH
%- INCUMBENT
JUSTICE
DANIEL KELLY.
%- NEXT
WEEK JILL KAROFSKY WILL BE
%- HERE.
%- TONIGHT, A
CONVERSATION
WITH ED
%- FALLONE W
HO
BEGAN
HIS
CAREER
IN
%- PRIVATE LAW
PRACTICE
IN%- WASHINGTON D.C.
%- HE'S BEEN ON
THE
FACULTY
OF
THE%- MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
%- FOR THE P
AST
25
YEARS.
%- ED FALLONE
JOINS
US
TONIGHT
FROM
%- MILWAUKEE AND
THANKS VERY
MUCH
%- FOR BEING
HERE.
%- >>
PLEASURE TO BE
HERE,
%- FREDERICA.%->>
WELL,
WHY ARE
YOU
RUNNING FOR
%- THE
STATE SUPREME
COURT?%- >>
OH,
WELL,
I
TELL
Y
OU,
YOU
%- MENTION
I
RAN
FOR
THE
COURT
IN
%- 2013.%-AT THAT TIME I WAS
TALKING
ABOUT
%- THE DYSFUNCTION
IN
THE
COURT,
%- THE FACT
THAT
WE
HAD
ONE
JUSTICE
%- PHYSICALLY
ASSAULT
ANOTHER
%- JUSTICE, AND I
SAID IT
WAS
TIME
%- TO END
THE
DYSFUNCTION AND
GET
%- THE
COURT
WORKING TOGETHER.
%- AND
AS
I'VE WATCHED
SINCE
THEN,
%- AS WE
GET
TO
NOW
2020, I
F
%- ANYTHING, THE
COURT IS
MORE
%- DIVIDED.
%- IT SEEMS THEY
DON'T
TALK
TO EACH
%- OTHER.
%- AND I
THINK
WE MORE
THAN
EVER
%- NEED
TO
REFORM
THE COURT AND
%- MAKE A
CHANGE.%- >>
HOW
DO
YOU
REFORM
THE
COURT
%- TO
FIX WHAT YOU
DESCRIBED THEN
%- AND
SAY
PERSISTS
AS
DYSFUNCTION?%- >>
WELL,
I
THINK
IT'S
IMPORTANT
%- TO
RECOGNIZE
THAT WE NEED A
%- WIDER DIVERSITY
OF
EXPERIENCE
%- AND A
WIDER
DIVERSITY
OF
LEGAL
%- PERSPECTIVES ON THE COURT.%-IF YOU WANT
T
O
CHANGE THE
WORK%- OF THE COURT
AND
MAKE
IT
BETTER,
%- YOU
BRING
MORE
VIEWPOINTS,
MORE
%- PERSPECTIVE.%-AND S
O
WHA
T I
BRING
IS A
%- CONSTITUTIONAL
L
AW
PROFESSOR,
%- SOMEONE
WHO'S AN
E
XPERIENCED
%- CRIMINAL DEFENSE
LAWYER AND
%- SOMEONE
WHO'S
WORKED
AS A
%- COMMUNITY
ADVOCATE
IN
%- COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS PROVIDING%-LAWYERS TO
WORKING
FAMILIES AND
%- TRY AND
GET
MORE
PERSPECTIVE
SO%- WE CAN
GET
THE
COMMUNICATION%- GOING AND
BUILD
CONSENSUS.
%- JUST
ELECTING MORE OF
THE
SAME
%- JUDGES
WITH
NARROW
PERSPECTIVES%- IS NOT
GOING
T
O
CHANGE OUR
%- SYSTEM.%->>
Y
OU
ALSO
SAID
SEVEN
YEARS
%- THAT IT
IS A
MISTAKE
TO
INJECT
%- POLITICS
INTO JUDICIAL
RACES
AND%- YET
TODAY
THE
IDEA
THAT SUPREME%- COURT
ELECTIONS
ARE
NONPARTISAN
%- IS
LARGELY
IN
NAME
ONLY.
%- YOU
ARE
ENDORSED BY
THE
%- MILWAUKEE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
%- WHY
SHOULDN'T CITIZENS
BELIEVE
%- THAT
RESULTS
I
N
PARTISAN,
%- FOREGONE
DECISIONS?
%- >>
WELL,
FIRST
LET M
E
CORRECT
%- YOU.
%- I DON'T BELIEVE
I'
VE
BEEN
%- ENDORSED
BY
THE
MILWAUKEE
COUNTY
%- DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
%- IF IT
HAPPENED, IT WAS
NEWS
TO
%- ME.
%- I AM
RUNNING A
NONPARTISAN%- CAMPAIGN.%-IN
FACT,
I'M
THE
ONLY
CANDIDATE
%- WHO'S
TRYING
TO
KEEP
POLITICS%- OUT OF
THIS
RACE.
%- WE HAVE
OUR
INCUMBENT, DANIEL
%- KELLY, WHO YOU
INTERVIEWED LAST%- WEEK.
%- HE'S
LOCATED
HIS
CAMPAIGN
%- HEADQUARTERS IN
THE
REPUBLICAN
%- PARTY
HEADQUARTERS.
%- HE'S AN
EMBRACED
HIS
POLITICAL
%- AFFILIATION.
%- ON THE OTHER
HAND,
%- WE
SEE
PARTISAN
ATTACKS BEING
%- MADE
BY
OTHER
CANDIDATES
THAT
%- REALLY POISON
THE WATERS
AND
%- PREVENT ANY
S
ORT
OF
COOPERATION
%- OR
CONSENSUS-BUILDING.
%- MY
CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN TO
MAKE AN
%- AFFIRMATIVE CASE FOR
MY
%- EXPERIENCE AS A LAW
PROFESSOR,
%- MY EXPERIENCE
STANDING
SHOULDER
%- TO
SHOULDER
WITH
WORKING
%- FAMILIES WHO
HAVE LEGAL
PROBLEMS%- AND TRYING T
O
HELP
THEM
GET
%- LEGAL
REPRESENTATION.
%- AND
MY
EXPERIENCE
IN
THE
LATINO%- COMMUNITY.%-I WOULD B
E
THE
FIRST
LATINO
%- JUSTICE
ON
OUR
STATE SUPREME%- COURT.
%- AND I
UNDERSTAND
THE
CHALLENGES%- OF
OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN
%- THE STATE
AND HAVE
BEEN
WORKING
%- FOR O
VER 25
YEARS
TO
TRY
AND
%- HELP AND
GIVE BACK
TO
THAT
%- COMMUNITY.
%- SO I'M
MAKING A
N
AFFIRMATIVE
%- CASE
BASED O
N
MY
QUALIFICATIONS.
%- I AM
NOT
ENGAGING
PARTISAN
%- ATTACKS.%->> DO YOU FEEL
A
S
THOUGH
ANY
%- RECENT
DECISIONS FROM
O
UR
HIGH
%- COURT HAVE BEEN
POLITICAL?
%- >>
OH
, I
THINK
SO.
%- I THINK
W
E
SEE SOME
VERY
%- TROUBLING TRENDS.
%- WE'VE SEEN OPINIONS
IN
THE
LAST
%- FEW YEARS
WHERE
CERTAIN
JUSTICES%- ON THE
C
OURT
MAKE
NOTICE OF
THE
%- POLITICAL
AFFILIATION OF THE
%- PARTIES IN
THE
CASE,
WHICH
IS
%- NEVER
RELEVANT
TO
DECIDING A
%- LEGAL
QUESTION.
%- AND WE
SE
E
INSTANCES
WHERE
THE%- COURTS -
-
THE
JUSTICES
SOMETIMES
%- DON'T EVEN SEEM
TO
TALK TO
EACH
%- OTHER.
%- ONE
BLOCK IS
TALKING
TO
ITSELF,
%- WRITING
ITS OWN
OPINION.
%- THE OTHER
BLOCK
IS
DISSENTING.
%- AND I DON'T SEE ANY
EFFORT, ANY
%- EFFORT REALLY TO
REACH ACROSS
%- THE DIVIDE AND TRY
AND
FIND
%- CONSENSUS IN THE
MIDDLE.
%- AND THAT'S WHAT
I
FIND
%- TROUBLING.
%- BECAUSE THE
COURT
BELONGS TO
ALL%- OF
US
IN
WISCONSIN.
%- IT WORKS
FOR
A
LL OF
US.
%- AND
IT'S
SELF-INDULGENT FOR
THE
%- JUSTICES TO
JUST
VIEW
IT
AS
%- THEIR
O
WN
PARTISAN FIGHT
TO
%- EXPRESS THEIR
OWN
PARTISAN
%- VIEWS.%->> WHAT'S
YOUR
POSITION
ON
%- WHETHER
RECUSAL RULES SHOULD BE
%- TIGHTER?%->>
WELL, THIS
IS
SOMETHING I'VE
%- BEEN
VERY
CONSISTENT ON.
%- WHEN I
RAN
IN
2013, IT
WAS ONE
%- OF
M
Y
MAJOR
CAMPAIGN
PLATFORMS
%- AND
IT
CONTINUES TO BE.
%- IT'S
JUST
THIS
SIMPLE.%- WE
HAVE A
CURRENT COURT
RULE%- THAT
ALLOWS
JUSTICES
T
O SIT
ON
%- CASES
AND
DECIDE
CASES
WHEN A
%- MAJOR
CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTOR IS
%- ONE OF THE PARTIES
I
N
THE
CASE.
%- AND THAT'S
JUST
WRONG,
BECAUSE
%- IF SOMEONE
LOSES
IN A LAWSUIT
AT
%- OUR
STATE SUPREME
COURT
OR
%- ANYWHERE
AND
THEY
WALK
AWAY
FROM
%- THE
COURTROOM
WITHOUT
KNOWING
%- WHETHER THEY LOST
ON
THE
MERITS%- OR
THEY
LOST
BECAUSE
THEIR
%- OPPONENT HAD
MADE
SIGNIFICANT%- CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE
%- JUDGE, THAT
UNDERMINES OUR
%- SYSTEM O
F
JUSTICE.
%- WE
NEED
T
O
CHANGE THA
T
RULE
AN
D
%- THAT'S
SOMETHING I'V
E
%- CONSISTENTLY
ARGUED FOR AS A%- CANNED EIGHT AND
E
VEN IN
WORKING
%- WITH COMMON CAUSE
WISCONSIN
AND
%- OTHER
GROUPS
ADVOCATING
FOR
%- CHANGE SINCE
TH
EN.
%- >>
DANIEL
KELLY
SAYS
HE
ONLY
%- APPLIES THE
LA
W IN
CASES
AND
%- DOESN'T,
QUOTE, LEGISLATE FROM
%- THE
BENCH.
%- HOW WOULD YOU
VIEW
YOUR
ROLE
AS%- A
JUSTICE?
%- >>
WELL,
FIRST O
I WOULD
%- COMPLETELY TAKE ISSUE
WITH
%- JUSTICE
KELLY'S
SELF-SERVING%- DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
HE
DOES.
%- IT'S
VERY
CLEAR THAT
HE
HAS AN
%- AGENDA ON THE
BENCH.
%- THIS IS
SOMEONE WHO
ATTENDED
THE
%- CHRISTIAN
BROADCASTING
NETWORK%- UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
OF
LAW, A
LAW
%- SCHOOL THAT WAS
FOUNDED
WITH
THE
%- PURPOSE
O
F
ADVOCATING A
BIBLICAL
%- INTERPRETATION OF
OUR
%- CONSTITUTION.
%- IT'S SOMEONE WHO
REPRESENTED
%- REPUBLICAN OFFICE
HOLDERS AND
%- THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN
HIS
%- LEGAL PRACTICE.
%- HE'S
SOMEONE
WHO
HI
S
WHOLE
LEGAL
%- CAREER
HAS
ADVOCATED
FOR AN
%- AGENDA.
%- SO IF THERE
I
S
SUCH A
THING
AS%- AN
ACTIVIST ON THE
RIGHT,
%- CERTAINLY
JUSTICE
KELLY F
ITS
%- THAT
DEFINITION.
%- I HAVE BEEN
PRINCIPLED.
%- I HAVE
STOOD
FOR
THINGS LIKE
%- RIGHTING
FOR
EQUAL
PROTECTION
%- UNDER THE LAW,
FIGHTING FOR
FREE
%- SPEECH UNDER THE
LAW.
%- BUT THESE
ARE
PRINCIPLES THAT%- ARE
GROUNDED
IN
OUR
%- CONSTITUTION.
%- THEY'RE THE
SAME
EXACT
%- PRINCIPLES
I'LL FIGHT
FOR
WHEN
I
%- TAKE THE OATH
O
F
OFFICE ON
THE
%- BENCH.%->> ED
FALLONE,
THANKS
VERY
MUCH
%- FOR
JOINING
U
S.
%- >>
MY
PLEASURE.
%- IN IN
FACT, A
QUICK RECHECK
%- SHOWS THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
OF
%- MILWAUKEE COUNTY
ITSELF DID
NOT
%- ENDORSE,
BUT
PEOPLE
LISTING
%- THEIR AFFILIATION
WI
TH THE
PARTY
%- HAVE DONE SO.
%- NEXT
WEEK,
CANDIDATE JILL%- KAROFSKY WILL JOIN
US.
%- FOR
SOME
ELECTION
YEAR
%- FORESIGHT, WE
NOW
TURN
T
O
OUR
%- POLITICAL
PANELISTS SCOT
ROSS
%- AND BILL
MCCOSHEN.
%- IT'S NOT
TOO
LATE
FOR
2020
%- PREDICTIONS AND
THAT'S WHAT
WE%- ASKED THEM
TO PROVIDE
TONIGHT.
%- HAPPY NEW YEAR.
%- >>
HAPPY NEW YEAR.%- >>
THANKS
FOR
HAVING
US.
%- >>
WE
START WITH
YOU,
BILL.
%- YOUR FIRST ONE
I
S
THAT
HOUSE
%- DEMOCRATS
WILL
LOSE
14
SEATS
AND
%- COME BACK
WITH A
SLIM,
%- UNMANAGEABLE
MAJORITY,
2018,
I
N
%- 2021.
%- SO
WHY
D
O
YOU
THINK
THAT?
%- >>
THAT'S
AS
OF
TODAY.
%- THAT COULD
CHANGE.
%- THERE'S
232
DEMOCRATS,
198
%- REPUBLICANS, ONE
INDEPENDENT
AND
%- FOUR
VACANCIES
INCLUDING THE
%- WISCONSIN
7
TH
DISTRICT
WHICH
%- WON'T
GET
DECIDED
UNTIL
MAY.
%- NANCY
PELOSI
WILL
LIKELY
KEEP%- HER
MAJORITY, BUT
BY
THE
%- SLIMMEST
OF
MARGINS.
%- 32
DEMOCRATS ARE
IN
SEATS
THAT%- DONALD TRUMP WON.
%- AT LEAST
HAL
F
O
F
THOSE WILL
FLIP%- BACK TO THE
REPUBLICANS.%- >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT?
%- >> I
THINK
THAT
DEMOCRATS AND
%- INDEPENDENTS
LITERALLY RAN
TO
%- THE
POLLS IN 2018
TO
REJECT%- DONALD TRUMP.
%- IT'S GOING TO
BE
EVEN
M
ORE
%- DISTINCT.
%- I THINK THEY
GROW
THE
MAJORITY.%- >>
WELL,
I
GUESS
I
T'S A
%- PREDICTION AND
WE'LL
SEE,
RIGHT?
%- LET'S GO TO
YOURS,
SCOTT.
%- YOU SAY
THAT
THE
DEMOCRATIC
%- PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
WILL WIN
%- WISCONSIN'S
T
EN
ELECTORAL
VOTES,
%- LEADING
TO A
D
EMOCRATIC
%- PRESIDENT
JANUARY 20,
2021.
%- >> YES.
%- THE
DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE WILL
BE%- A
BETTER
CANDIDATE
AND
HUMAN
%- BEING
THAN
THE
RACIST,
SEXIST
%- THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT
UP.
%- HIGHER
WAGES,
BETTER HEALTH
%- CARE, STUDENT
LOAN
REFORM,
%- ENDING THE TAX
CUTS
THAT
HAVE
%- GIVEN
COMPANIES
LIKE
IBM,
%- NETFLIX
AND
OTHERS
HUNDREDS OF
%- MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS
I
N
TAX
%- BREAKS WHEN
THEY'RE
MAKING
--
%- AMAZON,
$11
BILLION IN PROFIT.
%- IT
GOT
$129
MILLION
BACK AS A
%- RESULT OF
THE
TRUMP
TAX
CUTS.
%- THE THIRD
REASON
IS
BECAUSE
%- DEMOCRATS ARE NOT
GOING
TO
TAKE
%- WISCONSIN FOR
GRANTED THIS
TIME.
%- THEY'RE ALREADY
D
OING
%- COMMUNICATIONS,
ATTACKING TRUMP
%- ON A DAILY
BASIS
IN
THE
LOCAL
%- AND STATE
MEDIA,
I
N
DIGITAL AND
%- AT THE
DOORS.
%- THAT'S GOING TO BE THE
KEY.
%- WISCONSIN WILL
BE A DEMOCRATIC
%- STATE IN
2020.
%- >>
TRUMP
WINS
WISCONSIN.
%- HE
TAKES
THE
T
EN
ELECTORAL
%- VOTES.
%- DEMOCRATS ARE WELL
ON
THEIR
W
AY
%- TO
NOMINATING
SOMEONE
WHO
WILL
%- KEEP A
PORTION
O
F
THEIR
PARTY
%- HOME
JUST
LIKE HILLARY CLINTON
%- DID.
%- JOE
BIDEN.
%- THE
PROGRESSIVES WON'T COME
OUT%- FOR HIM.
%- HE'S
LIKELY TO BE
THEIR
NOMINEE.
%- >> I DID
NOT
REALIZE YOU
WERE
%- THE
AOC
WHISPERER.%- >> ALL RIGHT.
%- LET'S MOVE
T
O
STATE
POLITICAL
%- PREDICTIONS.
%- HERE
IS BILL MCCOSHEN'S.
%- THE
GOP
WILL
WIN
T
HREE
SEATS
AND
%- COME BACK
WITH A
RECORD
21
%- SEATS.
%- SO
THESE
ARE
ALL
INTERESTING
%- DISTRICTS.%->>
RIGHT.%- >>
YOU'RE
SUGGESTING
THAT%- JENNIFER SCHILLING
GOES
DOWN.
%- >>
LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE OTHER
%- TWO.
%- THE
10TH
DISTRICT HAS BEEN
%- REPUBLICAN
FOR A
LONG
TIME,
%- SHEILA
HARSDORF,
HER
BROTHER JIM
%- BEFORE
THAT.
%- THIS HAS BEEN A
REPUBLICAN
SEAT
%- THAT
PATTI
SCHACHTNER WON
DURING
%- THE
%- THOSE
YEARS.%- THAT
IS A
REPUBLICAN SEAT.
%- 53% ON
AVERAGE REPUBLICAN SEAT.
%- SO
JUST
NORMAL
PERFORMANCE WOULD
%- PUT A REPUBLICAN BACK
IN THAT
%- SEAT.
%- THAT
WOULD PUT
R
EPUBLICANS AT
%- 20.
%- THE OTHER
ONE
I
THINK THEY CAN
%- GET IS
NOW DAVE
HANSON'S
SEAT,
%- THE
30TH
IN GREEN
BAY.
%- DONALD
TRUMP
GOT
52, SCOTT
%- WALKER GOT
52.
%- VUKMIR
GOT
48%.
%- THAT SEAT I
S
ABOUT A
51%.
%- HANSON
ANNOUNCED THIS
WEEK
HE'S
%- RETIRING.
%- HE'S A
STRONG
CANDIDATE,
THE
%- FAVORITE TO
GET
REELECTED.
%- THAT GIVES
REPUBLICANS AN%- OPPORTUNITY TO GET
THEIR
21ST
%- SEAT, WHICH WOULD
B
E
THEIR
%- LARGEST SENATE
MAJORITY
IN 5
0
%- YEARS.%->>
WHAT
ABOUT JENNIFER
%- SCHILLING'S
DISTRICT?
%- >>
THAT'S A
TOUGHER ONE.
%- TRUMP
DOE
S
WELL
ALONG WESTERN
%- WISCONSIN.
%- IT'S
LIKELY
RON
KIND WILL BE
%- TARGETED
AGAIN.
%- IF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
PUTS THE
%- RESOURCES IN THAT
DISTRICT, THEN
%- THERE'S A GOOD
CHANCE THAT
THAT
%- SEAT COULD
B
E
COMPETITIVE
AGAIN.
%- LAST
TIME S
HE
WON
BY L
ESS
THAN
%- 2,000 VOTES.
%- >>
RON
KIND DIDN'T
HAVE AN
%- OPPONENT LAST
TIME.
%- IF
HE
PUTS $
3
MILLION
ON
TF
V
TV UP
%- THERE, IT'S
GOING TO
BE B
AD
NEWS%- FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
%- THE
SECOND
THING
IS,
LISTEN,
%- PEOPLE ARE
SICK OF
THE
%- DYSFUNCTION
OF
STATE
GOVERNMENT%- AND IT'S BECAUSE
OF ROBIN
VOS
%- AND SCOTT
FITZGERALD.
%- THAT'S WHY THERE WAS
HOMEWORK
ON%- CLEAN
WATER, CLEAN
AIR.
%- YOU ACT
LIKE A
CHILD,
THEY'RE
%- GOING TO TREAT YOU
YOU
LIKE A
%- CHILD.%->>
YOUR
LAST
PREDICTION IS AS A
%- RESULT OF
A
LL
THE
ATTENTION
IN
%- MILWAUKEE OF THE
DNC
CONVENTION
%- THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING
TO
MOVE
%- THERE
AFTER
THEY SEE
MILWAUKEE?
%- >>
ABSOLUTELY.
%- 15,000
VOLUNTEERS
AR
E
BEING PUT
%- TOGETHER TO SUPPORT
AND PROMOTE%- TO
T
HE
WORLD
HOW
GREAT MILWAUKEE
%- IS.
%- THERE IS
THIS
INCREDIBLE
%- OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING
PEOPLE
%- TOGETHER THAT'S GOING
TO
LAST%- LONG BEYOND
THE
CONVENTION AND%- WE ARE
GOING
TO
DEFINITELY
HAVE
%- --
MILWAUKEE'S GOING TO SHINE.
%- I THINK
PEOPLE ARE
GOING
TO C
OME
%- THERE.
%- BUILD IT AND
THEY'RE
GOING
TO
%- STAY.%->>
BILL
AND
SCOTT,
THANKS VERY
%- MUCH.%->> THANK
YOU.
%- >>
NEW
WISCONSIN
FLU
STATISTICS
%- WERE
RELEASED THIS
AFTERNOON.
%- CASE
NUMBERS
THAT
CONCERN
%- OFFICIALS AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF%- HEALTH SERVICES.
%- TODAY'S
INFLUENZA
STATUS
REPORT
%- SHOWS
962
TOTAL
DIAGNOSED
CASES
%- OF
F
LU
SINCE
OCTOBER.
%- THERE HAVE BEEN A
TOTAL
OF
622
%- HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR
THE
FLU.
%- 15
WISCONSINITES HAVE
DIED
THIS
%- SEASON
DUE
TO
FLU-RELATED
%- ILLNESSES.
%- TOM HAUPT
PU
T THESE
NUMBERS
IN
%- PERSPECTIVE IN OUR
INTERVIEW
ON
%- NOON
WEDNESDAY.%- >>
WELL, IT'S
SIGNIFICANTLY%- HIGHER
THAN IT WAS
LAST
YEAR AT%- THIS TIME.
%- ONE
B
IG
DIFFERENCE THAT
WE'VE
%- SEEN
THIS YEAR IS
THE
%- HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
%- AFFECTING THE
YOUNGER
%- POPULATION.
%- OUR HIGHER
NUMBER
IS
BETWEEN
18
%- AND
49-YEAR-OLD
RANGE
COMPARED
%- TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
%- WE ARE
SEEING A HIGHER
INCIDENCE
%- OF
OUTPATIENT
INFLUENZA-LIKE
%- ILLNESSES AS WELL COMPARED
T
O
%- PREVIOUS YEARS.%->>
TODAY'S HEALTH
SERVICES
%- UPDATE
REPORTS THE
STATE'S
FIRST
%- PEDIATRIC DEATH DUE
TO THE
FLU.
%- THAT
I
S
ALL
FOR
TONIGHT'S
%- PROGRAM.
%- NEXT
WEEK
STATE SUPREME COURT
%- CANDIDATE JILL KAROFSKY WILL BE
%- HERE.
%- I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG.
%- HAVE A
GREAT
WEEKEND.
%-
>>
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