EYE ON THIS SOCIAL EXPERIMENT.>>
EACH WEEK, SINCE THE PANDEMIC
% STARTED IN MID-MARCH, WE HAVE
% CHECKED IN WITH GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS TO GET THE NEWEST
% INFORMATION ON THE STATE'S
% RESPONSE TO COVID-19.
% I TALKED WITH GOVERNOR EVERS
% EARLIER TODAY AS WE READ INTO
% ANOTHER SUMMER WEEKEND.
% BUT FIRST, WE BEGAN WITH HIS
% REACTION TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE
% FLOYD, WHO WAS KILLED WHEN A
% MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER
% PRESSED HIS KNEE ONTO FLOYD'S
% NECK.
% THAT OFFICER HAS NOW BEEN
% CHARGED WITH MURDER.
% AND, GOVERNOR, THANK YOU VERY
% MUCH FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
% >> THANK YOU.
% THANKS, FREDERICA.
% >> WELL, YOU PUT OUT AN
% IMPASSIONED STATEMENT TODAY ON
% THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD SAYING
% THIS WAS NOT AN ANOMALY AND WITH
% IT WE RELIVE THE PAIN OF THE
% DEATH OF BLACK WISCONSINITES
% LIKE DONTRE HAMILTON.
% YOU SAY THAT WE MUST SEE THE
% TRAUMA, FEAR, AND EXHAUSTION
% OF BEING BLACK IN OUR STATE
% AND OUR COUNTRY.
% MY QUESTION TO YOU IS,
% AND THEN WHAT?
% >> WELL, IT IS-- IT'S A
% PERSONAL STATEMENT THAT I HAD
% THERE, BUT AS A STATE AND AS A
% NATION, WE DO HAVE TO GRAPPLE
% WITH THE ISSUE OF RACISM AND HOW
% ISSUES ARE DEALT WITH
% DISPROPORTIONATELY, WHETHER IT'S
% ISSUES AROUND THE PANDEMIC OR
% ISSUES ABOUT WHETHER PEOPLE WALK
% AWAY FROM AN INCIDENT WITH A
% POLICE OFFICER AND LIVE.
% AND SO IT IS-- IT IS TIME FOR
% ALL OF US TO REFLECT ON THAT AND
% MAKE SURE THAT OUR HEARTS ARE IN
% THE RIGHT PLACE.
% OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S POLICIES THAT
% WE CAN LOOK AT TO CHANGE THINGS,
% BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
% CHANGE HAS TO HAPPEN INTERNALLY
% AND I'M JUST-- IT'S SUCH A
% DEPRESSING SITUATION.
% BUT WE CAN RISE ABOVE IT.
% BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT.
% >> THERE WAS PROTESTS IN
% MILWAUKEE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
% TITLE OF WHICH WAS "NO MORE
% BEING STOOD ON; WE CAN'T
% BREATHE."
% MILWAUKEE SUFFERS SOME OF THE
% WORST INEQUALITIES IN THE
% NATION.
% ARE THESE CONDITIONS URGENT
% FOR YOU, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
% OF SORTS?
% >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
% I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
% SEVERAL LEADERS IN THE MILWAUKEE
% COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ELECTED
% OFFICIALS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY
% LEADERS TODAY, AND CLEARLY THIS
% IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL TAKE
% SERIOUSLY.
% WE JUST-- YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS
% EASY ONCE WE'RE A WEEK OR TWO
% OUT FROM THIS TO SAY-- TO NOT
% THINK ABOUT IT.
% BUT THIS IS A WATERSHED MOTION
% FOR-- TIME FOR OUR STATE AND
% FOR OUR NATION.
% I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN
% TAKE A LOOK AT RACISM, HOW IT
% IMPACTS PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HOW
% ISSUES AROUND DISPROPORTIONATE
% HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES AFFECT
% CERTAIN PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY,
% CERTAINLY PEOPLE OF COLOR
% DIFFERENTLY, AND ECONOMICALLY,
% HOUSING, YOU NAME IT.
% THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATELY,
% FRANKLY, ON ALL ISSUES
% THAT FACE US.
% AND SO, YES, IT IS GOING TO BE
% AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO
% TALK ABOUT.
% >> AS IF TO MIRROR THE
% DISPARITIES OF WHICH YOU SPEAK
% IN MILWAUKEE, COVID-19 NUMBERS
% AND DEATHS THERE ARE
% DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING
% AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS.
% AND NOW THE STATE REOPENS.
% TODAY WE SEE THAT THERE WERE 733
% NEW COVID-19 CASES AND 18 NEW
% FATALITIES.
% YOUR COMMENT ON THOSE NUMBERS?
% >> WELL, THEY'RE HIGH,
% OBVIOUSLY.
% AND WE'RE TESTING MORE, SO THAT
% DOES PLAY A ROLE IN THIS.
% BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE
% NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THE
% REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS, YOU
% KNOW, SOCIAL DISTANCING, MAKING
% SURE WE'RE SIX FEET AHEAD,
% MAKING SURE OUR HANDS ARE CLEAN,
% WEAR A MASK.
% ALL THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.
% AND WE NEED TO KEEP EMPHASIZING
% THAT.
% CLEARLY-- BUT I WANT TO CYCLE
% BACK.
% THIS ISSUE DOES IMPACT PEOPLE OF
% COLOR IN A REALLY
% EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFERENT WAY
% AND A NEGATIVE WAY.
% AND IF-- AS A STATE IF WE DON'T
% STATE TO TAKE ON THAT ISSUE
% SERIOUSLY-- YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST
% GO BACK TO SOMETHING I WORKED ON
% LAST YEAR AROUND OUR BUDGET WITH
% MEDICAID EXPANSION.
% WE COULD HAVE HAD-- WE COULD
% HAVE HAD RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH
% THOSE DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH
% OUTCOMES.
% INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE SHOWN UP
% AGAIN IN THIS PANDEMIC, WE COULD
% BE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
% UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T GET
% THE LEGISLATURE TO THINK THROUGH
% THAT.
% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK IN THE
% MIDST OF ALL OF THIS WHEN YOU
% SEE CROWDS OF PEOPLE AS SUMMER
% BREAK IS HERE NOT WEARING MASKS
% AND NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING?
% >> I UNDERSTAND BEING COOPED UP.
% THAT ISN'T ANYTHING ANYBODY
% LIKES.
% BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT,
% WE NEED TO DO THE THINGS THAT
% ARE IMPORTANT.
% IT DISAPPOINTMENTS ME WHEN IT
% DOES HAPPEN, WHEN I SEE PICTURES
% OF THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE
% CONGREGATING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH
% OTHER WITHOUT MASKS.
% THAT DOESN'T WORK.
% THE VIRUS DOESN'T REALLY CARE
% ABOUT YOU BEING COOPED UP IN
% YOUR HOUSE.
% IT'S GOING TO INFECT YOU.
% AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP
% REMINDING PEOPLE.
% I THINK OUR BUSINESS LEADERS FOR
% THE MOST PART DO BELIEVE THAT
% THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT AND
% THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THOSE
% THINGS IN THEIR PLACES OF WORK.
% BUT IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT REALM
% THAT SCARES ME.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% GOVERNOR EVERS, WE LEAVE IT
% THERE.
% THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR