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Good evening and welcome to wjfw's

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2026 seventh congressional

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republican primary debate today

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we're going to learn more about

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where four of the candidates stand

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on the issues to help you

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make an informed decision this

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august whoever wins the primary

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will face the winner of the

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democratic primary in the november

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election let's meet the candidates

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from left to right we of Nina Baum,

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Kevin Hermaning, Michael Alfonso,

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and Jesse Eben.

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We will hear opening statements in

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just a moment, but let's get

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acquainted to the rules.

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Candidates will have 90 seconds to

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When a rebuttal is necessary, the

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candidate will be given 30 seconds.

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No one has been given the questions

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in advance.

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Let's start with opening statements.

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Mr. Alfonso, your first.

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The Democratic Socialists of America

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just celebrated a milestone,

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120,000 members.

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The same day that we

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celebrated 250 years

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of independence.

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Their candidates have also seen

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massive success all across the

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country, including right here in

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Wisconsin with the leading candidate

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for governor, Francesca Hong.

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Let's call this what it is.

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This isn't socialism, this is

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communism.

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And I know a little something about

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communism.

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My grandparents came to this country

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from Cuba.

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I grew up hearing exactly what

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happens when these ideas are

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implemented.

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Equitable suffering for everyone.

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Can we blame them though?

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Four years of a disastrous Biden

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economy, we

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can't.

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We need to recommit ourselves to

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the Trump agenda here.

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Energy independence, cutting

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spending to shrink inflation,

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banning asset management companies

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from buying single-family homes.

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We need to stop the spread of

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Marxism, and that's why President

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Trump chose to endorse me.

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Thank you, Mr. Alfonso.

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Mr. Hermaning, your opening

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Thank you to WJFW

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and to the viewers of the 7th

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Congressional District.

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My name is Kevin Hermaning and I'm

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running for Congress because we are

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at a crossroads in a very serious

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moment in our nation's history.

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We need a representative in Congress

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who will be

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an experienced leader,

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tested and ready on day one.

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When I was a young Marine,

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I was taken hostage by Iranian

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terrorists and held prisoner

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for 444 days.

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I watched as

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one of my roommates, Bill Keel,

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told me that when we get out of

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there, He wanted me to make

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sure that I returned to Wisconsin.

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To make sure that I built a life of

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relevance.

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And I've done all of those things.

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In the next 90 minutes, I

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will share with you why I believe

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that I am the best suited person to

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represent you in Congress.

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Now to Ms.

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Baum, your opening statement.

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I'm a proud Rhinelander resident

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and the only candidate who has

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spent nearly their entire life in

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this district.

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I grew up on a dairy farm here, I

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went to college here, I started a

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business here, I co-founded

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Northwood's Young Professionals to

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help keep young workers up

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in the area.

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I have brought half a million

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dollars in economic impact to

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Oneida County through the different

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events that I have planned.

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I serve on the Rotary Board and

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I serve my town's Planning

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I have also pledged to not take any

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corporate PAC money because I wanna

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make sure that our representatives

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and the people we vote for are

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representing us, not special

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interests.

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Not any corporations,

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no mega donors.

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So you will know exactly where

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my loyalties lie and it is to

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the people in this district and

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nobody else.

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And Mrs. Evan, your opening

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I'm Jessie Eben.

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I am a Christian conservative, a

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Trump Republican, and a proud 7th

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generation Wisconsinite who is

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committed to getting the government

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off our back and out of our way of

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life. I live in Stanley in Chippewa

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and we're just a few miles down the

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road from the original Eben family

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farm that's been there for nearly

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100 years now.

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I've worked the majority of my

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career in the private sector.

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I worked in rural health care,

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setting up clinics in small towns.

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I now work for a manufacturer.

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My job is to battle over burdensome

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regulation, and I've had success in

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doing so, saving thousands of

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domestic manufacturing jobs right

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here in our state.

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And it's this experience that I will

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be prepared to go to Congress to

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defend our values and our way of

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life, of standing up for life,

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I'm pro-life, making sure our rights

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are not infringed upon, including

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our Second Amendment, that we make

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sure that our farmland is not

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covered by solar panels or

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windmills, that de-list the gray

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wolf, that make sure we secure our

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southern border, deport violent

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criminal illegal aliens, and stand

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with law enforcement.

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And it is an honor in this race to

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be backed by law enforcement and

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sheriffs from throughout the

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district.

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Our first question will go to Ms.

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Baum first.

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Wisconsin's seventh congressional

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district is the state's largest.

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We have medium and small cities plus

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plenty of towns and rural areas.

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To the candidates, what is at least

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one concrete action that you would

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take in Congress to improve the

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lives of people in the seventh?

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Ms. Bom, you will go first.

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I would support a moratorium on

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AI data centers coming into our

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state of Wisconsin.

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There's no regulation around them

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and they impact us in so many

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different ways. They impact our

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natural resources, our water,

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our utility bills, and

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recently our phone prices are

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going to be impacted coming up here

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as well because of the demand for

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memory chips from AI data center.

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more to get those chips,

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to get the demand for those chips

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over these data centers.

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So they're not just gonna affect our

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utility prices and

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our resources, they're gonna affect

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other everyday prices across

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this district and for all the

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people. So I will definitely be

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working on a moratorium until

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we can properly regulate

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of AI data centers in

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this district and in this country.

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to me who is a neighbor of mine

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growing up and they live in Phillips

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about their land

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being bought for an ai

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data center that is happening in

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this district already

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Mrs. Eben, one action you would take

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in Congress to help your

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constituents.

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Well, this is where I have the

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strength of being the only candidate

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who has worked in manufacturing and

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has worked specifically on

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deregulation, which is getting the

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government out.

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All of this costly red tape, that

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it's an invisible cost for so many

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many small businesses and large have

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left this district.

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From Price County losing Caterpillar

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to Osceola, losing Polaris

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to Russ County, losing the

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manufacturer out of Hawkins.

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small towns lose manufacturers.

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And what happens is, it's not just

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job numbers we're losing.

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These are people.

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These are livelihoods.

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These are families that now have a

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decision to make, is if they stay

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locally and seek underemployment,

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or if they move elsewhere to find

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work and keep a roof above the head

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of their family.

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And oftentimes, they have to choose

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to leave.

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We need to make sure that the

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government is not the barrier for

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businesses staying here.

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manufacturing in this district, We

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have strong livelihoods.

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Our small businesses on our main

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streets succeed, our schools do

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better, and when we lose them, all

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these things go away.

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Our small businesses suffer,

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the local grocery store goes away,

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the schools suffer, we lose kids, we

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loose families, and drugs come into

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town, and unfortunately we've seen

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this time and again.

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So good policy matters.

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Strong manufacturing and working

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specifically on deregulation,

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repealing the costly red tape, which

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is aligned with President Trump's

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agenda. That's exactly what I'll do

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for the people here in the 7th

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congressional district.

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Mr. Alfonso, same question, one

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action you would take.

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We need to make sure that rural

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funding, earmarked for our rural

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communities, actually gets there.

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Did you know that

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Dane County in Madison qualifies

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for rural grants under

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the federal law?

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We need work to give it back to

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the states.

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Federal bureaucrats do not know what

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rural is.

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New Jersey rural is something

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different than Wisconsin rural.

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And overall our founding fathers

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never envisioned such

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a grotesque monster of a federal

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government.

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So one of my number one priorities

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in office will be shrinking the

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size and scope of the federal

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government, the states know better

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how to spend the money than DC

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bureaucrats.

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And finally, Mr. Hermaning, one

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action you would take in Congress.

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Well, I think I know something about

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financial insanity,

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because every day as my role as

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a financial planner, I

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help my customers,

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families, small business owners,

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farmers and loggers, try to

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figure out how they can afford an

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uncertain and more expensive future

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every day.

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The cost of government, the

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cost of regulation,

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the cost hiring,

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employees, all of the...

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Compliance rules that go along with

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most business operations

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make it very difficult to get ahead,

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both as an employee and as an

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employer.

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Just today, I met with a customer

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who was very concerned about how

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they might transfer their family

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farm to their children, to their

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son, their oldest son, and to one

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of his siblings.

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And they're not sure that they're

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gonna be able to do that because of

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the costs involved in that.

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So my goal is to focus

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on financial sanity

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dealing with tax and

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regulation and making it easier

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for people in central and northern

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Wisconsin to live and

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to stay and raise their families.

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We're gonna move on to some

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individualized questions now.

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We start with Mr. Alfonso.

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Some people have questioned if you

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have the experience needed to excel

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in Congress, so I'm just gonna lay

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it all out here.

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You're 26, you would likely be the

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first member of Congress born this

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century.

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You're the son-in-law of former

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Congressman Sean Duffy and currently

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live in his house.

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Do you have experience to excel,

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in Congress?

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You know, experience has always been

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a question on this campaign.

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And let me ask you, did Nick Shirley

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have experience?

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Did he find $12 billion

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worth of fraud?

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He was only a young man in his 20s.

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Young people are capable of so

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much in a culture where we

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seek to make young people

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infantilized i look

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to making young people stand

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up and actually take the spots that

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they need to the older generation

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has already won the battle with

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communism they fought very hard

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but i will I'll tell you what.

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My generation is falling for those

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very same lies, and I look

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forward to in office working

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every single day to stop

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the spread of violent Marxism,

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which is what got my friend Charlie

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Kirk murdered.

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I want to follow up on that.

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You posted in March, Mr. Alfonso,

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that you're an accountant for your

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parish in Hayward.

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I searched the state's database of

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your accounts and accountants, but I

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don't see your name listed.

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Are you still an accountant for that

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church?

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Yes, I am.

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I am still an accountant.

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A simple slip of saying I used to be

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an accountant because I also worked

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as an accountant at Wisconsin

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Aviation when I was a senior

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in college at UW-Madison.

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Yes, I still have a job.

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No, I am not.

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Unemployed.

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We're gonna move on to Jesse Eben

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now, Mrs. Eben.

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You ran in the third congressional

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district just six years ago.

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Why did you move to this district?

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I'm a proud seventh generation

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Wisconsinite.

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I've lived in the Chippewa Valley

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for over 10 years and I live

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where my family's been for nearly

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100 years now.

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I worked in the rural communities of

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this district in Chippow Rusk and

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Barron counties setting up clinics

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in small towns to make sure they had

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the health care resources they

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needed to succeed.

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And this is Evan. I want to follow

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up on another seemingly big change.

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You signed a petition to recall then

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Republican Governor Scott Walker

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regarding Act 10 in 2011.

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Can you explain your thinking back

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then?

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Yeah, I've actually spoken with

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Scott Walker about this.

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This was 15 years ago.

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I was 21 years old in

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college, and I

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was told by my parents, who were

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lied to by the teachers' unions,

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that they were worried about losing

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their jobs.

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And that didn't happen.

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So, not only in college did this

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happen, but I became a Christian.

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I became conservative, and I've

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knocked thousands of doors for

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candidates in the conservative

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movement for Republicans up and down

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the ballot over the years, helping

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them get elected.

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And like Presidents Trump and

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President Reagan, I chose to become

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a Republican.

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Thank you, Mrs. Evan.

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Now to Mr. Hermoning, I want you to

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address an allegation made by the

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Wapaka County Republican Chair.

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He says you received millions of

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dollars because you were an Iranian

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hostage. This stems from a 2015

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budget bill.

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You spoke in support of it back

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then. Can you explain your support?

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Yes, actually I can.

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A good friend of mine, a roommate,

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who I had in a prison cell for

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six months in captivity by

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the name of Bill Keough and a host

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of my other colleagues,

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military folks as well as State

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Department officials, they've

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really had a tough time of it.

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Bill Keele, as a matter of fact, my

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roommate.

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A six foot nine inch tall giant

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of a man weighing 350 pounds lost

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200 pounds of his body weight

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in captivity.

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His family struggled mightily when

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he returned to try to heal him

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back to health.

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He died less than two years later

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and his family never got to really

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hear about his experience and

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how he became my hero in captivity,

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many others from the 9-11 victims,

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the tragedy at the Beirut

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barracks bombing.

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They all suffered mightily.

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We didn't get the $3.3 million

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because actually instead of only 52

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families, there were

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in fact 22,000

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recipients of that fund that

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was not a taxpayer-funded

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organization.

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It was a sanctions fund against

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companies that had broken the law

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in doing business with the country

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of Iran.

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I thank Sean Duffy,

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our former member of Congress, for

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championing that legislation.

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And I really appreciate the fact

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that I've been able to accept a

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small portion of that money and

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donate it to multiple charities,

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veterans groups, my church and other

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many very worth

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organizations.

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Yeah that was going to be my

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follow-up Mr. Hermaning how much

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money did you receive and where did

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you put that money?

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Right about $700,000,

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I personally received, all of the

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American hostages received about$

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700,000.

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Those men and women who were married

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at the time, their family members

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got some, but the same amount

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of money ended up with the 9-11

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folks as well.

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I don't know what any of my

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colleagues did with it.

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I believe many of them, however, did

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use it for healthcare and for other

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very badly needed issues.

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I'm very fortunate to own a business

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and I was not in

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need of the funds, but thank

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goodness for Sean Duffy's efforts in

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that area.

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Now to Ms.

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Baum, some voters doubt your

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credentials as a Republican.

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Did you post in support of an ICE

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out protest and why?

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And is 2016 the last time you voted

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Donald Trump for president?

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Yeah, 2016 was the last time I

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voted for Donald Trump for

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president. I did not vote for him

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this last time I

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don't think we all fit into neat

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little political boxes And

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you know the job of a representative

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is to represent the people

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and what they need and what if

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something that The

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people in this district want to need

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doesn't align perfectly with party

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lines. They're supposed to blindly

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follow that I don't think so

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I did not make a post in

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support of the ice out protest and

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I definitely have a

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strong stance on immigration but

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I also want to make sure that our

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process for immigration is

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working and that we have enough

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judges to oversee our immigration

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cases. There's a 3.3 million

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case backlog and it takes multiple

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years for cases to be processed.

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I just asked for accountability and

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to make that everyone is held to the

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same standard. I was advocating

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and um,

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supporting campaigns, uh,

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starting at 17 for the Republican

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Party in Price County.

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My grandfather was a very

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prevalent Republican in Madison

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and spearheaded right-to-work

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law and legislation for the state of

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Wisconsin.

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So follow up here, Ms.

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Baum. If Republicans keep the House,

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it might be a slim majority.

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Would Republican voters be able to

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count on you to continue working on

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the President's priorities?

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The job of a representative is

575
00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:02,889
to represent the people, not the

576
00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:04,249
president's priorities, no matter

577
00:17:04,250 --> 00:17:05,729
who the president is.

578
00:17:05,730 --> 00:17:07,529
If those priorities align, I will

579
00:17:07,530 --> 00:17:08,549
absolutely support them.

580
00:17:08,550 --> 00:17:09,709
But if they don't, I'm going to

581
00:17:09,710 --> 00:17:11,068
stand up for them, just like with

582
00:17:11,069 --> 00:17:12,129
these AI data centers.

583
00:17:13,910 --> 00:17:14,828
Thank you, Ms. Baum.

584
00:17:14,829 --> 00:17:16,289
Our next question will go to Mr.

585
00:17:16,290 --> 00:17:17,209
Alfonso first.

586
00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:19,469
While inflation has cooled slightly,

587
00:17:19,470 --> 00:17:20,769
many families still struggle with

588
00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:22,608
the cost of groceries, housing,

589
00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:24,549
and everyday necessities.

590
00:17:24,550 --> 00:17:25,828
What is the single most important

591
00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:27,649
thing Congress can do to lower

592
00:17:27,650 --> 00:17:29,549
the cost of living for Americans,

593
00:17:29,550 --> 00:17:30,969
Mr.Alfonso?

594
00:17:30,970 --> 00:17:32,369
I know you said single, but I'm

595
00:17:32,370 --> 00:17:33,949
gonna go double.

596
00:17:33,950 --> 00:17:35,269
First and foremost, we need to cut

597
00:17:35,270 --> 00:17:37,129
the government budget.

598
00:17:37,130 --> 00:17:38,569
Every year, the government spends

599
00:17:38,570 --> 00:17:40,639
more and more money.

600
00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,399
And we're paying for the most

601
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,159
ridiculous things, like transgender

602
00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,399
surgeries for goats in Afghanistan.

603
00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,339
Or who knows what else USAID

604
00:17:48,340 --> 00:17:49,479
was funding.

605
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:50,899
President Trump has taken a good

606
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:52,579
step to start shrinking that, but

607
00:17:52,580 --> 00:17:54,479
Congress needs to follow suit.

608
00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:55,939
We need people in Congress who are

609
00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:57,999
gonna fight with President Trump to

610
00:17:58,000 --> 00:17:58,979
shrink the budget.

611
00:17:58,980 --> 00:18:00,699
But the second part of reducing

612
00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:03,259
inflation has to do with pro-growth

613
00:18:03,260 --> 00:18:04,659
government policies.

614
00:18:04,660 --> 00:18:06,959
We need to encourage businesses to

615
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,839
succeed. We need get the government

616
00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,119
out of the way, And that starts with

617
00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:12,999
simplifying the permitting process.

618
00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,579
I used to work in construction.

619
00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:17,669
It cost $50,000.

620
00:18:17,670 --> 00:18:19,529
Before you can even break ground

621
00:18:19,530 --> 00:18:20,529
on a home.

622
00:18:20,530 --> 00:18:21,869
If we want to address the

623
00:18:21,870 --> 00:18:23,469
inflationary problems in the United

624
00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,169
States, we need to cut the budget

625
00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:27,029
and we need encourage businesses.

626
00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:28,030
To prosper.

627
00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:31,529
To Mrs. Eben now, how would you

628
00:18:31,530 --> 00:18:33,130
help with affordability in America?

629
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,519
The biggest ways that we can help

630
00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,059
with affordability is looking at the

631
00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:38,439
input cost, and that's energy.

632
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,279
Energy powers everything, so we need

633
00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,199
good, reliable, affordable

634
00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:43,019
energy.

635
00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:44,399
Unfortunately, President Biden came

636
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,159
in a few years ago and shut down a

637
00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,099
natural gas pipeline, taking away

638
00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:49,539
that good, affordable, reliable

639
00:18:49,540 --> 00:18:51,499
energy, and instead loves to

640
00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,459
fund what the Democrats love to do

641
00:18:53,460 --> 00:18:55,619
with solar panels and windmills

642
00:18:55,620 --> 00:18:56,999
on our farmland.

643
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,599
And this is bad energy to begin

644
00:18:58,600 --> 00:18:59,799
with. It's not reliable.

645
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,639
When their sun is not shining

646
00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,559
and the wind is not blowing,

647
00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,779
no energy is being put on the grid.

648
00:19:05,780 --> 00:19:07,579
And it's driving prices up because

649
00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,179
the supply is low.

650
00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:10,819
Another thing we can do when looking

651
00:19:10,820 --> 00:19:12,639
at housing is deregulate, and I'll

652
00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,299
say this a lot tonight, but we have

653
00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:15,479
to get the government out of the

654
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,299
way, all this costly red tape.

655
00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:19,099
The National Association of Home

656
00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:20,479
Builders just came out with a report

657
00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,459
that the average cost on the average

658
00:19:22,460 --> 00:19:26,199
new home build is $132,000

659
00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,119
of regulations.

660
00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:30,319
$133,000 dollars of regulations that

661
00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,059
had wasted money that could be going

662
00:19:32,060 --> 00:19:33,819
into buying that home, that could

663
00:19:33,820 --> 00:19:35,759
could be cutting prices for American

664
00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,639
families to once again be able to

665
00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,209
afford a home.

666
00:19:39,210 --> 00:19:40,589
We have to get the government out of

667
00:19:40,590 --> 00:19:42,089
the way. And again, I'm the only

668
00:19:42,090 --> 00:19:43,269
candidate with experience of

669
00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:45,309
actually taking on regulation,

670
00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:47,069
the over-burdensome red tape that

671
00:19:47,070 --> 00:19:48,709
stifles growth for our American

672
00:19:48,710 --> 00:19:50,589
families, for the input cost for

673
00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,609
regulation, and for energy

674
00:19:52,610 --> 00:19:53,529
costs as well.

675
00:19:53,530 --> 00:19:54,849
I'm only one with that experience,

676
00:19:54,850 --> 00:19:56,109
and will continue to do that for the

677
00:19:56,110 --> 00:19:57,069
people here in the seventh

678
00:19:57,070 --> 00:19:58,070
congressional.

679
00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:00,559
Now to Mr. Hermaning, affordability

680
00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:01,560
in America.

681
00:20:02,730 --> 00:20:04,029
I think I know a little bit about

682
00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:04,829
this.

683
00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:07,189
I'm a 40-year financial advisor.

684
00:20:07,190 --> 00:20:08,889
I advise clients on everything from

685
00:20:08,890 --> 00:20:10,569
their investments to their real

686
00:20:10,570 --> 00:20:12,409
estate decisions, how to pay

687
00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:14,149
for health care, whether they're

688
00:20:14,150 --> 00:20:15,649
retired before they're eligible for

689
00:20:15,650 --> 00:20:17,469
Medicare, or whether they are on

690
00:20:17,470 --> 00:20:19,169
Social Security and Medicare.

691
00:20:19,170 --> 00:20:20,389
And everybody on Social security

692
00:20:20,390 --> 00:20:22,229
does understand that every year

693
00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:23,829
they get a little of an increase,

694
00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:25,709
but most of it is taken away by

695
00:20:25,710 --> 00:20:27,569
the increase in Medicare premiums,

696
00:20:27,570 --> 00:20:29,729
so it really does not help to

697
00:20:29,730 --> 00:20:31,609
keep pace with inflation and the

698
00:20:31,610 --> 00:20:33,169
cost of living.

699
00:20:33,170 --> 00:20:34,849
I do believe that we need to balance

700
00:20:34,850 --> 00:20:36,849
a budget. We haven't had one in 25

701
00:20:36,850 --> 00:20:38,889
years. I will vote only for

702
00:20:38,890 --> 00:20:40,929
balanced budgets or to lower the

703
00:20:40,930 --> 00:20:42,849
deficit and ultimately the debt.

704
00:20:42,850 --> 00:20:45,049
We do need to create jobs.

705
00:20:45,050 --> 00:20:46,969
The government doesn't do that.

706
00:20:46,970 --> 00:20:48,729
The government plays no role in

707
00:20:48,730 --> 00:20:50,549
creating jobs other than getting out

708
00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:52,869
of the way of the innovation and

709
00:20:52,870 --> 00:20:55,169
opportunities that Americans who

710
00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:56,869
want a better future for themselves

711
00:20:56,870 --> 00:20:58,689
and their families are willing to

712
00:20:58,690 --> 00:20:59,589
pursue.

713
00:20:59,590 --> 00:21:01,289
Yes, we do need energy independence.

714
00:21:01,290 --> 00:21:03,229
We need to be monitoring utility

715
00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:06,149
costs, but really inflation.

716
00:21:06,150 --> 00:21:08,009
Is the government spending way too

717
00:21:08,010 --> 00:21:09,029
much money.

718
00:21:09,030 --> 00:21:10,429
That's the biggest thing that can

719
00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:12,509
help to reduce the cost of living on

720
00:21:12,510 --> 00:21:13,730
people in the Seventh District.

721
00:21:15,410 --> 00:21:16,029
Finally, Ms. Bump.

722
00:21:16,030 --> 00:21:17,030
Same question.

723
00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:19,879
I mean, there's a lot of things that

724
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,339
affect affordability, and there

725
00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:23,479
isn't just one sweeping solution

726
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,339
that we can implement at the federal

727
00:21:25,340 --> 00:21:27,219
level to address the affordability

728
00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:28,839
crisis. It's a combination of

729
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,879
multiple things, whether that be the

730
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,939
impact of these AI data centers or

731
00:21:32,940 --> 00:21:33,999
healthcare costs.

732
00:21:35,140 --> 00:21:37,139
Housing is another big one.

733
00:21:37,140 --> 00:21:38,759
All of these things play a factor,

734
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,899
so we need to look at

735
00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,339
addressing this from

736
00:21:43,340 --> 00:21:44,340
an... Thank you.

737
00:21:45,169 --> 00:21:47,069
Overarching perspective in

738
00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:49,189
figuring out what can we all do to

739
00:21:49,190 --> 00:21:50,349
help address the affordability

740
00:21:50,350 --> 00:21:52,469
crisis and some of that starts

741
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:54,349
with Who we elect into the

742
00:21:54,350 --> 00:21:56,029
office and the kind of people we

743
00:21:56,030 --> 00:21:58,369
elect in to office right

744
00:21:58,370 --> 00:22:00,569
now When 60 to 80

745
00:22:00,570 --> 00:22:02,609
percent of people in the us

746
00:22:02,610 --> 00:22:04,569
agree on and want a

747
00:22:04,570 --> 00:22:06,409
policy change They only

748
00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:08,449
get it 40 percent of

749
00:22:08,450 --> 00:22:10,429
the time This has to do with

750
00:22:10,430 --> 00:22:12,349
special interest influence on our

751
00:22:12,350 --> 00:22:13,669
politicians and on our

752
00:22:13,670 --> 00:22:15,569
representatives There is

753
00:22:15,570 --> 00:22:17,389
no accountability to make sure

754
00:22:17,390 --> 00:22:19,709
that policy and legislation actually

755
00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:21,569
is benefiting us and what

756
00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:23,629
we need They're

757
00:22:23,630 --> 00:22:25,469
doing what they have to do to get

758
00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:27,329
reelected and fund money in their

759
00:22:27,330 --> 00:22:29,249
campaigns And so if we don't

760
00:22:29,250 --> 00:22:30,449
change the type of people we elect

761
00:22:30,450 --> 00:22:32,349
into office We're not going to

762
00:22:32,350 --> 00:22:34,189
see changes in the

763
00:22:34,190 --> 00:22:35,190
affordability crisis

764
00:22:37,620 --> 00:22:39,299
Our next question will go to Mr.

765
00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:40,779
Hermaning first.

766
00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:42,379
Wisconsin is competing for major

767
00:22:42,380 --> 00:22:44,279
data center projects that promise

768
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,159
jobs and investment, but they also

769
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:47,659
raise concerns about electricity

770
00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:49,639
demand, water use, and impacts on

771
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:50,979
nearby communities.

772
00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,739
If elected, what role should the

773
00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:54,319
federal government play in

774
00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,959
regulating large data centers?

775
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:56,960
Mr. Hermaning.

776
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,699
Well, I think the federal

777
00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:00,979
government's role for sure can

778
00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:03,119
be to make sure that China is

779
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,559
not the country, our enemy,

780
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,399
which handles all of the

781
00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:09,419
future for data centers and

782
00:23:09,420 --> 00:23:11,039
artificial intelligence in general.

783
00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,219
I am a state's rights and a local

784
00:23:14,220 --> 00:23:16,099
government rights advocate.

785
00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:18,179
That's what most traditional

786
00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:20,039
Republicans believe in.

787
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,979
I, having served 16 years on

788
00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:23,859
my school board, I know a little bit

789
00:23:23,860 --> 00:23:25,519
about how we need to make sure that

790
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,159
the state and the federal government

791
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,079
stay as far away as we can have

792
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,079
them. But I certainly know

793
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,479
that local communities, whether it's

794
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,199
in Beaver Dam, for example, where

795
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,319
they are looking

796
00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,679
at one direction for

797
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,719
pursuing data centers.

798
00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:43,279
Compared to other communities

799
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,979
especially in the Northwoods in the

800
00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:46,799
7th District are very much

801
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,779
considering the threat against their

802
00:23:48,780 --> 00:23:50,839
natural resources, our natural

803
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,259
resources the farmland where

804
00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:55,259
can the government really stay

805
00:23:55,260 --> 00:23:57,299
hands off but I really would

806
00:23:57,300 --> 00:23:59,299
say to you bottom line I

807
00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:01,239
don't believe that the utility costs

808
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,379
should be passed on to the consumers

809
00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:05,239
who live here, regardless of where

810
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,240
they are located.

811
00:24:07,689 --> 00:24:09,509
Mr. Alfonso, to you next,

812
00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:10,789
how should the government regulate

813
00:24:10,790 --> 00:24:12,410
large data centers, if at all?

814
00:24:13,740 --> 00:24:15,579
The rise of AI is a very

815
00:24:15,580 --> 00:24:17,519
scary thing, especially to my

816
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:18,599
generation.

817
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,639
We stand to lose so many

818
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,099
jobs, we don't even know how many.

819
00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,959
But the United States has

820
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,959
always led the way when it comes

821
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,579
to technological advancements.

822
00:24:29,580 --> 00:24:31,459
I was just talking to someone today

823
00:24:31,460 --> 00:24:33,139
whose plan is to put these data

824
00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:34,859
centers in space.

825
00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:36,679
We need to give these decisions

826
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,519
to the local municipalities.

827
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,609
Thanks. States and counties

828
00:24:40,610 --> 00:24:42,629
know far better what is better for

829
00:24:42,630 --> 00:24:44,069
their neighbors than the federal

830
00:24:44,070 --> 00:24:44,909
government.

831
00:24:44,910 --> 00:24:46,469
The federal government is only

832
00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:48,409
interested in taking your money

833
00:24:48,410 --> 00:24:49,669
and sending it elsewhere.

834
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,259
Ms. Pom, you mentioned this earlier,

835
00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:54,260
but same question to you.

836
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,720
Absolutely.

837
00:24:57,300 --> 00:24:59,219
I would definitely support a

838
00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:01,399
moratorium at the federal level.

839
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,479
I would support regulation at

840
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,319
the Federal level.

841
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,959
I do believe in states rights and

842
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,639
that states should ultimately have

843
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,639
a say in control and how these

844
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:11,939
data centers are implemented in

845
00:25:11,940 --> 00:25:13,899
their states, but the

846
00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:16,019
US is already leading in AI

847
00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:17,159
and AI data centers.

848
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,619
We have more than any other country

849
00:25:18,620 --> 00:25:20,440
in the world by a long shot.

850
00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:24,849
I think we need to look at how it

851
00:25:24,850 --> 00:25:26,889
affects our people and

852
00:25:26,890 --> 00:25:28,749
it negatively affects them a lot.

853
00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:30,569
It takes away jobs, it takes

854
00:25:30,570 --> 00:25:32,349
away resources.

855
00:25:32,350 --> 00:25:34,589
Wisconsin already is

856
00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:36,669
a state where we consume six times

857
00:25:36,670 --> 00:25:38,789
more energy than we produce and

858
00:25:38,790 --> 00:25:40,669
now we're expanding and

859
00:25:40,670 --> 00:25:42,449
adding a bunch of AI data centers,

860
00:25:42,450 --> 00:25:44,049
which once all the approved projects

861
00:25:44,050 --> 00:25:46,169
are proposed,

862
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:48,009
Clean Wisconsin shows that the

863
00:25:48,010 --> 00:25:49,829
amount of energy they will use will

864
00:25:49,830 --> 00:25:51,689
be the equivalent of

865
00:25:51,690 --> 00:25:53,049
the amount of energy that's already

866
00:25:53,050 --> 00:25:54,470
currently used in the state, so

867
00:25:54,471 --> 00:25:55,789
imagine doubling that.

868
00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:58,349
That's not sustainable.

869
00:25:58,350 --> 00:26:00,969
That's going to work moving forward.

870
00:26:00,970 --> 00:26:02,849
We need to be able to study them

871
00:26:02,850 --> 00:26:04,889
and reduce their

872
00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:06,589
impacts and make them a heck of a

873
00:26:06,590 --> 00:26:08,629
lot more efficient before this

874
00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:10,129
can continue at the pace that it

875
00:26:10,130 --> 00:26:11,130
currently is.

876
00:26:11,850 --> 00:26:13,869
And finally, Mrs. Evans.

877
00:26:13,870 --> 00:26:15,689
So data centers should not

878
00:26:15,690 --> 00:26:17,589
be on our farmland and farmland

879
00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:19,129
is a big discussion that comes up

880
00:26:19,130 --> 00:26:20,249
when I'm on the campaign trail

881
00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:21,609
talking with voters and hearing

882
00:26:21,610 --> 00:26:22,829
directly from them.

883
00:26:22,830 --> 00:26:24,589
And their biggest concern is solar

884
00:26:24,590 --> 00:26:26,329
panels and windmills on our farming

885
00:26:26,330 --> 00:26:27,829
land and that is right here and now

886
00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:29,249
it's at the forefront of many

887
00:26:29,250 --> 00:26:31,049
counties including Marathon, St.

888
00:26:31,050 --> 00:26:32,990
Croix, Lincoln and others.

889
00:26:34,150 --> 00:26:36,169
The part of the problem here as well

890
00:26:36,170 --> 00:26:38,189
is with the solar panels in the

891
00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:40,049
windmils on farmland is that

892
00:26:40,050 --> 00:26:41,909
they are being subsidized by federal

893
00:26:41,910 --> 00:26:43,259
taxpayer dollars.

894
00:26:43,260 --> 00:26:44,579
This is something that none of us

895
00:26:44,580 --> 00:26:46,299
agree to with our taxpayer dollars,

896
00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:47,799
yet the Green New Deal scam is

897
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,619
powering the utilities, giving them

898
00:26:49,620 --> 00:26:51,699
our resources to go in and

899
00:26:51,700 --> 00:26:53,379
topple our farmland with, again,

900
00:26:53,380 --> 00:26:55,039
windmills and solar panels, bad

901
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,699
energy to begin with.

902
00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,499
Then... These subsidies or these

903
00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,379
utilities are also getting tax

904
00:27:00,380 --> 00:27:02,199
cuts at the federal level if

905
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,819
they install by a certain timeline

906
00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:05,379
in the near future.

907
00:27:05,380 --> 00:27:07,159
So there is an aggressive demand for

908
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:08,659
our farmland here in northern

909
00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:10,659
central and western Wisconsin.

910
00:27:10,660 --> 00:27:12,479
We must stand strong to make sure

911
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:13,639
that it doesn't overtake.

912
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,659
There is a federal component to this

913
00:27:15,660 --> 00:27:17,479
and as your member of congress I

914
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:18,599
will sign on to pieces of

915
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,899
legislation to make that those

916
00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:21,939
federal tax cuts, that those tax

917
00:27:21,940 --> 00:27:23,879
subsidies are not included

918
00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:25,719
and are removed so that they are no

919
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,599
longer powering the utilities to

920
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,200
take over our farmland.

921
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,419
Let's do a big step back

922
00:27:33,420 --> 00:27:35,179
now on a very general question.

923
00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:37,059
We'll go to Mrs. Eben right back at

924
00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:38,979
you. What separates you from the

925
00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:40,259
other candidates on the stage right

926
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:42,819
now? Why are you the best choice,

927
00:27:42,820 --> 00:27:43,820
Mrs.Eben?

928
00:27:44,290 --> 00:27:46,009
The biggest indicator is I have both

929
00:27:46,010 --> 00:27:47,929
the energy and the experience to

930
00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:48,809
do the job.

931
00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:49,769
I've mentioned my experience.

932
00:27:49,770 --> 00:27:51,389
I'm the only candidate that has

933
00:27:51,390 --> 00:27:53,089
worked in manufacturing, working

934
00:27:53,090 --> 00:27:55,269
there now, battling over burdensome

935
00:27:55,270 --> 00:27:56,169
regulation.

936
00:27:56,170 --> 00:27:57,569
I've worked directly on the policy,

937
00:27:57,570 --> 00:27:59,089
the regulation, and the taxation

938
00:27:59,090 --> 00:28:01,589
that impacts our manufacturers.

939
00:28:01,590 --> 00:28:03,269
And manufacturing is the top

940
00:28:03,270 --> 00:28:05,409
industry alongside agriculture of

941
00:28:05,410 --> 00:28:07,289
the 7th Congressional District.

942
00:28:07,290 --> 00:28:08,549
With strong jobs and a

943
00:28:08,550 --> 00:28:10,629
revitalization of manufacturing here

944
00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:11,939
in our rural communities.

945
00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:13,839
We can sustain and rebuild our way

946
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,759
of life, bringing families back,

947
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,399
getting good jobs back, rebuilding

948
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,739
and strengthening our schools and

949
00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:19,959
our downtowns.

950
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,219
And I've mentioned it before, but

951
00:28:21,220 --> 00:28:22,359
policy matters.

952
00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:24,259
Cutting that costly red tape

953
00:28:24,260 --> 00:28:26,179
for not just manufacturers, but for

954
00:28:26,180 --> 00:28:28,199
farmers, for small businesses

955
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,859
only grows.

956
00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:31,099
I've also worked in rural health

957
00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:32,559
care and I've seen firsthand the

958
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:33,879
need that we have here in our

959
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,179
district for mental health care,

960
00:28:36,180 --> 00:28:38,199
for emergency rooms, for labor and

961
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,039
delivery.

962
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:40,599
We have an extreme shortage that has

963
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,359
caused bad outcomes for so many.

964
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:43,399
I've talked with sheriff's

965
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,059
departments about this, with local

966
00:28:45,060 --> 00:28:46,319
providers as well.

967
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,279
The need is great, along with our

968
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,079
volunteer firefighters and our local

969
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,039
EMS.

970
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,719
They're struggling to be, not only

971
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,139
have the volunteers, but to get to

972
00:28:54,140 --> 00:28:55,779
the hospitals in time for that

973
00:28:55,780 --> 00:28:56,599
emergency care.

974
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,319
We have great needs in this

975
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,509
district. And I've worked in the

976
00:29:00,510 --> 00:29:01,949
industries that matter

977
00:29:01,950 --> 00:29:04,089
significantly, along with listening,

978
00:29:04,090 --> 00:29:05,329
understanding policy.

979
00:29:05,330 --> 00:29:07,249
And that makes me the best candidate

980
00:29:07,250 --> 00:29:09,109
to be able to do the job on day one

981
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:11,189
with the values and the preferences

982
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:12,270
of the people here.

983
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:14,999
Now to Ms. Baum, why are you the

984
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000
best choice?

985
00:29:17,140 --> 00:29:19,439
I grew up in Price County,

986
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,060
born and raised on a dairy farm.

987
00:29:22,780 --> 00:29:24,779
I saw all the farms, small farms in

988
00:29:24,780 --> 00:29:26,459
my community disappear as I was

989
00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:27,919
growing up.

990
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,119
When the roads that I lived right

991
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:30,759
next to had probably about seven

992
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,919
active farms on it when

993
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,799
I was a child and within

994
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:36,239
about a six mile span.

995
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,879
And now there's only one.

996
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,899
This consolidation is

997
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:43,869
something I witnessed growing up my

998
00:29:43,870 --> 00:29:45,729
elementary school shut down,

999
00:29:45,730 --> 00:29:46,889
my middle school shut down and

1000
00:29:46,890 --> 00:29:47,890
consolidated.

1001
00:29:48,610 --> 00:29:50,109
I then went to college up in the

1002
00:29:50,110 --> 00:29:51,749
district in Ashland.

1003
00:29:51,750 --> 00:29:53,629
And I did move away for

1004
00:29:53,630 --> 00:29:55,109
a very brief moment to build up my

1005
00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:57,189
resume and came back because I

1006
00:29:57,190 --> 00:29:59,129
truly loved the Northwoods.

1007
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:01,109
And I wanted to build a life and

1008
00:30:01,110 --> 00:30:02,089
a career here. And I've been

1009
00:30:02,090 --> 00:30:03,729
incredibly passionate about my

1010
00:30:03,730 --> 00:30:04,689
community.

1011
00:30:04,690 --> 00:30:06,429
I have been incredibly involved

1012
00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:09,229
serving on my rotary board,

1013
00:30:09,230 --> 00:30:11,109
rotary club board, being on my

1014
00:30:11,110 --> 00:30:12,629
town planning commission.

1015
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:14,209
And a lot of other boards

1016
00:30:14,210 --> 00:30:16,669
initiatives over the years.

1017
00:30:16,670 --> 00:30:18,349
I have pledged to not take any

1018
00:30:18,350 --> 00:30:20,229
corporate PAC money

1019
00:30:20,230 --> 00:30:22,069
and I have the lowest funding

1020
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:23,649
in this campaign out of everybody.

1021
00:30:23,650 --> 00:30:26,049
I've only spent about $20,000

1022
00:30:26,050 --> 00:30:28,369
on this campaign so far and

1023
00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:30,209
we have accomplished a lot.

1024
00:30:30,210 --> 00:30:31,989
I was still the first candidate to

1025
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:33,549
get all my nomination signatures

1026
00:30:33,550 --> 00:30:35,389
submitted and collected and gain

1027
00:30:35,390 --> 00:30:36,410
ballot access.

1028
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:40,069
I am here because I really

1029
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:42,039
want to represent the people.

1030
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,279
In our communities and

1031
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,119
make sure that

1032
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:47,559
they're able to continue to thrive.

1033
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,399
Mr. Hermaning, what separates you

1034
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,499
from the rest of the candidates?

1035
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:55,909
So I saw firsthand what it means

1036
00:30:55,910 --> 00:30:57,710
when American freedom is threatened,

1037
00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:00,630
and why we need a resolve,

1038
00:31:02,170 --> 00:31:03,410
and we need strength,

1039
00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:07,169
and we an appreciation of freedom,

1040
00:31:07,170 --> 00:31:09,189
and none of those things are just

1041
00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:11,549
campaign slogans to me.

1042
00:31:11,550 --> 00:31:14,089
I have 40 years of lived experience

1043
00:31:14,090 --> 00:31:15,989
as a financial advisor,

1044
00:31:15,990 --> 00:31:17,849
as a school board member, as

1045
00:31:17,850 --> 00:31:20,129
a Republican Party leader for

1046
00:31:20,130 --> 00:31:22,149
40 years, helping conservatives

1047
00:31:22,150 --> 00:31:23,150
get elected.

1048
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,739
I mentioned earlier that I was a

1049
00:31:25,740 --> 00:31:27,179
Trump elector.

1050
00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:29,319
It is and was and remains

1051
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,440
about draining the swamp.

1052
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:34,609
I'm not running to pursue a

1053
00:31:34,610 --> 00:31:36,829
title in Washington.

1054
00:31:36,830 --> 00:31:38,190
I am running to serve.

1055
00:31:39,270 --> 00:31:41,129
I will work harder than anybody

1056
00:31:41,130 --> 00:31:43,149
else on this stage.

1057
00:31:43,150 --> 00:31:44,529
We're all working hard.

1058
00:31:44,530 --> 00:31:46,509
We're at the same events.

1059
00:31:46,510 --> 00:31:48,549
We're on parades and dairy

1060
00:31:48,550 --> 00:31:49,629
breakfasts.

1061
00:31:49,630 --> 00:31:51,289
We've all put thousands of miles on

1062
00:31:51,290 --> 00:31:52,549
our vehicles.

1063
00:31:52,550 --> 00:31:54,429
But I can assure you that when it

1064
00:31:54,430 --> 00:31:56,249
comes to standing next to his or

1065
00:31:56,250 --> 00:31:58,509
her peers in Washington D.C.

1066
00:31:58,510 --> 00:32:00,329
As a congressman or woman next year

1067
00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:02,349
in January when we are sworn in.

1068
00:32:02,350 --> 00:32:04,289
I am the best prepared to

1069
00:32:04,290 --> 00:32:06,169
be ready on day one, because

1070
00:32:06,170 --> 00:32:08,329
for me, it is not about

1071
00:32:08,330 --> 00:32:09,709
being somebody.

1072
00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:10,930
It is about doing something.

1073
00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:14,160
Mr. Alfonso, same question.

1074
00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:17,189
I'm the only candidate on this stage

1075
00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:19,049
that our great president, the

1076
00:32:19,050 --> 00:32:20,929
greatest president of my lifetime,

1077
00:32:20,930 --> 00:32:21,809
President Donald J.

1078
00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:23,829
Trump, trusts to get his

1079
00:32:23,830 --> 00:32:26,089
agenda into law.

1080
00:32:26,090 --> 00:32:27,869
We hear a lot about politicians

1081
00:32:27,870 --> 00:32:29,889
saying they're pro-Trump only

1082
00:32:29,890 --> 00:32:31,529
in the year of an election.

1083
00:32:31,530 --> 00:32:33,609
What the Trump endorsement means is

1084
00:32:33,610 --> 00:32:35,389
that I will support the president.

1085
00:32:35,390 --> 00:32:37,169
I will fight for his agenda.

1086
00:32:37,170 --> 00:32:38,909
I will work with him to bring back

1087
00:32:38,910 --> 00:32:40,409
business to northern Wisconsin.

1088
00:32:40,410 --> 00:32:42,859
And President Trump cares deeply.

1089
00:32:42,860 --> 00:32:44,559
About northern Wisconsin.

1090
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,579
He knows it is the very place

1091
00:32:46,580 --> 00:32:48,559
that delivered him the election

1092
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,299
in 2024.

1093
00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:52,499
We hear a lot about experience all

1094
00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:54,299
around the campaign trail.

1095
00:32:54,300 --> 00:32:56,399
Experience is a great thing, but

1096
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,239
it is not the sole

1097
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,859
indicator of success.

1098
00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:02,999
Nick Shirley, zero experience.

1099
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,319
Let's name some people with

1100
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,259
experience.

1101
00:33:05,260 --> 00:33:07,499
John Corrin, Mitch McConnell,

1102
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:09,699
Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi.

1103
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:10,700
Under their leadership.

1104
00:33:11,970 --> 00:33:14,109
Our country has sunk further

1105
00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:15,269
and further.

1106
00:33:15,270 --> 00:33:17,289
I am going to bring my energy and

1107
00:33:17,290 --> 00:33:19,509
passion every single day.

1108
00:33:19,510 --> 00:33:20,889
Now when it comes to the Trump

1109
00:33:20,890 --> 00:33:21,989
endorsement, there have been a lot

1110
00:33:21,990 --> 00:33:23,789
of questions about how I've gotten

1111
00:33:23,790 --> 00:33:25,669
it. I sat down with him for

1112
00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,849
an interview in the Oval Office and

1113
00:33:27,850 --> 00:33:29,689
I promised him that no one

1114
00:33:29,690 --> 00:33:31,569
will ever outwork me and

1115
00:33:31,570 --> 00:33:33,529
that no-one will fight harder for

1116
00:33:33,530 --> 00:33:35,089
the people of the Seventh District

1117
00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:36,090
than I will.

1118
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:38,899
It's time for us to take a short

1119
00:33:38,900 --> 00:33:40,379
break. We'll be back in about eight

1120
00:33:40,380 --> 00:33:42,079
minutes. During our break, our chief

1121
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,319
meteorologist, Jeff Weller, will

1122
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,179
have a forecast for you, and we

1123
00:33:45,180 --> 00:33:46,899
will return with questions very

1124
00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:47,900
shortly.

1125
00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:57,529
Chase Ropenack has your weekend

1126
00:33:57,530 --> 00:33:58,849
forecast covered.

1127
00:33:58,850 --> 00:33:59,850
Weather Watch 12.

1128
00:34:00,890 --> 00:34:02,469
President Trump knows a fighter when

1129
00:34:02,470 --> 00:34:03,489
he sees one.

1130
00:34:03,490 --> 00:34:05,389
Kevin Herman is battle-tested and

1131
00:34:05,390 --> 00:34:06,889
ready to serve again.

1132
00:34:06,890 --> 00:34:08,689
Kevin Herman has always stood tall

1133
00:34:08,690 --> 00:34:10,549
for America, and he's never

1134
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:13,089
stopped putting Wisconsin first.

1135
00:34:13,090 --> 00:34:14,448
In Congress, Kevin will work with

1136
00:34:14,449 --> 00:34:15,749
President Trump to keep our border

1137
00:34:15,750 --> 00:34:17,928
secure, cut taxes for families,

1138
00:34:17,929 --> 00:34:19,529
safeguard our elections, and protect

1139
00:34:19,530 --> 00:34:21,269
our farmers, loggers, and ginseng

1140
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growers who power America.

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Conservative Kevin Herman for

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Congress, the fighter Wisconsin

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trusts to get results.

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I'm Kevin Herman again and I approve

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this message.

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Weeknight's chief meteorologist Jeff

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Weller is tracking every change.

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Chase Ropenack to keep you ahead of

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the weather. Weather Watch 12,

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from where you live.

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All right, you're watching our live

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District 7 debate, but first a quick

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break for weather Look at the high

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temperatures today pretty much

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hanging out near 80 across the area

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today But some clouds and moisture

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00:37:37,270 --> 00:37:39,349
are on the way and tomorrow will not

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be as warm as today was okay

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out there today Lots of clear

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skies for us, but to the west of

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us here We are with some clouds

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00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:48,549
increasing across parts of Minnesota

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00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:50,289
now and there's a pretty good system

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over here That's gonna bring us some

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showers and storms throughout the

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day tomorrow into tomorrow night

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00:37:55,410 --> 00:37:57,489
likely ending early parts

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of Thursday morning followed by

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00:37:59,550 --> 00:38:01,829
sunshine for later Thursday, Friday,

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Saturday, and Sunday.

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00:38:03,130 --> 00:38:05,129
A great weekend on deck for us first

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00:38:05,130 --> 00:38:06,229
though. We'll get the clouds

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00:38:06,230 --> 00:38:07,549
increase across the region tonight

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00:38:07,550 --> 00:38:09,549
and likely some rain showers by

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00:38:09,550 --> 00:38:11,789
around daybreak tomorrow morning.

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00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:13,909
Likely not severe but these

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00:38:13,910 --> 00:38:15,429
could drop some heavy rainfall

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00:38:15,430 --> 00:38:17,749
basically north of highway 29.

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00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:19,149
That gets out of here throughout the

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00:38:19,150 --> 00:38:20,469
morning hours and then round two

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00:38:20,470 --> 00:38:21,989
comes through late in the day

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00:38:21,990 --> 00:38:23,509
tomorrow again heavy rain

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00:38:23,510 --> 00:38:25,169
potentially for tomorrow as well

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into tomorrow evening so somebody

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could easily see some

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00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:31,289
uh an inch or so of rain from this

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00:38:31,290 --> 00:38:33,209
uh likely again two rounds once more

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morning the second round tomorrow

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00:38:34,550 --> 00:38:36,149
afternoon and evening it gets out of

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00:38:36,150 --> 00:38:37,289
here though on Thursday morning look

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00:38:37,290 --> 00:38:39,369
what happens then yeah bright

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00:38:39,370 --> 00:38:41,009
sunshine returns for us on Thursday

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00:38:41,010 --> 00:38:42,729
afternoon and this is a great

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00:38:42,730 --> 00:38:44,589
looking forecast Friday Saturday and

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00:38:44,590 --> 00:38:46,849
Sunday with high temperatures in

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the 80s with plenty of sunshine.

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Accurate local and always

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on. Devin Biggs on News

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Watch 12 today, weeknights with

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Jeff Weller, and on weekends, Chase

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Propenack, Weather Watch 12.

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your stories.

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most, we are news

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you trust.

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presentation on native plants in the

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you live.

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the region to the headlines you

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need before you head out the door.

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at today with traffic updates,

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that keeps you ahead.

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before you walk out the door.

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News Watch 12 today.

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News.

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From where you live.

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President Trump knows a fighter when

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he sees one.

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00:41:57,860 --> 00:41:59,839
Kevin Herman is battle tested and

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ready to serve again.

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00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,119
Kevin Herman has always stood tall

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00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,959
for America, and he's never

1316
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,319
stopped putting Wisconsin first.

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In Congress, Kevin will work with

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00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:10,199
President Trump to keep our borders

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00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,399
secure, cut taxes for families,

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00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,959
safeguard our elections, and protect

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our farmers, loggers, and ginseng

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00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:17,819
growers who power America.

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00:42:17,820 --> 00:42:19,039
Conservative Kevin Hermaning for

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Congress.

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00:42:19,860 --> 00:42:21,779
The fighter Wisconsin trusts to

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get results.

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I'm Kevin Herman and I approve this

1328
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:25,440
message.

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00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,879
We're watching the WJFW

1330
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7th Congressional Republican primary

1331
00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:37,699
debate.

1332
00:42:37,700 --> 00:42:39,399
We will start with Miss Baum for

1333
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:40,759
this next question.

1334
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:41,699
Following U.S.

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00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:43,199
Military strikes on Iran and a

1336
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,199
fragile ceasefire, many Americans

1337
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:46,499
are asking whether the U.

1338
00:42:46,500 --> 00:42:48,379
S. Should become more involved in

1339
00:42:48,380 --> 00:42:50,219
the region or less.

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00:42:50,220 --> 00:42:51,759
As a member of Congress, what should

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00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,779
America's policy toward Iran be over

1342
00:42:53,780 --> 00:42:55,039
the next four years?

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00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,040
Miss Baum.

1344
00:42:56,770 --> 00:42:59,529
Well seeing as

1345
00:42:59,530 --> 00:43:01,269
Upholding the wars war powers

1346
00:43:01,270 --> 00:43:03,369
resolution passed to the house

1347
00:43:03,370 --> 00:43:05,469
and the Senate this month I

1348
00:43:05,470 --> 00:43:06,949
think that is a clear indication

1349
00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:08,929
that we should be less involved with

1350
00:43:08,930 --> 00:43:10,710
Iran over the coming years

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00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,139
Quick answer,

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00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:16,979
Mr. Alfonso, what should America's

1353
00:43:16,980 --> 00:43:18,679
policy be toward Iran going forward?

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00:43:19,740 --> 00:43:21,999
We cannot allow Iran

1355
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,139
to get a nuclear weapon.

1356
00:43:24,140 --> 00:43:26,079
President Trump, everything he does

1357
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,779
is through the prism of America

1358
00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:28,819
first.

1359
00:43:28,820 --> 00:43:30,759
An adversarial nation like

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00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,079
Iran, having a nuclear weapons is

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00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,099
detrimental, not just to Americans

1362
00:43:35,100 --> 00:43:37,059
now, but to Americans in

1363
00:43:37,060 --> 00:43:38,919
the future, like my daughter,

1364
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,079
Rose. I stand with

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00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,059
President Trump's actions in Iran,

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00:43:43,060 --> 00:43:45,059
and I look forward to in 2026,

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00:43:45,060 --> 00:43:47,159
if this isn't done already, because

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00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,879
President Trump is the master

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00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:49,999
negotiator.

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00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,279
I look forward to working with

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00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,939
President Trump to bring peace to

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00:43:52,940 --> 00:43:53,940
the Middle East.

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00:43:55,340 --> 00:43:57,239
Mr. Hermaning, same question to you.

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00:44:00,110 --> 00:44:01,969
I believe the president did exactly

1375
00:44:01,970 --> 00:44:03,949
the right thing in working

1376
00:44:03,950 --> 00:44:05,689
back in February to deny the

1377
00:44:05,690 --> 00:44:07,589
Iranians in their pursuit of

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nuclear weapons.

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I do not support the idea of

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00:44:11,730 --> 00:44:13,589
boots on the ground, which has been

1381
00:44:13,590 --> 00:44:15,629
advocated by many people mostly

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00:44:15,630 --> 00:44:17,569
to bring about regime change.

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00:44:17,570 --> 00:44:19,189
That is a decision that the Iranian

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00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:21,329
people need to make on their own.

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00:44:21,330 --> 00:44:22,869
They need to be responsible for

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00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:24,909
that. It is not our job to be the

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policemen of the world.

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00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:28,209
But in any

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negotiation...

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00:44:30,090 --> 00:44:32,809
It requires two honest brokers,

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00:44:32,810 --> 00:44:34,629
and it is very evident to me

1392
00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:36,269
in watching what's been going on

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00:44:36,270 --> 00:44:37,769
between the United States and Iran

1394
00:44:37,770 --> 00:44:39,689
for 47

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00:44:39,690 --> 00:44:41,709
years that the Iranians have

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00:44:41,710 --> 00:44:43,869
never sent an honest broker to

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any negotiation.

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00:44:45,450 --> 00:44:47,289
So I believe that we have to be very

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steadfast in what we are

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00:44:49,310 --> 00:44:51,689
standing for. We need to oppose

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00:44:51,690 --> 00:44:53,269
nuclear weapons by the Iranian

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00:44:53,270 --> 00:44:55,259
regime We need to encourage

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00:44:55,260 --> 00:44:57,159
the Iranian people to take arms

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00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,119
up against their leadership,

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00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:00,399
and we need to bring our men and

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00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,279
women home, assuring our

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00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,119
people that we do not put boots

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on the ground to bring about regime

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change.

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00:45:08,220 --> 00:45:09,029
Mrs. Emin.

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In policy toward Iran going forward.

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We need to get out of Iran and

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00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:15,239
back-focus on the American people

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00:45:15,240 --> 00:45:17,019
and the domestic issues here and

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00:45:17,020 --> 00:45:19,519
champion peace through strength.

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Twenty-six of my thirty years we

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were at a forever war.

1418
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,179
I don't want that to happen, sorry,

1419
00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:26,059
twenty out of my 36 years we are

1420
00:45:26,060 --> 00:45:27,939
at a forever war and I don t want

1421
00:45:27,940 --> 00:45:29,939
that happen again.

1422
00:45:29,940 --> 00:45:31,479
I don't t want my son in the future

1423
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:32,819
to have to go off and fight another

1424
00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:34,559
war. I don't want any mother or

1425
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,179
father to have worry about sending

1426
00:45:36,180 --> 00:45:38,379
their son or daughter overseas

1427
00:45:38,380 --> 00:45:40,699
to champion someone else's war.

1428
00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:42,039
We need to get back to America

1429
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,839
first, back to the domestic issues

1430
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,379
at hand, champion peace through

1431
00:45:45,380 --> 00:45:46,919
strength, get this finished up in

1432
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,839
Iran, and President Trump will get

1433
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:49,840
it done.

1434
00:45:51,010 --> 00:45:52,629
We will go to Mr. Hermaning first

1435
00:45:52,630 --> 00:45:54,149
for the next question.

1436
00:45:54,150 --> 00:45:55,889
Just a few miles east of Rhinelander

1437
00:45:55,890 --> 00:45:58,309
is a small town of Stella.

1438
00:45:58,310 --> 00:45:59,729
Unfortunately, it's known for having

1439
00:45:59,730 --> 00:46:01,169
one of the highest known recordings

1440
00:46:01,170 --> 00:46:03,609
of the concentration of PFAS,

1441
00:46:03,610 --> 00:46:05,369
a forever chemical linked to a lot

1442
00:46:05,370 --> 00:46:07,089
of health problems.

1443
00:46:07,090 --> 00:46:08,909
Congress has debated everything from

1444
00:46:08,910 --> 00:46:10,689
stricter regulations to increased

1445
00:46:10,690 --> 00:46:12,209
cleanup funding to holding

1446
00:46:12,210 --> 00:46:13,749
manufacturers financially

1447
00:46:13,750 --> 00:46:14,989
responsible.

1448
00:46:14,990 --> 00:46:16,489
If elected, what role should the

1449
00:46:16,490 --> 00:46:17,869
federal government play in

1450
00:46:17,870 --> 00:46:19,889
addressing PFAS contamination?

1451
00:46:19,890 --> 00:46:21,329
Mr. Hermaning.

1452
00:46:21,330 --> 00:46:23,309
Well, I live in Wausau in the

1453
00:46:23,310 --> 00:46:25,329
central part of the state, and just

1454
00:46:25,330 --> 00:46:27,209
a couple of years ago, the city

1455
00:46:27,210 --> 00:46:28,829
council and the mayor dealt with

1456
00:46:28,830 --> 00:46:30,689
this issue and were able to

1457
00:46:30,690 --> 00:46:32,369
get funds from the federal and state

1458
00:46:32,370 --> 00:46:34,289
governments to deal with the concern

1459
00:46:34,290 --> 00:46:36,289
about PFAS in the water.

1460
00:46:36,290 --> 00:46:37,889
Drinking water should be one of the

1461
00:46:37,890 --> 00:46:40,089
basic foundations of what

1462
00:46:40,090 --> 00:46:42,089
citizens should expect from

1463
00:46:42,090 --> 00:46:43,909
their government. I

1464
00:46:43,910 --> 00:46:46,029
would advocate for clean

1465
00:46:46,030 --> 00:46:47,030
water,

1466
00:46:48,210 --> 00:46:50,330
lower costs to bring about.

1467
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,119
The lesser contamination,

1468
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,799
when the government helps to make

1469
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,839
policies that bring about

1470
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,759
contamination, whether it is

1471
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:01,279
approving of certain types of

1472
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,119
chemicals that end

1473
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:04,659
up in our groundwater, the

1474
00:47:04,660 --> 00:47:06,599
government has a responsibility for

1475
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:07,739
then making it right.

1476
00:47:07,740 --> 00:47:09,359
Too often the government puts it

1477
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,219
back on the local communities, the

1478
00:47:11,220 --> 00:47:12,879
federal government does, and that is

1479
00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,159
not the way we should be approaching

1480
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,019
this or any issue where the

1481
00:47:16,020 --> 00:47:17,279
government, federal government, is

1482
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:18,979
culpable for the problems that the

1483
00:47:18,980 --> 00:47:20,880
consumers or the end up bearing.

1484
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,499
Mrs. Evin, what role should

1485
00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:25,699
the federal government play in

1486
00:47:25,700 --> 00:47:27,479
addressing PFAS?

1487
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,019
Well, Forever Chemicals are an

1488
00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:31,059
emerging science and a new issue

1489
00:47:31,060 --> 00:47:32,919
as of the last few years.

1490
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,579
And there's still a lot to learn.

1491
00:47:34,580 --> 00:47:35,799
We need to make sure that we have

1492
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,479
clean water for our families, for

1493
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:38,299
our communities.

1494
00:47:38,300 --> 00:47:39,599
And this has been an issue that's

1495
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:41,299
been engaged on at the local, state,

1496
00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:42,319
and federal level.

1497
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:43,399
I'm always concerned when the

1498
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:44,999
federal level wants to step in and

1499
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,439
over-regulate something.

1500
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:47,699
And so this has addressed quite

1501
00:47:47,700 --> 00:47:49,479
timely so in our state, at the

1502
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,379
state, at the level, at county

1503
00:47:51,380 --> 00:47:52,439
level even.

1504
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:53,419
And so I think that's where the

1505
00:47:53,420 --> 00:47:55,119
focus needs to be to make the

1506
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:56,619
communities have the resources they

1507
00:47:56,620 --> 00:47:57,699
need that if they are addressed

1508
00:47:57,700 --> 00:47:59,579
locally with the people who are

1509
00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:00,580
impacted.

1510
00:48:01,490 --> 00:48:03,209
Mr. Alfonso, now to you, the federal

1511
00:48:03,210 --> 00:48:03,769
government.

1512
00:48:03,770 --> 00:48:05,569
And PFAS.

1513
00:48:05,570 --> 00:48:07,289
This is one of the most exciting

1514
00:48:07,290 --> 00:48:09,789
aspects of the Trump agenda,

1515
00:48:09,790 --> 00:48:11,549
the MAHA movement.

1516
00:48:11,550 --> 00:48:13,169
I'm so proud to announce I've been

1517
00:48:13,170 --> 00:48:15,069
endorsed by MAHA action

1518
00:48:15,070 --> 00:48:16,929
and I will tell you for too

1519
00:48:16,930 --> 00:48:18,829
long Republicans have ceded

1520
00:48:18,830 --> 00:48:21,029
the idea of conservation to

1521
00:48:21,030 --> 00:48:21,929
the left.

1522
00:48:21,930 --> 00:48:23,549
But here's the thing, as

1523
00:48:23,550 --> 00:48:25,509
conservatives we can chew gum

1524
00:48:25,510 --> 00:48:27,189
and walk at the same time.

1525
00:48:27,190 --> 00:48:29,129
We can encourage businesses to

1526
00:48:29,130 --> 00:48:31,189
be responsible and we can

1527
00:48:31,190 --> 00:48:32,009
Also.

1528
00:48:32,010 --> 00:48:33,989
Have businesses not be hampered

1529
00:48:33,990 --> 00:48:36,249
by over-regulation.

1530
00:48:36,250 --> 00:48:38,329
The president of the United States

1531
00:48:38,330 --> 00:48:39,629
understands this.

1532
00:48:39,630 --> 00:48:41,409
He is a builder, but he also

1533
00:48:41,410 --> 00:48:43,189
understands just how important

1534
00:48:43,190 --> 00:48:45,169
natural resources are to the seventh

1535
00:48:45,170 --> 00:48:46,389
district.

1536
00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:48,449
Lakes are the center of so

1537
00:48:48,450 --> 00:48:50,209
much, so many of our communities

1538
00:48:50,210 --> 00:48:52,209
here up north and I look forward to

1539
00:48:52,210 --> 00:48:53,769
working with President Trump not

1540
00:48:53,770 --> 00:48:56,189
only to encourage businesses,

1541
00:48:56,190 --> 00:48:58,269
but to also protect our natural

1542
00:48:58,270 --> 00:48:59,739
resources.

1543
00:48:59,740 --> 00:49:01,419
Let's stay with Mr. Alfonso here.

1544
00:49:01,420 --> 00:49:03,019
Mr. Alfonzo, should the federal

1545
00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:04,739
government regulate PFAS

1546
00:49:04,740 --> 00:49:05,740
contamination?

1547
00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:07,829
Well, here's the thing.

1548
00:49:07,830 --> 00:49:09,909
The federal government is always,

1549
00:49:09,910 --> 00:49:12,109
always stepping in and

1550
00:49:12,110 --> 00:49:13,909
going over the top when it comes to

1551
00:49:13,910 --> 00:49:14,769
regulations.

1552
00:49:14,770 --> 00:49:16,509
But when I lean onto federal

1553
00:49:16,510 --> 00:49:18,089
governments, I look at the Biden

1554
00:49:18,090 --> 00:49:19,369
administration.

1555
00:49:19,370 --> 00:49:21,489
During COVID, we had so

1556
00:49:21,490 --> 00:49:23,509
many lies told to us by the very

1557
00:49:23,510 --> 00:49:25,529
people that are supposed to be

1558
00:49:25,530 --> 00:49:26,449
regulating.

1559
00:49:26,450 --> 00:49:27,929
Now, I would like to see that

1560
00:49:27,930 --> 00:49:29,709
brought down to the state level.

1561
00:49:29,710 --> 00:49:31,939
One of the centers of my campaign...

1562
00:49:31,940 --> 00:49:34,179
Is going to, and my, if God

1563
00:49:34,180 --> 00:49:36,019
willing, I get into office,

1564
00:49:36,020 --> 00:49:37,659
is making sure that the federal

1565
00:49:37,660 --> 00:49:39,319
government is shrunk.

1566
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,379
DC bureaucrats do not know

1567
00:49:41,380 --> 00:49:43,379
what is best for Wisconsin.

1568
00:49:43,380 --> 00:49:45,339
Only Wisconsinites know what it

1569
00:49:45,340 --> 00:49:46,460
is best, for Wisconsin

1570
00:49:47,870 --> 00:49:48,729
Finally, Ms.

1571
00:49:48,730 --> 00:49:49,769
Baum, same question.

1572
00:49:49,770 --> 00:49:51,089
Should the federal government be

1573
00:49:51,090 --> 00:49:52,489
involved in regulating PFAS?

1574
00:49:53,670 --> 00:49:55,669
Well, I will definitely

1575
00:49:55,670 --> 00:49:57,869
say that the federal government was

1576
00:49:57,870 --> 00:49:59,709
involved in some of the PFAS issues

1577
00:49:59,710 --> 00:50:01,749
that we have

1578
00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:03,609
Farmers were encouraged to

1579
00:50:03,610 --> 00:50:05,709
spread sludge on their fields

1580
00:50:05,710 --> 00:50:08,379
that ended up having extremely

1581
00:50:08,380 --> 00:50:10,419
high levels of PFOS in it.

1582
00:50:10,420 --> 00:50:12,259
There is a case where a farmer had

1583
00:50:12,260 --> 00:50:14,459
to eliminate his whole entire dairy

1584
00:50:14,460 --> 00:50:16,319
herd because of the

1585
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,299
high levels of PFAS in the

1586
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,559
milk coming from the cows.

1587
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:22,559
Once PFAS is in

1588
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,379
the ground and in the environment

1589
00:50:24,380 --> 00:50:26,239
and in our resources, it

1590
00:50:26,240 --> 00:50:28,179
is nearly impossible to

1591
00:50:28,180 --> 00:50:29,039
eliminate.

1592
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,299
One of the things that it binds to

1593
00:50:31,300 --> 00:50:33,379
really well is actually hemp.

1594
00:50:33,380 --> 00:50:35,179
Now that just gets it to bind to

1595
00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:36,559
hemp doesn't mean you can still get

1596
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,179
rid of it but you can get it out of

1597
00:50:38,180 --> 00:50:40,099
areas and that's one way

1598
00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:42,079
to look at a solution but

1599
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,569
once it's in our water

1600
00:50:44,570 --> 00:50:46,409
we're having a hard time getting it

1601
00:50:46,410 --> 00:50:48,469
out. So I think it is the

1602
00:50:48,470 --> 00:50:49,469
responsibility of the federal

1603
00:50:49,470 --> 00:50:51,789
government to ensure that we do have

1604
00:50:51,790 --> 00:50:53,709
clean and good access

1605
00:50:53,710 --> 00:50:54,849
to drinking water.

1606
00:50:54,850 --> 00:50:56,709
It is one of our rights

1607
00:50:56,710 --> 00:50:58,289
that we should have.

1608
00:50:59,890 --> 00:51:01,469
We will start with Mrs. Evan for

1609
00:51:01,470 --> 00:51:02,789
this next question.

1610
00:51:02,790 --> 00:51:04,749
We just celebrated 250

1611
00:51:04,750 --> 00:51:06,749
years of this country, a tremendous

1612
00:51:06,750 --> 00:51:07,629
feat.

1613
00:51:07,630 --> 00:51:09,529
I want to learn your vision for the

1614
00:51:09,530 --> 00:51:10,809
future of the United States.

1615
00:51:10,810 --> 00:51:12,829
So to the candidates, what's next

1616
00:51:12,830 --> 00:51:13,969
for this country?

1617
00:51:13,970 --> 00:51:15,109
Mrs.Evan?

1618
00:51:15,110 --> 00:51:17,209
Well, when I think about 250

1619
00:51:17,210 --> 00:51:19,049
years and the Declaration of

1620
00:51:19,050 --> 00:51:21,009
Independence that has life,

1621
00:51:21,010 --> 00:51:23,209
liberty, and pursuit of happiness as

1622
00:51:23,210 --> 00:51:25,349
the major declaratory statement,

1623
00:51:25,350 --> 00:51:27,029
I think about life being first and

1624
00:51:27,030 --> 00:51:28,989
we need to prioritize life,

1625
00:51:28,990 --> 00:51:29,769
fighting for life.

1626
00:51:29,770 --> 00:51:31,809
I'm 100% pro-life.

1627
00:51:31,810 --> 00:51:32,889
If we have a vision for this

1628
00:51:32,890 --> 00:51:34,149
country, we need to be thinking

1629
00:51:34,150 --> 00:51:36,109
about our future and that future is

1630
00:51:36,110 --> 00:51:37,369
our children.

1631
00:51:37,370 --> 00:51:38,769
I had the great honor and blessing

1632
00:51:38,770 --> 00:51:40,649
of having a son and

1633
00:51:40,650 --> 00:51:42,509
having grown him in my own womb

1634
00:51:42,510 --> 00:51:44,759
and held him and.

1635
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,039
The value of life which has been

1636
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:49,019
a subject of matter that

1637
00:51:49,020 --> 00:51:50,459
the Democrats have tried to take

1638
00:51:50,460 --> 00:51:52,379
away from us saying that children

1639
00:51:52,380 --> 00:51:54,039
are a burden they are not they are a

1640
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:55,859
blessing and there's a lot to be

1641
00:51:55,860 --> 00:51:57,439
done at the federal level to still

1642
00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,419
champion life such as getting rid of

1643
00:51:59,420 --> 00:52:01,559
the abortion pill that is crossing

1644
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:03,899
state lines that is poisoning women

1645
00:52:03,900 --> 00:52:05,779
always they lose their child and as

1646
00:52:05,780 --> 00:52:07,439
the women suffer as well one in ten

1647
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:09,019
women that have taken the abortion

1648
00:52:09,020 --> 00:52:12,819
bill end up in the

1649
00:52:12,820 --> 00:52:14,239
the children are killed.

1650
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:16,119
As we know, it's done grave danger.

1651
00:52:16,120 --> 00:52:18,099
So if we cannot champion life,

1652
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:19,959
if we can not do that, then what are

1653
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:21,579
the other policies that matter?

1654
00:52:21,580 --> 00:52:22,799
We have to stand up for our

1655
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:24,419
children, we have to defend the

1656
00:52:24,420 --> 00:52:26,319
unborn, and I'm absolutely committed

1657
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:27,320
to doing that.

1658
00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:30,289
Mr. Alfonso, your vision

1659
00:52:30,290 --> 00:52:32,329
for the future of the country.

1660
00:52:32,330 --> 00:52:34,449
Very simply, we need to

1661
00:52:34,450 --> 00:52:36,109
recommit ourselves to President

1662
00:52:36,110 --> 00:52:38,809
Trump's America First agenda.

1663
00:52:38,810 --> 00:52:39,929
Now, President Trump is working

1664
00:52:39,930 --> 00:52:41,809
every single day to make sure

1665
00:52:41,810 --> 00:52:43,649
costs are coming down in the

1666
00:52:43,650 --> 00:52:45,689
United States, but Congress, as

1667
00:52:45,690 --> 00:52:47,729
always, is slow to act and

1668
00:52:47,730 --> 00:52:49,809
fighting him tooth and nail.

1669
00:52:49,810 --> 00:52:51,629
I am the only person on this stage

1670
00:52:51,630 --> 00:52:53,589
that President Trump trusts to

1671
00:52:53,590 --> 00:52:55,609
get his agenda enacted into office.

1672
00:52:55,610 --> 00:52:57,489
And on day one,

1673
00:52:57,490 --> 00:52:59,489
we will re-put through, yet

1674
00:52:59,490 --> 00:53:01,429
again, the Save America

1675
00:53:01,430 --> 00:53:03,449
Act. We can only have

1676
00:53:03,450 --> 00:53:05,529
United States citizens voting in

1677
00:53:05,530 --> 00:53:06,949
American elections.

1678
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:08,489
If we want to address any other

1679
00:53:08,490 --> 00:53:10,269
issues in the country, we have to

1680
00:53:10,270 --> 00:53:11,749
address that one first.

1681
00:53:11,750 --> 00:53:13,969
Thank you.

1682
00:53:13,970 --> 00:53:15,829
Ms. Baum, now to you, your

1683
00:53:15,830 --> 00:53:16,830
vision.

1684
00:53:18,300 --> 00:53:20,819
My vision really stems from

1685
00:53:20,820 --> 00:53:22,719
the founding of the Republican

1686
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:24,339
Party.

1687
00:53:24,340 --> 00:53:26,639
When the party was founded,

1688
00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:28,619
there was a need for their vision

1689
00:53:28,620 --> 00:53:31,059
and their core principles.

1690
00:53:31,060 --> 00:53:33,519
They wanted to ensure the government

1691
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:35,919
worked for the everyday average

1692
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,849
working class American, not.

1693
00:53:38,850 --> 00:53:40,569
Special interests who are wealthy

1694
00:53:40,570 --> 00:53:42,289
special interests who are trying to

1695
00:53:42,290 --> 00:53:44,109
influence the politicians to

1696
00:53:44,110 --> 00:53:45,809
ensure that they could continue

1697
00:53:45,810 --> 00:53:47,849
their way of life and continue

1698
00:53:47,850 --> 00:53:49,529
to take advantage.

1699
00:53:49,530 --> 00:53:51,269
And at the time, those wealthy

1700
00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:53,369
special interest were

1701
00:53:53,370 --> 00:53:55,189
plantation and slave

1702
00:53:55,190 --> 00:53:56,289
owners.

1703
00:53:56,290 --> 00:53:58,389
And that was going to threaten the

1704
00:53:58,390 --> 00:54:00,429
livelihood of the people living up

1705
00:54:00,430 --> 00:54:02,569
here, how they could expand and

1706
00:54:02,570 --> 00:54:04,279
start a business and.

1707
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,159
Create jobs for themselves and

1708
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:07,519
build their lives.

1709
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,879
So for me it's really about getting

1710
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:11,779
the special interest influences

1711
00:54:11,780 --> 00:54:13,359
out of our politics to ensure that

1712
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:15,339
government is working for us fairly

1713
00:54:15,340 --> 00:54:16,340
and properly.

1714
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,339
I want to work on getting

1715
00:54:19,340 --> 00:54:21,219
Citizens United overturned

1716
00:54:21,220 --> 00:54:22,699
to ensure our representatives

1717
00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:23,739
represent us.

1718
00:54:25,330 --> 00:54:26,869
And finally, Mr. Herman, same

1719
00:54:26,870 --> 00:54:28,229
question, vision for the future.

1720
00:54:29,850 --> 00:54:31,090
I love this question.

1721
00:54:32,630 --> 00:54:34,609
For 40 years, I've been talking to

1722
00:54:34,610 --> 00:54:36,089
high school students, church

1723
00:54:36,090 --> 00:54:38,169
audiences, civic organizations

1724
00:54:38,170 --> 00:54:40,469
like the Lions and Rotary Clubs,

1725
00:54:40,470 --> 00:54:42,929
and many political audiences about

1726
00:54:42,930 --> 00:54:44,849
what it means to be an American,

1727
00:54:44,850 --> 00:54:46,989
liberty and leadership.

1728
00:54:46,990 --> 00:54:48,949
The reality is that I

1729
00:54:48,950 --> 00:54:51,049
cut my teeth in politics when

1730
00:54:51,050 --> 00:54:52,569
Ronald Reagan was president of the

1731
00:54:52,570 --> 00:54:53,409
United States.

1732
00:54:53,410 --> 00:54:55,449
Ronald Reagan first coined

1733
00:54:55,450 --> 00:54:57,429
the term in 1980

1734
00:54:57,430 --> 00:54:58,809
when running for president.

1735
00:54:58,810 --> 00:55:01,669
Let's make America great again.

1736
00:55:01,670 --> 00:55:03,389
Donald Trump, of course, is make

1737
00:55:03,390 --> 00:55:05,449
America great again, I am

1738
00:55:05,450 --> 00:55:07,389
a Trump Republican

1739
00:55:07,390 --> 00:55:09,709
and American first conservative

1740
00:55:09,710 --> 00:55:11,649
and I

1741
00:55:11,650 --> 00:55:13,869
believe that Ronald

1742
00:55:13,870 --> 00:55:15,909
Reagan's call to

1743
00:55:15,910 --> 00:55:17,969
the United States to

1744
00:55:17,970 --> 00:55:20,049
our people to remain the

1745
00:55:20,050 --> 00:55:21,909
shining city on the hill

1746
00:55:21,910 --> 00:55:23,849
that really became the beacon

1747
00:55:23,850 --> 00:55:25,709
for the entire world

1748
00:55:25,710 --> 00:55:27,549
And why so many

1749
00:55:27,550 --> 00:55:29,389
people yearn to come to

1750
00:55:29,390 --> 00:55:30,489
America.

1751
00:55:30,490 --> 00:55:32,389
We have seen during

1752
00:55:32,390 --> 00:55:34,289
this World Cup so

1753
00:55:34,290 --> 00:55:36,829
many people from across the planet

1754
00:55:36,830 --> 00:55:39,049
mesmerized by what America is,

1755
00:55:39,050 --> 00:55:41,629
by her people, by the opportunities,

1756
00:55:41,630 --> 00:55:43,449
by the many great

1757
00:55:43,450 --> 00:55:45,069
things in the cities that they've

1758
00:55:45,070 --> 00:55:46,149
been playing.

1759
00:55:46,150 --> 00:55:48,089
And I hope that over the

1760
00:55:48,090 --> 00:55:49,929
course of the next 250 years

1761
00:55:49,930 --> 00:55:52,409
that our constitutional foundations

1762
00:55:52,410 --> 00:55:54,489
can be what lays the foundation,

1763
00:55:54,490 --> 00:55:56,389
lays the groundwork for

1764
00:55:56,390 --> 00:55:57,670
the next 250 years.

1765
00:55:59,470 --> 00:56:01,329
This next question will go to Mr.

1766
00:56:01,330 --> 00:56:02,689
Alfonso first.

1767
00:56:02,690 --> 00:56:04,529
The gray wolf has moved on and

1768
00:56:04,530 --> 00:56:06,309
off the federal endangered species

1769
00:56:06,310 --> 00:56:07,609
list over the years, creating

1770
00:56:07,610 --> 00:56:09,509
uncertainty over who should

1771
00:56:09,510 --> 00:56:11,309
manage the population and whether

1772
00:56:11,310 --> 00:56:13,529
Wisconsin can hold a wolf hunt.

1773
00:56:13,530 --> 00:56:15,029
As a member of Congress, what role

1774
00:56:15,030 --> 00:56:16,549
should the federal government play

1775
00:56:16,550 --> 00:56:18,709
in wolf management and what policy

1776
00:56:18,710 --> 00:56:20,609
would you support going forward,

1777
00:56:20,610 --> 00:56:22,349
Mr.Alfonso?

1778
00:56:22,350 --> 00:56:23,789
Man you're making me start to sound

1779
00:56:23,790 --> 00:56:25,529
like a broken record up here.

1780
00:56:25,530 --> 00:56:27,409
It turns out almost every single one

1781
00:56:27,410 --> 00:56:29,289
of our problems is actually caused

1782
00:56:29,290 --> 00:56:31,169
by the federal government.

1783
00:56:31,170 --> 00:56:32,929
The federal government should not be

1784
00:56:32,930 --> 00:56:34,029
regulating the gray wolf.

1785
00:56:34,030 --> 00:56:35,069
Do you know why?

1786
00:56:35,070 --> 00:56:36,589
They don't deal with it in

1787
00:56:36,590 --> 00:56:37,969
Washington DC.

1788
00:56:37,970 --> 00:56:40,089
In Hayward, Wisconsin, where I live,

1789
00:56:40,090 --> 00:56:41,389
we do deal with it.

1790
00:56:41,390 --> 00:56:42,969
Farmers across the district are

1791
00:56:42,970 --> 00:56:44,869
having their livestock eaten by gray

1792
00:56:44,870 --> 00:56:46,709
wolves. We absolutely

1793
00:56:46,710 --> 00:56:48,389
need to bring this to the state

1794
00:56:48,390 --> 00:56:49,709
level. Again.

1795
00:56:49,710 --> 00:56:51,709
Only Wisconsinites know what

1796
00:56:51,710 --> 00:56:53,769
is best for Wisconsinites.

1797
00:56:53,770 --> 00:56:55,909
Bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

1798
00:56:55,910 --> 00:56:57,989
Have no idea what rural America

1799
00:56:57,990 --> 00:56:58,990
is.

1800
00:57:00,260 --> 00:57:01,579
Miss Baum, what role should the

1801
00:57:01,580 --> 00:57:03,039
federal government play in wolf

1802
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:04,040
management?

1803
00:57:06,110 --> 00:57:08,009
I think the current role it

1804
00:57:08,010 --> 00:57:09,849
plays is adequate and right now

1805
00:57:09,850 --> 00:57:11,709
there is a big push for

1806
00:57:11,710 --> 00:57:13,589
delisting the gray wolf and I

1807
00:57:13,590 --> 00:57:15,229
fully support that.

1808
00:57:15,230 --> 00:57:17,249
The numbers are adequate and

1809
00:57:17,250 --> 00:57:19,269
show that there is

1810
00:57:19,270 --> 00:57:20,829
definitely a need to delist them.

1811
00:57:20,830 --> 00:57:22,589
The populations have bounced back

1812
00:57:22,590 --> 00:57:24,509
and a hunt on

1813
00:57:24,510 --> 00:57:26,349
a responsible hunt on them would

1814
00:57:26,350 --> 00:57:28,369
not threatened the species in

1815
00:57:28,370 --> 00:57:29,370
this area.

1816
00:57:30,010 --> 00:57:32,729
Now to Mr. Hermaning, same question.

1817
00:57:32,730 --> 00:57:34,509
Well, I also support the delisting

1818
00:57:34,510 --> 00:57:36,349
of the gray wolf, but

1819
00:57:36,350 --> 00:57:38,289
I also agree that it is a state

1820
00:57:38,290 --> 00:57:39,229
issue.

1821
00:57:39,230 --> 00:57:40,589
But right now, because it's being

1822
00:57:40,590 --> 00:57:42,449
dealt with at the federal level, we

1823
00:57:42,450 --> 00:57:44,849
need to have the federal government

1824
00:57:44,850 --> 00:57:47,249
implement that type of a policy.

1825
00:57:47,250 --> 00:57:49,229
And I think that our

1826
00:57:49,230 --> 00:57:51,069
former congressman has had

1827
00:57:51,070 --> 00:57:52,949
it exactly right, and that

1828
00:57:52,950 --> 00:57:54,110
is to delist the gray Wolf.

1829
00:57:55,740 --> 00:57:57,159
And finally to Mrs. Evans, same

1830
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:58,439
question.

1831
00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,199
Congress needs to delist the gray

1832
00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:01,879
wolf. That bill has to pass.

1833
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:03,319
Congressman Tom Tiffany, our current

1834
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:04,839
representative of the 7th

1835
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:05,819
Congressional District, has been

1836
00:58:05,820 --> 00:58:07,539
working tirelessly on this in his

1837
00:58:07,540 --> 00:58:08,959
National Resource Committee.

1838
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:10,079
Got it passed through the House and

1839
00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:11,979
now it's sitting with the US Senate.

1840
00:58:11,980 --> 00:58:13,519
When I talk with people on the trail

1841
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:14,599
throughout our very rural

1842
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,739
communities here, they are extremely

1843
00:58:16,740 --> 00:58:18,639
concerned about the gray

1844
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,659
Wolf and its predatory

1845
00:58:20,660 --> 00:58:22,979
enactment on livestock,

1846
00:58:22,980 --> 00:58:24,859
on calves, on guard dogs, on

1847
00:58:24,860 --> 00:58:26,639
guard animals, on bear dogs.

1848
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:28,619
And Langley County alone in this

1849
00:58:28,620 --> 00:58:30,679
last fall, there was one

1850
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:32,559
weekend where six bear

1851
00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:34,479
dogs were killed in one weekend

1852
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:35,819
in one area.

1853
00:58:35,820 --> 00:58:36,959
When I talk directly with bear

1854
00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:38,579
hunters and other hunters throughout

1855
00:58:38,580 --> 00:58:40,199
this district, this is their number

1856
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:42,079
one issue. It's also a huge issue

1857
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:44,199
for farmers and everyday people.

1858
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:45,359
The wolves are not scared of

1859
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:46,639
anything. When I talked with my

1860
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:47,919
neighbors who are out checking their

1861
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,099
trail camps, they are followed by

1862
00:58:50,100 --> 00:58:52,099
two different wolves at a time.

1863
00:58:52,100 --> 00:58:53,339
I have to carry, when I talk with

1864
00:58:53,340 --> 00:58:54,459
those who do concealed carry

1865
00:58:54,460 --> 00:58:56,219
classes, they are now training more

1866
00:58:56,220 --> 00:58:57,999
people who recreationally hike

1867
00:58:58,000 --> 00:58:59,439
throughout our area, but they want

1868
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:00,439
to feel safe.

1869
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:01,919
The wolf has become, the gray wolf

1870
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,199
has became way too predatory and

1871
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:05,639
we need to deal with it and that

1872
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:07,459
starts with delisting it from

1873
00:59:07,460 --> 00:59:08,699
the endangered species list that

1874
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:10,619
takes an act of Congress and I'm

1875
00:59:10,620 --> 00:59:12,119
absolutely committed to getting that

1876
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,120
done.

1877
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:15,179
The next question will go to Miss

1878
00:59:15,180 --> 00:59:16,479
Baum first.

1879
00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:18,579
The national debt now exceeds $40

1880
00:59:18,580 --> 00:59:19,999
trillion.

1881
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:21,579
I want you to be specific here.

1882
00:59:21,580 --> 00:59:23,399
What specific federal programs would

1883
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:25,379
you reduce or taxes you would

1884
00:59:25,380 --> 00:59:27,379
change to put the country on a more

1885
00:59:27,380 --> 00:59:29,099
sustainable fiscal path?

1886
00:59:29,100 --> 00:59:30,619
Do you think Medicaid, Medicare or

1887
00:59:30,620 --> 00:59:32,639
social security benefits should be

1888
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:33,029
changed?

1889
00:59:33,030 --> 00:59:34,170
Miss bomb

1890
00:59:35,290 --> 00:59:37,209
Let me start on Social Security

1891
00:59:37,210 --> 00:59:39,069
benefits I don't think there should

1892
00:59:39,070 --> 00:59:41,069
be any cuts to social security

1893
00:59:41,070 --> 00:59:42,889
benefits That is such a

1894
00:59:42,890 --> 00:59:44,749
critical component to people who

1895
00:59:44,750 --> 00:59:46,709
live up here in the 7th district

1896
00:59:46,710 --> 00:59:48,529
Automatic 23%

1897
00:59:48,530 --> 00:59:50,349
cuts to benefits would be

1898
00:59:50,350 --> 00:59:52,249
very detrimental to the economy

1899
00:59:52,250 --> 00:59:54,409
up here is a lot of people

1900
00:59:54,410 --> 00:59:56,129
Rely on those social security

1901
00:59:56,130 --> 00:59:58,019
benefit The

1902
00:59:58,020 --> 00:59:59,839
bigger issue when it comes

1903
00:59:59,840 --> 01:00:01,599
to our spending and our debt,

1904
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:04,999
it's prioritizing where

1905
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,719
we put our money and how we spend

1906
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:08,579
our money. There's plenty of it.

1907
01:00:08,580 --> 01:00:10,119
There's more than enough to make

1908
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:12,539
sure that various programs

1909
01:00:12,540 --> 01:00:14,419
and initiatives are

1910
01:00:14,420 --> 01:00:16,399
met and that we can receive

1911
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:18,669
them. It's a prioritization

1912
01:00:18,670 --> 01:00:20,069
issue at the end of the day.

1913
01:00:20,070 --> 01:00:21,149
And how do we fix that

1914
01:00:21,150 --> 01:00:22,649
prioritization issues?

1915
01:00:22,650 --> 01:00:24,749
We fix that by electing different

1916
01:00:24,750 --> 01:00:27,309
types of people to Congress.

1917
01:00:27,310 --> 01:00:29,229
Again, if we continue to elect

1918
01:00:29,230 --> 01:00:31,189
people who

1919
01:00:31,190 --> 01:00:33,289
sole and first focus

1920
01:00:33,290 --> 01:00:35,189
is not representing the people and

1921
01:00:35,190 --> 01:00:36,709
who are influenced by outside

1922
01:00:36,710 --> 01:00:38,669
special interests, there is no

1923
01:00:38,670 --> 01:00:40,909
accountability for them to actually

1924
01:00:40,910 --> 01:00:43,529
make sure that policy and

1925
01:00:43,530 --> 01:00:45,450
bills and legislation going forward.

1926
01:00:46,790 --> 01:00:48,969
Impact and help keep our

1927
01:00:48,970 --> 01:00:50,369
money going to the things that are

1928
01:00:50,370 --> 01:00:52,209
actually a priority and what we

1929
01:00:52,210 --> 01:00:53,829
actually need and want.

1930
01:00:53,830 --> 01:00:55,369
So we need to change the type of

1931
01:00:55,370 --> 01:00:57,549
people that we elect to congress

1932
01:00:57,550 --> 01:01:00,249
to ensure that the budget is

1933
01:01:00,250 --> 01:01:01,669
actually a already.

1934
01:01:01,670 --> 01:01:03,049
So, Ms. Baum, let's be specific

1935
01:01:03,050 --> 01:01:05,029
here. Should we raise taxes?

1936
01:01:05,030 --> 01:01:06,579
Should we cut something else?

1937
01:01:06,580 --> 01:01:08,479
We don't need to raise taxes, it's

1938
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:10,419
a prioritization issue.

1939
01:01:10,420 --> 01:01:11,780
There's no accountability.

1940
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:14,779
There's plenty of money in the

1941
01:01:14,780 --> 01:01:15,739
government.

1942
01:01:15,740 --> 01:01:17,699
And the Pentagon hasn't passed an

1943
01:01:17,700 --> 01:01:19,359
audit ever.

1944
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:21,439
They can't account for

1945
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:23,379
trillions of dollars and

1946
01:01:23,380 --> 01:01:24,380
assets.

1947
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:26,599
If you're a business and you don't

1948
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:28,559
pass an audit, there's

1949
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:29,399
consequences.

1950
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:30,999
So where's the accountability within

1951
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:32,439
our own government and how our money

1952
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:33,579
is spent?

1953
01:01:33,580 --> 01:01:35,519
Moving on to Mr. Hermaning, Mr.

1954
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:37,159
Hermaning what specifically can be

1955
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:38,679
done to balance the budget in

1956
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:39,680
Washington, D.C.?

1957
01:01:41,220 --> 01:01:42,819
I think one thing we need to do is

1958
01:01:42,820 --> 01:01:44,419
to stop putting all of these pieces

1959
01:01:44,420 --> 01:01:46,299
of legislation into a

1960
01:01:46,300 --> 01:01:48,739
big Christmas tree type bill where

1961
01:01:48,740 --> 01:01:50,279
the people in Congress don't even

1962
01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:51,579
know what they're voting on before

1963
01:01:51,580 --> 01:01:53,079
they actually are asked to cast a

1964
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:54,869
vote. They can't come back to their

1965
01:01:54,870 --> 01:01:55,649
district.

1966
01:01:55,650 --> 01:01:57,549
They cannot tell us what's in the

1967
01:01:57,550 --> 01:01:59,769
legislation that they voted for that

1968
01:01:59,770 --> 01:02:01,729
is a problem We need to start

1969
01:02:01,730 --> 01:02:03,349
separating out these pieces of

1970
01:02:03,350 --> 01:02:05,349
legislation as an example Why

1971
01:02:05,350 --> 01:02:07,629
is the agriculture?

1972
01:02:07,630 --> 01:02:09,369
Commodities and subsidy programs

1973
01:02:09,370 --> 01:02:11,329
lumped in with the

1974
01:02:11,330 --> 01:02:14,209
uh With snap and nutrition programs

1975
01:02:14,210 --> 01:02:15,609
Each of those types of things,

1976
01:02:15,610 --> 01:02:17,469
whether it's on the farm bill,

1977
01:02:17,470 --> 01:02:19,869
whether it is on the defense bill,

1978
01:02:19,870 --> 01:02:21,789
whether it is an immigration

1979
01:02:21,790 --> 01:02:24,249
law and the bills that are passed to

1980
01:02:24,250 --> 01:02:26,429
fund legal immigration,

1981
01:02:26,430 --> 01:02:28,609
border security, the various types

1982
01:02:28,610 --> 01:02:29,749
of ways that we can protect

1983
01:02:29,750 --> 01:02:32,229
Americans from illegal immigrants,

1984
01:02:32,230 --> 01:02:33,829
it's all lumped into a single piece

1985
01:02:33,830 --> 01:02:35,109
of legislation.

1986
01:02:35,110 --> 01:02:37,069
And once we start separating those

1987
01:02:37,070 --> 01:02:39,029
out, the American

1988
01:02:39,030 --> 01:02:40,549
people are going to better trust

1989
01:02:40,550 --> 01:02:42,409
that the elected officials know what

1990
01:02:42,410 --> 01:02:44,719
they're doing in Washington, D.C.

1991
01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:46,879
Congress has stolen the money from

1992
01:02:46,880 --> 01:02:48,279
Social Security.

1993
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:50,139
We need to start shoring it up.

1994
01:02:50,140 --> 01:02:52,359
It does not require cutting benefits

1995
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:54,239
for retirees or near

1996
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:55,820
retirees or anybody.

1997
01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,179
We do not have a revenue

1998
01:02:59,180 --> 01:03:01,659
problem. We have a spending problem.

1999
01:03:01,660 --> 01:03:03,319
And the sooner that Congress starts

2000
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:04,799
taking seriously their

2001
01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:06,739
responsibility to manage the

2002
01:03:06,740 --> 01:03:08,999
purse strings, which is the priority

2003
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,019
job of a member of the House to

2004
01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:12,919
pass a budget, the better off the

2005
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:14,669
American people will be.

2006
01:03:14,670 --> 01:03:15,969
So, Mr. Hermaning, you mentioned

2007
01:03:15,970 --> 01:03:17,569
Social Security is off the table for

2008
01:03:17,570 --> 01:03:18,589
you, but we have to mention

2009
01:03:18,590 --> 01:03:20,429
something. What can be cut to

2010
01:03:20,430 --> 01:03:23,309
get us to a better fiscal situation?

2011
01:03:23,310 --> 01:03:25,169
Well, I think that, for one thing,

2012
01:03:25,170 --> 01:03:27,009
we all know about the fraud that's

2013
01:03:27,010 --> 01:03:29,009
happening, whether it is the daycare

2014
01:03:29,010 --> 01:03:31,149
centers in Minneapolis and St.

2015
01:03:31,150 --> 01:03:33,329
Paul, or the Medicaid fraud

2016
01:03:33,330 --> 01:03:35,989
in southeast Wisconsin,

2017
01:03:35,990 --> 01:03:37,669
or some of the other fraud areas

2018
01:03:37,670 --> 01:03:39,129
that have already been identified in

2019
01:03:39,130 --> 01:03:40,949
Ohio and in California.

2020
01:03:40,950 --> 01:03:42,249
That's a start.

2021
01:03:42,250 --> 01:03:44,469
It certainly doesn't finish the job.

2022
01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:46,449
But the best way to solve an

2023
01:03:46,450 --> 01:03:48,309
economic crisis is to get the

2024
01:03:48,310 --> 01:03:50,429
federal government out of the way so

2025
01:03:50,430 --> 01:03:51,849
that people like the folks who I

2026
01:03:51,850 --> 01:03:53,169
work with every day who are small

2027
01:03:53,170 --> 01:03:55,069
business owners and farmers,

2028
01:03:55,070 --> 01:03:56,689
they have the opportunity to move

2029
01:03:56,690 --> 01:03:59,409
forward their jobs, their companies,

2030
01:03:59,410 --> 01:04:00,909
hire people.

2031
01:04:00,910 --> 01:04:02,689
That's all people want is for the

2032
01:04:02,690 --> 01:04:04,069
federal government to get out of the

2033
01:04:04,070 --> 01:04:06,429
way to give us the opportunity

2034
01:04:06,430 --> 01:04:08,389
to make the best of our

2035
01:04:08,390 --> 01:04:10,389
lives from an economic and a

2036
01:04:10,390 --> 01:04:13,389
social perspective.

2037
01:04:13,390 --> 01:04:15,329
And maybe, just

2038
01:04:15,330 --> 01:04:17,309
maybe, if the government doesn't

2039
01:04:17,310 --> 01:04:19,229
tax and spend the

2040
01:04:19,230 --> 01:04:21,089
future of our people as they

2041
01:04:21,090 --> 01:04:23,389
retire and as they

2042
01:04:23,390 --> 01:04:25,209
want to pass a small part of

2043
01:04:25,210 --> 01:04:27,389
what's left onto their heirs,

2044
01:04:27,390 --> 01:04:29,169
The people might trust the

2045
01:04:29,170 --> 01:04:30,859
government. To actually get their

2046
01:04:30,860 --> 01:04:31,860
job done.

2047
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:34,699
Mr. Alfonso, now same question,

2048
01:04:34,700 --> 01:04:36,239
what should be done to balance the

2049
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:37,949
budget in D.C.?

2050
01:04:37,950 --> 01:04:39,849
Our vital programs, like

2051
01:04:39,850 --> 01:04:42,049
Social Security, cannot be

2052
01:04:42,050 --> 01:04:43,528
taken away from the older

2053
01:04:43,529 --> 01:04:44,509
generation.

2054
01:04:44,510 --> 01:04:46,389
They were promised by the United

2055
01:04:46,390 --> 01:04:48,009
States that they would receive these

2056
01:04:48,010 --> 01:04:48,829
benefits.

2057
01:04:48,830 --> 01:04:50,669
My parents receive Social

2058
01:04:50,670 --> 01:04:51,949
Security.

2059
01:04:51,950 --> 01:04:53,809
The idea that we could take that

2060
01:04:53,810 --> 01:04:55,889
away from them is un-American.

2061
01:04:55,890 --> 01:04:57,969
Here in America, we pay

2062
01:04:57,970 --> 01:05:00,109
our debts, and we will.

2063
01:05:00,110 --> 01:05:01,689
I will tell you how we'll find the

2064
01:05:01,690 --> 01:05:03,269
money in the budget as well.

2065
01:05:03,270 --> 01:05:05,149
When we cut look at

2066
01:05:05,150 --> 01:05:07,119
just the doge cuts Elon

2067
01:05:07,120 --> 01:05:08,919
Musk estimated it was around a

2068
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:10,819
trillion dollars a year.

2069
01:05:10,820 --> 01:05:11,959
Do you know how much of that was

2070
01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:14,159
actually cut from the budget?

2071
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:16,079
Almost none, because the

2072
01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:17,639
president can't do that.

2073
01:05:17,640 --> 01:05:19,599
The president has to shift the

2074
01:05:19,600 --> 01:05:21,739
funding. He cannot cut it.

2075
01:05:21,740 --> 01:05:23,759
We will work every single

2076
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:25,579
day to make sure that the

2077
01:05:25,580 --> 01:05:27,439
fraud, waste, and abuse in our

2078
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:29,379
system is taken, gotten rid

2079
01:05:29,380 --> 01:05:31,319
of. Because if we wanna protect

2080
01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:33,299
these programs that we

2081
01:05:33,300 --> 01:05:35,139
rely so much on,

2082
01:05:35,140 --> 01:05:37,299
we need to make that illegals

2083
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:39,239
are not receiving these benefits.

2084
01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:41,119
That only people that paid into the

2085
01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:43,059
system are receiving these benefit.

2086
01:05:43,060 --> 01:05:45,179
And as a young man, I can't

2087
01:05:45,180 --> 01:05:46,939
think of a single issue that matters

2088
01:05:46,940 --> 01:05:49,039
more to the young people of America

2089
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:50,959
who are paying into a program that

2090
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:52,959
many of them believe they will never

2091
01:05:52,960 --> 01:05:54,079
see a diamond.

2092
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:56,099
We need to address these issues

2093
01:05:56,100 --> 01:05:57,959
and it starts by getting rid

2094
01:05:57,960 --> 01:06:00,079
of the fraud waste and abuse

2095
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:02,739
in our government Mrs.

2096
01:06:02,740 --> 01:06:04,199
Evans same question

2097
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:05,739
Well, as an act of Congress, we can

2098
01:06:05,740 --> 01:06:08,079
pass the balanced budget amendment.

2099
01:06:08,080 --> 01:06:10,039
And add something to it that if the

2100
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:11,939
budget is not passed in a

2101
01:06:11,940 --> 01:06:13,739
balanced way, that Congress doesn't

2102
01:06:13,740 --> 01:06:14,559
get paid.

2103
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,159
Take the reward from Congress, and

2104
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:17,359
you'll start seeing some action get

2105
01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:19,039
done. So we need to balance the

2106
01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:20,599
budget. We need to prioritize

2107
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:22,589
spending. We can do a lot more with

2108
01:06:22,590 --> 01:06:24,309
less. It's what everyone has to do

2109
01:06:24,310 --> 01:06:26,049
at their kitchen table every night,

2110
01:06:26,050 --> 01:06:27,749
sitting down as a family, and figure

2111
01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:29,969
out how to work with their household

2112
01:06:29,970 --> 01:06:30,769
budget.

2113
01:06:30,770 --> 01:06:32,028
We need people who understand that

2114
01:06:32,029 --> 01:06:33,609
to go to Congress and make those

2115
01:06:33,610 --> 01:06:35,269
common sense decisions.

2116
01:06:35,270 --> 01:06:36,949
Now I work in manufacturing, and one

2117
01:06:36,950 --> 01:06:38,229
of the things that we have to do

2118
01:06:38,230 --> 01:06:39,419
constantly.

2119
01:06:39,420 --> 01:06:41,119
Is look at how do we create a better

2120
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:43,119
product, higher quality, but lower

2121
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:45,379
cost, but yet create

2122
01:06:45,380 --> 01:06:47,019
a streamlined process.

2123
01:06:47,020 --> 01:06:48,719
And we need more people with that

2124
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:50,639
manufacturing mindset to

2125
01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:52,799
go into Congress, to understand,

2126
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:54,119
to take out the efficiencies, to

2127
01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:55,739
find the waste, and in this case, to

2128
01:06:55,740 --> 01:06:57,139
find a waste, fraud, and abuse.

2129
01:06:57,140 --> 01:06:58,259
But you know who else has that

2130
01:06:58,260 --> 01:06:59,859
manufacturing mind-set who has a

2131
01:06:59,860 --> 01:07:01,639
background in manufacturing and is

2132
01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:03,278
strict on government spending and

2133
01:07:03,279 --> 01:07:05,099
doesn't back down is U.S.

2134
01:07:05,100 --> 01:07:06,739
Senator Ron Johnson. We need more

2135
01:07:06,740 --> 01:07:08,778
people with that type of

2136
01:07:08,779 --> 01:07:10,799
understanding of manufacturing,

2137
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:12,519
of common sense solutions, and

2138
01:07:12,520 --> 01:07:14,219
knowing when to stand tall and say

2139
01:07:14,220 --> 01:07:15,319
no to more spending.

2140
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:16,879
And that's exactly what I will do as

2141
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:18,619
well, take the manufacturing mindset

2142
01:07:18,620 --> 01:07:20,459
to say no to additional spending.

2143
01:07:20,460 --> 01:07:21,979
It's about time we crack down on the

2144
01:07:21,980 --> 01:07:22,980
budget.

2145
01:07:23,310 --> 01:07:25,289
Question for Mr. Hermaning first.

2146
01:07:25,290 --> 01:07:27,149
Artificial intelligence is expected

2147
01:07:27,150 --> 01:07:29,549
to transform industries ranging

2148
01:07:29,550 --> 01:07:31,709
from manufacturing to healthcare.

2149
01:07:31,710 --> 01:07:33,949
Should Congress regulate AI more

2150
01:07:33,950 --> 01:07:35,130
aggressively? Mr. Hermaning.

2151
01:07:36,740 --> 01:07:38,239
Well, thank goodness for artificial

2152
01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:40,139
intelligence, because it's the next

2153
01:07:40,140 --> 01:07:41,140
frontier.

2154
01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:45,559
But it cannot run unfettered.

2155
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:47,459
We've had, of course, the industrial

2156
01:07:47,460 --> 01:07:49,679
revolution, the information

2157
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,839
revolution, and now it's artificial

2158
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:53,239
intelligence.

2159
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:54,739
The federal government's role is to

2160
01:07:54,740 --> 01:07:55,999
make sure that we are not left

2161
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,278
behind on the world stage.

2162
01:07:58,279 --> 01:08:00,099
It is the federal government's job,

2163
01:08:00,100 --> 01:08:01,939
I believe, to not put

2164
01:08:01,940 --> 01:08:04,059
in place unnecessary, unneeded

2165
01:08:04,060 --> 01:08:05,979
regulations so that those

2166
01:08:05,980 --> 01:08:07,959
people who want to start companies,

2167
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:10,059
those people want to grow companies,

2168
01:08:10,060 --> 01:08:12,278
those people wanna take chances

2169
01:08:12,279 --> 01:08:14,599
at future success,

2170
01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,679
have the opportunity to do so.

2171
01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:18,239
Too often the government gets in the

2172
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:20,299
way, too often the Government thinks

2173
01:08:20,300 --> 01:08:21,769
it knows best.

2174
01:08:21,770 --> 01:08:23,728
And it seems from the chair that

2175
01:08:23,729 --> 01:08:25,549
I sit in every single day,

2176
01:08:25,550 --> 01:08:27,389
working with my customers who

2177
01:08:27,390 --> 01:08:29,028
are worried about the future and

2178
01:08:29,029 --> 01:08:30,969
affordability, that one way to

2179
01:08:30,970 --> 01:08:32,869
keep costs down is by

2180
01:08:32,870 --> 01:08:35,148
looking at options for

2181
01:08:35,149 --> 01:08:36,969
artificial intelligence, but

2182
01:08:36,970 --> 01:08:38,829
not at the expense of the

2183
01:08:38,830 --> 01:08:40,829
important jobs of doing

2184
01:08:40,830 --> 01:08:42,689
the heavy labor jobs that

2185
01:08:42,690 --> 01:08:45,549
are necessary in a future America.

2186
01:08:45,550 --> 01:08:47,289
I served on my school board for 16

2187
01:08:47,290 --> 01:08:49,449
years and we had an emphasis

2188
01:08:49,450 --> 01:08:51,058
on the trades.

2189
01:08:51,059 --> 01:08:53,259
Because an artificial intelligence

2190
01:08:53,260 --> 01:08:55,179
effort is not ever

2191
01:08:55,180 --> 01:08:57,019
going to change our

2192
01:08:57,020 --> 01:08:58,879
oil. It's not ever gonna work

2193
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:00,599
in the, it helps in the tool and die

2194
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:01,959
industries, but it's not gonna

2195
01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:03,939
totally replace it, thankfully.

2196
01:09:03,940 --> 01:09:05,459
It makes the job simpler in many

2197
01:09:05,460 --> 01:09:07,699
cases, but it cannot replace

2198
01:09:07,700 --> 01:09:09,558
the needs that the American people

2199
01:09:09,559 --> 01:09:10,749
have.

2200
01:09:10,750 --> 01:09:12,429
Now to Mrs. Evan, should Congress

2201
01:09:12,430 --> 01:09:14,789
regulate AI more aggressively?

2202
01:09:14,790 --> 01:09:16,129
I think with any new emerging

2203
01:09:16,130 --> 01:09:17,709
technology, we need to be cautious

2204
01:09:17,710 --> 01:09:19,889
about it. We need to understand it,

2205
01:09:19,890 --> 01:09:21,209
get comfortable with it, but not

2206
01:09:21,210 --> 01:09:22,228
rely on it.

2207
01:09:22,229 --> 01:09:24,169
It's a tool in the tool belt,

2208
01:09:24,170 --> 01:09:25,829
but it's not something to be, again,

2209
01:09:25,830 --> 01:09:26,989
fully relied upon.

2210
01:09:26,990 --> 01:09:28,829
What I am concerned with AI is

2211
01:09:28,830 --> 01:09:30,589
images and protecting our children,

2212
01:09:30,590 --> 01:09:31,849
making sure their children aren't

2213
01:09:31,850 --> 01:09:33,728
included in any images and that

2214
01:09:33,729 --> 01:09:35,028
they don't have any of that coming

2215
01:09:35,029 --> 01:09:36,289
onto their own devices.

2216
01:09:36,290 --> 01:09:38,169
We also need to look at

2217
01:09:38,170 --> 01:09:40,419
AI through an education perspective.

2218
01:09:40,420 --> 01:09:41,358
I mean, there's been enough

2219
01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:42,499
technology in the schools.

2220
01:09:42,500 --> 01:09:43,839
We need to make sure that students

2221
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:46,459
can read, write, and do arithmetic.

2222
01:09:46,460 --> 01:09:48,099
Our outcomes have only gone down in

2223
01:09:48,100 --> 01:09:49,778
the state of Wisconsin, including up

2224
01:09:49,779 --> 01:09:51,579
here in Northern Wisconsin as well.

2225
01:09:51,580 --> 01:09:53,079
So we need to be sure that AI is not

2226
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:55,058
a reliant tool in our

2227
01:09:55,059 --> 01:09:56,899
education system, that kids are

2228
01:09:56,900 --> 01:09:59,139
still learning not only the trades,

2229
01:09:59,140 --> 01:10:00,739
but also the reading, writing, and

2230
01:10:00,740 --> 01:10:02,239
math that will set them on the right

2231
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:03,999
path. Again, this is something to

2232
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:05,799
learn, to be comfortable with, but

2233
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:07,079
not rely on.

2234
01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:08,719
Studies have already been done.

2235
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:10,699
Where they're seeing that our brains

2236
01:10:10,700 --> 01:10:12,819
are losing their knowledge

2237
01:10:12,820 --> 01:10:14,519
when we rely on AI because we're not

2238
01:10:14,520 --> 01:10:16,579
doing our own research or reading.

2239
01:10:16,580 --> 01:10:18,058
We're not doing our own figuring out

2240
01:10:18,059 --> 01:10:19,939
and solving of our own problems.

2241
01:10:19,940 --> 01:10:22,039
So I would just say be cautious,

2242
01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:23,399
understand it, but don't rely

2243
01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:24,400
heavily on it.

2244
01:10:25,510 --> 01:10:27,639
Mr. Alfonso, same question.

2245
01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:29,359
I might be the only politician who

2246
01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:31,459
is honest enough to say,

2247
01:10:31,460 --> 01:10:32,839
I don't know.

2248
01:10:32,840 --> 01:10:34,139
I grew up with AI.

2249
01:10:34,140 --> 01:10:36,139
I went to college during the AI

2250
01:10:36,140 --> 01:10:36,939
boom.

2251
01:10:36,940 --> 01:10:38,999
We don't where this technology

2252
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:40,839
is going to take us, but we

2253
01:10:40,840 --> 01:10:42,879
need to watch it very closely.

2254
01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:44,919
We cannot have hundreds of

2255
01:10:44,920 --> 01:10:46,839
thousands of Americans displaced

2256
01:10:46,840 --> 01:10:48,199
from their jobs.

2257
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:50,079
Jobs give you the

2258
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:51,579
integrity of life.

2259
01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:53,379
The government's only role is to

2260
01:10:53,380 --> 01:10:55,139
protect life, liberty, and the

2261
01:10:55,140 --> 01:10:56,439
pursuit of happiness.

2262
01:10:56,440 --> 01:10:58,299
When it comes to AI, it

2263
01:10:58,300 --> 01:11:00,179
is a very new technology.

2264
01:11:00,180 --> 01:11:01,819
Even the people building it don't

2265
01:11:01,820 --> 01:11:03,619
quite know where it is going to go.

2266
01:11:03,620 --> 01:11:05,459
But I will tell you that we will

2267
01:11:05,460 --> 01:11:07,479
not allow Americans to

2268
01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:09,419
lose their jobs by the

2269
01:11:09,420 --> 01:11:10,699
thousands from AI.

2270
01:11:12,300 --> 01:11:13,720
Ms. Baum, same question.

2271
01:11:15,530 --> 01:11:17,249
Congress already regulates a lot of

2272
01:11:17,250 --> 01:11:19,289
other industries, why is AI the

2273
01:11:19,290 --> 01:11:21,069
exception? It shouldn't be.

2274
01:11:21,070 --> 01:11:22,989
It should be regulated just like we

2275
01:11:22,990 --> 01:11:25,149
do a lot of other aspects in

2276
01:11:25,150 --> 01:11:26,609
different industries across the

2277
01:11:26,610 --> 01:11:27,610
nation.

2278
01:11:28,390 --> 01:11:30,189
And unfortunately, it's been getting

2279
01:11:30,190 --> 01:11:32,089
extra benefits in a way, and

2280
01:11:32,090 --> 01:11:34,469
the state of Wisconsin approved

2281
01:11:34,470 --> 01:11:36,969
in the budget to give

2282
01:11:36,970 --> 01:11:39,069
AI data centers its sales tax

2283
01:11:39,070 --> 01:11:39,949
exemption.

2284
01:11:39,950 --> 01:11:41,189
Now I know this is a state level

2285
01:11:41,190 --> 01:11:42,529
thing, but I'm using this as an

2286
01:11:42,530 --> 01:11:44,689
example because it.

2287
01:11:44,690 --> 01:11:46,349
Why are they getting that benefit

2288
01:11:46,350 --> 01:11:48,329
when they're small businesses

2289
01:11:48,330 --> 01:11:50,469
who actually provide

2290
01:11:50,470 --> 01:11:52,389
consistent jobs and more

2291
01:11:52,390 --> 01:11:54,308
jobs than an AI data center will at

2292
01:11:54,309 --> 01:11:55,569
the end of the day after its

2293
01:11:55,570 --> 01:11:56,589
completion.

2294
01:11:56,590 --> 01:11:58,369
They should not be getting breaks.

2295
01:11:58,370 --> 01:12:00,269
They should be getting

2296
01:12:00,270 --> 01:12:01,849
it to be easier for them to

2297
01:12:01,850 --> 01:12:02,929
implement. They should go through

2298
01:12:02,930 --> 01:12:05,049
all the same hoops

2299
01:12:05,050 --> 01:12:07,169
and hurdles as every other industry

2300
01:12:07,170 --> 01:12:08,509
does. They should not have an

2301
01:12:08,510 --> 01:12:10,829
exception and that is Congress's

2302
01:12:10,830 --> 01:12:12,929
job to ensure that it

2303
01:12:12,930 --> 01:12:14,989
is evenly dispersed

2304
01:12:14,990 --> 01:12:15,990
among industries.

2305
01:12:18,100 --> 01:12:19,659
General question now, let's take a

2306
01:12:19,660 --> 01:12:21,659
step back. It's going to Mr. Alfonso

2307
01:12:21,660 --> 01:12:22,519
first.

2308
01:12:22,520 --> 01:12:23,919
What do you believe is the single

2309
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:25,999
most important quality a

2310
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:27,879
member of Congress should have, and

2311
01:12:27,880 --> 01:12:30,058
how have you demonstrated it?

2312
01:12:30,059 --> 01:12:31,669
Simply put...

2313
01:12:31,670 --> 01:12:34,069
Character and conviction I

2314
01:12:34,070 --> 01:12:35,949
believe every single person

2315
01:12:35,950 --> 01:12:37,889
on this stage has actually shown

2316
01:12:37,890 --> 01:12:40,049
character and conviction but

2317
01:12:40,050 --> 01:12:42,089
I would tell you being a

2318
01:12:42,090 --> 01:12:44,369
Christian it is my goal

2319
01:12:44,370 --> 01:12:46,449
always every single day to

2320
01:12:46,450 --> 01:12:48,389
honor God through every single thing

2321
01:12:48,390 --> 01:12:50,209
that I do I think in this

2322
01:12:50,210 --> 01:12:52,049
country one of the easiest

2323
01:12:52,050 --> 01:12:53,989
ways to see the decline is

2324
01:12:53,990 --> 01:12:56,109
the way we no longer discuss God

2325
01:12:56,110 --> 01:12:58,109
long ago we had the ruling

2326
01:12:58,110 --> 01:12:59,669
that said we're going to separate

2327
01:12:59,670 --> 01:13:01,229
the church and the state.

2328
01:13:01,230 --> 01:13:02,969
But that was to keep the state out

2329
01:13:02,970 --> 01:13:04,629
of the churches, not the churches

2330
01:13:04,630 --> 01:13:05,909
out of this state.

2331
01:13:05,910 --> 01:13:08,049
We are a Christian nation, and I

2332
01:13:08,050 --> 01:13:09,529
look forward to getting back to

2333
01:13:09,530 --> 01:13:10,570
those founding principles.

2334
01:13:13,700 --> 01:13:15,019
Thank you, Mr. Alfonso.

2335
01:13:15,020 --> 01:13:16,039
Same question to Ms.

2336
01:13:16,040 --> 01:13:18,039
Baum now. What is the most important

2337
01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:19,679
value a candidate for Congress

2338
01:13:19,680 --> 01:13:20,799
should have and how have you

2339
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:21,800
demonstrated it?

2340
01:13:22,830 --> 01:13:24,929
I think the most important value is

2341
01:13:24,930 --> 01:13:25,930
integrity.

2342
01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:30,019
You need integrity to make the

2343
01:13:30,020 --> 01:13:31,859
right choices and decisions

2344
01:13:31,860 --> 01:13:33,479
and to be able to advocate for the

2345
01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:35,799
people in the district properly.

2346
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:38,199
Again the role of a representative

2347
01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:40,099
in congress is to

2348
01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:42,119
represent people and hold

2349
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:44,040
the executive branch accountable.

2350
01:13:45,059 --> 01:13:47,039
I have pledged to not take

2351
01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:48,919
any corporate PAC money so

2352
01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:50,359
that people in this district know

2353
01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:51,759
exactly who I represent.

2354
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:53,939
You know that my Decisions

2355
01:13:53,940 --> 01:13:56,199
and advocacy will not be swayed

2356
01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,829
by any outside special interests

2357
01:13:58,830 --> 01:14:01,129
my priority will always be

2358
01:14:01,130 --> 01:14:02,230
my constituents.

2359
01:14:03,750 --> 01:14:05,190
Mrs. Evans, same question to you.

2360
01:14:06,610 --> 01:14:08,569
It's about showing

2361
01:14:08,570 --> 01:14:10,069
up for the people and showing them

2362
01:14:10,070 --> 01:14:11,189
who you are, how you're going to

2363
01:14:11,190 --> 01:14:13,169
represent their values in our way of

2364
01:14:13,170 --> 01:14:14,808
life. And I've done that time and

2365
01:14:14,809 --> 01:14:16,009
again. I've been on the campaign

2366
01:14:16,010 --> 01:14:17,989
trail now for nearly nine and a half

2367
01:14:17,990 --> 01:14:19,949
months, but about 45,000 miles

2368
01:14:19,950 --> 01:14:21,909
on my car, traveling the district

2369
01:14:21,910 --> 01:14:23,549
to hear directly from people,

2370
01:14:23,550 --> 01:14:25,449
showing up time and, again, at

2371
01:14:25,450 --> 01:14:26,269
debates and forum.

2372
01:14:26,270 --> 01:14:27,729
I called for the debates back in

2373
01:14:27,730 --> 01:14:29,009
March and I'm glad so many have

2374
01:14:29,010 --> 01:14:30,189
taken place and I am proud to be

2375
01:14:30,190 --> 01:14:31,359
here tonight.

2376
01:14:31,360 --> 01:14:33,179
We need to make sure that the voice

2377
01:14:33,180 --> 01:14:34,979
of the people is heard, and that

2378
01:14:34,980 --> 01:14:36,919
showing up time and again at local

2379
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:38,839
town meetings, at public forums on

2380
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:40,719
important issues, at regular

2381
01:14:40,720 --> 01:14:42,558
Republican meetings, but at

2382
01:14:42,559 --> 01:14:44,519
parades, at dairy breakfasts, at

2383
01:14:44,520 --> 01:14:46,659
rodeos, at all the town festivals

2384
01:14:46,660 --> 01:14:48,899
going on throughout our district.

2385
01:14:48,900 --> 01:14:50,379
Showing up matters, understanding

2386
01:14:50,380 --> 01:14:52,239
the issues directly from the people,

2387
01:14:52,240 --> 01:14:54,659
and not a lobbyist matters.

2388
01:14:54,660 --> 01:14:56,039
Knowing how to do the work matters

2389
01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:57,919
as well. And again, my experience in

2390
01:14:57,920 --> 01:14:59,819
manufacturing, specifically taking

2391
01:14:59,820 --> 01:15:01,649
on the federal bureaucracy.

2392
01:15:01,650 --> 01:15:03,589
Being dedicated to manufacturing

2393
01:15:03,590 --> 01:15:05,409
an industry here to save

2394
01:15:05,410 --> 01:15:07,229
thousands of domestic

2395
01:15:07,230 --> 01:15:08,549
manufacturing jobs.

2396
01:15:08,550 --> 01:15:09,829
That's exactly what I've done.

2397
01:15:09,830 --> 01:15:11,609
This is a very public, long job

2398
01:15:11,610 --> 01:15:13,709
interview and how we show up

2399
01:15:13,710 --> 01:15:14,689
matters.

2400
01:15:14,690 --> 01:15:16,149
I've shown up time and again and I

2401
01:15:16,150 --> 01:15:18,089
will continue to do so as your

2402
01:15:18,090 --> 01:15:19,529
representative to make sure your

2403
01:15:19,530 --> 01:15:21,509
voice is heard, that I listen,

2404
01:15:21,510 --> 01:15:23,469
that learned from you and I take my

2405
01:15:23,470 --> 01:15:25,209
proven lived experience to champion

2406
01:15:25,210 --> 01:15:27,329
our values, our way of life and

2407
01:15:27,330 --> 01:15:28,449
your values there as

2408
01:15:30,260 --> 01:15:31,479
Same question to Mr. Hermaning.

2409
01:15:34,390 --> 01:15:36,429
I think it's having an undying

2410
01:15:36,430 --> 01:15:38,429
belief in the greatness

2411
01:15:38,430 --> 01:15:41,069
of the United States of America.

2412
01:15:41,070 --> 01:15:42,070
God endowed.

2413
01:15:43,210 --> 01:15:45,169
We are a nation of

2414
01:15:45,170 --> 01:15:47,349
a diverse people,

2415
01:15:47,350 --> 01:15:49,349
certainly not flawless.

2416
01:15:49,350 --> 01:15:50,889
We've had a lot of mistakes as a

2417
01:15:50,890 --> 01:15:52,729
nation and many

2418
01:15:52,730 --> 01:15:55,429
leaders have failed us.

2419
01:15:55,430 --> 01:15:56,969
But you have to have a belief in

2420
01:15:56,970 --> 01:15:59,509
future of our country,

2421
01:15:59,510 --> 01:16:01,749
which is built on the foundation of

2422
01:16:01,750 --> 01:16:03,039
where we've come.

2423
01:16:03,040 --> 01:16:05,479
Over the course of the past now 250

2424
01:16:05,480 --> 01:16:07,399
years and a few days.

2425
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:09,279
It is about conviction,

2426
01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:11,139
it is about confidence,

2427
01:16:11,140 --> 01:16:12,300
it is opportunity,

2428
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:15,819
it's about belief in the Bible,

2429
01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:19,399
it's all belief in

2430
01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:22,138
our individual mores,

2431
01:16:22,139 --> 01:16:24,219
it's really understanding

2432
01:16:24,220 --> 01:16:26,279
that when it comes time

2433
01:16:26,280 --> 01:16:28,179
to do this job,

2434
01:16:28,180 --> 01:16:30,649
it means that we represent

2435
01:16:30,650 --> 01:16:32,179
the interests of the people of the

2436
01:16:32,180 --> 01:16:34,249
district. The people who voted for

2437
01:16:34,250 --> 01:16:36,089
us and the people who didn't vote

2438
01:16:36,090 --> 01:16:38,169
for us but live in our communities.

2439
01:16:38,170 --> 01:16:40,269
I've lived here for 40 years.

2440
01:16:40,270 --> 01:16:41,449
People know me.

2441
01:16:41,450 --> 01:16:42,949
They know my values.

2442
01:16:42,950 --> 01:16:45,709
They know core philosophy of

2443
01:16:45,710 --> 01:16:47,509
economic opportunity, personal

2444
01:16:47,510 --> 01:16:49,629
responsibility, and certainly a

2445
01:16:49,630 --> 01:16:51,729
strong belief in a national

2446
01:16:51,730 --> 01:16:53,569
defense that can protect

2447
01:16:53,570 --> 01:16:55,029
our nation on a dangerous world

2448
01:16:55,030 --> 01:16:55,949
stage.

2449
01:16:55,950 --> 01:16:57,769
So I will always show up,

2450
01:16:57,770 --> 01:16:59,609
not just during campaign time,

2451
01:16:59,610 --> 01:17:00,630
but after I'm elected.

2452
01:17:02,900 --> 01:17:04,199
Thank you, Mr. Hermaning.

2453
01:17:04,200 --> 01:17:05,739
We are nearing the end of our

2454
01:17:05,740 --> 01:17:06,699
debate.

2455
01:17:06,700 --> 01:17:08,499
Our final question, before closing

2456
01:17:08,500 --> 01:17:10,558
statements, we'll go to Mr. Alfonso

2457
01:17:10,559 --> 01:17:11,539
first.

2458
01:17:11,540 --> 01:17:13,219
So I want to know about an issue we

2459
01:17:13,220 --> 01:17:14,839
haven't spoken about tonight.

2460
01:17:14,840 --> 01:17:16,479
Mr. Alfonso, what is something we

2461
01:17:16,480 --> 01:17:18,039
missed in this debate that you think

2462
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:19,819
is important to the people of the

2463
01:17:19,820 --> 01:17:21,020
district? Mr.Alfonso.

2464
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:23,479
You know, going around the district,

2465
01:17:23,480 --> 01:17:25,299
there are a lot of issues in our

2466
01:17:25,300 --> 01:17:27,319
country, but the number one issue

2467
01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:29,799
I hear is about the tariffs.

2468
01:17:29,800 --> 01:17:31,519
You know we hear time and time again

2469
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:33,639
from these DC swamp people

2470
01:17:33,640 --> 01:17:35,539
that the tariffs are causing

2471
01:17:35,540 --> 01:17:37,179
inflation, that the tariff are

2472
01:17:37,180 --> 01:17:39,779
negatively affecting our people,

2473
01:17:39,780 --> 01:17:41,999
that tariffs are creating fair

2474
01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:43,839
trade, not free trade.

2475
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:45,919
Every farmer I have spoken to,

2476
01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:47,959
every manufacturer I have spoken to

2477
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:50,279
has said, we do not want handouts.

2478
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:52,159
What we want is an even

2479
01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:52,999
playing field.

2480
01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:54,319
And I'll tell you what.

2481
01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:56,499
I will take Wisconsin products,

2482
01:17:56,500 --> 01:17:58,419
the seventh district's products,

2483
01:17:58,420 --> 01:18:00,399
over any product in the entire

2484
01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:01,659
United States.

2485
01:18:01,660 --> 01:18:03,479
But it is Congress's job to

2486
01:18:03,480 --> 01:18:05,099
regulate commerce.

2487
01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:06,939
And when I go into

2488
01:18:06,940 --> 01:18:08,839
Congress, I will stand strong

2489
01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:10,259
with President Trump's tariff

2490
01:18:10,260 --> 01:18:11,949
agenda. But number two.

2491
01:18:11,950 --> 01:18:13,789
I will make sure that the revenue

2492
01:18:13,790 --> 01:18:16,169
generated from the tariffs will

2493
01:18:16,170 --> 01:18:17,989
go to the businesses affected

2494
01:18:17,990 --> 01:18:19,689
by the tariffs.

2495
01:18:19,690 --> 01:18:20,959
Thank you.

2496
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:22,639
Ms. Baum, to you now, what's an

2497
01:18:22,640 --> 01:18:24,239
issue important to you we haven't

2498
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:25,379
touched on yet.

2499
01:18:25,380 --> 01:18:26,679
All right, I'm gonna try to squeeze

2500
01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:27,479
two in.

2501
01:18:27,480 --> 01:18:29,419
We'll see how it goes.

2502
01:18:29,420 --> 01:18:31,519
First is around supporting our

2503
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:32,520
small businesses.

2504
01:18:33,780 --> 01:18:35,799
One in five people

2505
01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:37,840
are bound by non-disclosure agree,

2506
01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:40,659
or non-compete agreements, sorry.

2507
01:18:40,660 --> 01:18:42,159
One in 5 people are found by

2508
01:18:42,160 --> 01:18:43,159
noncompete agreement.

2509
01:18:43,160 --> 01:18:45,119
So it's 32 million people

2510
01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:46,558
across the nation.

2511
01:18:46,559 --> 01:18:49,039
This limits people from starting

2512
01:18:49,040 --> 01:18:50,599
a small business.

2513
01:18:50,600 --> 01:18:52,339
This limits competition.

2514
01:18:52,340 --> 01:18:54,159
This limits.

2515
01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:56,359
The ability for people to pursue

2516
01:18:56,360 --> 01:18:57,719
entrepreneurship.

2517
01:18:57,720 --> 01:18:59,959
So I would like to see legislation

2518
01:18:59,960 --> 01:19:02,639
passed around non-compete

2519
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,199
agreements being eliminated.

2520
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:07,519
Also 1099 independent contractor

2521
01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:08,359
work.

2522
01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:10,819
This was regulated

2523
01:19:10,820 --> 01:19:12,079
more heavily under the Biden

2524
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:13,619
administration and made harder for

2525
01:19:13,620 --> 01:19:15,499
people to be able to work as

2526
01:19:15,500 --> 01:19:16,899
an independent contractor under

2527
01:19:16,900 --> 01:19:17,900
1099.

2528
01:19:19,350 --> 01:19:21,369
That needs to get repealed.

2529
01:19:21,370 --> 01:19:22,989
It needs to be so that people can

2530
01:19:22,990 --> 01:19:24,829
actually work independently,

2531
01:19:24,830 --> 01:19:26,709
have their side hustles, and work

2532
01:19:26,710 --> 01:19:28,330
with different organizations.

2533
01:19:30,010 --> 01:19:32,389
Housing is a huge thing too.

2534
01:19:32,390 --> 01:19:33,849
At the federal level, I would

2535
01:19:33,850 --> 01:19:36,329
support housing initiatives

2536
01:19:36,330 --> 01:19:38,049
for small and medium sized

2537
01:19:38,050 --> 01:19:39,929
businesses that would help bring

2538
01:19:39,930 --> 01:19:41,808
our workforce up here and allow

2539
01:19:41,809 --> 01:19:43,829
them to hire employees and provide

2540
01:19:43,830 --> 01:19:45,959
them housing so that we can.

2541
01:19:45,960 --> 01:19:47,339
Make sure that our businesses are

2542
01:19:47,340 --> 01:19:48,639
getting the workers that they need

2543
01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:50,659
and to then those workers

2544
01:19:50,660 --> 01:19:51,939
have housing that they need to be

2545
01:19:51,940 --> 01:19:53,379
able to move and live in the area

2546
01:19:55,070 --> 01:19:57,249
Mrs. Evans, same question.

2547
01:19:57,250 --> 01:19:58,569
Well, we need to make sure our

2548
01:19:58,570 --> 01:20:00,589
country is secure, that we secure

2549
01:20:00,590 --> 01:20:02,249
our southern border, that we

2550
01:20:02,250 --> 01:20:04,009
continue to build and finish the

2551
01:20:04,010 --> 01:20:05,829
wall, that we deport violent

2552
01:20:05,830 --> 01:20:07,769
criminal illegal aliens.

2553
01:20:07,770 --> 01:20:09,269
I've talked with many sheriffs and

2554
01:20:09,270 --> 01:20:10,669
law enforcement officers throughout

2555
01:20:10,670 --> 01:20:12,289
this campaign time frame.

2556
01:20:12,290 --> 01:20:13,649
Honored to earn the backing of so

2557
01:20:13,650 --> 01:20:15,109
many sherifs, including right here

2558
01:20:15,110 --> 01:20:17,109
in Oneida County, Grady Hartman,

2559
01:20:17,110 --> 01:20:18,009
along with neighboring county

2560
01:20:18,010 --> 01:20:19,969
violists of Jerry Ritter and former

2561
01:20:19,970 --> 01:20:22,089
sheriff Joe Fath, along with Iron,

2562
01:20:22,090 --> 01:20:24,099
Lincoln and many other counties.

2563
01:20:24,100 --> 01:20:26,079
But as I've spoken with them,

2564
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:27,459
they talked about how they see the

2565
01:20:27,460 --> 01:20:30,099
effects of good border policy.

2566
01:20:30,100 --> 01:20:31,519
When the border was open with

2567
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:33,599
President Biden, they saw

2568
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:35,859
an influx

2569
01:20:35,860 --> 01:20:37,259
of drugs coming into our

2570
01:20:37,260 --> 01:20:38,779
communities, targeting innocent

2571
01:20:38,780 --> 01:20:40,159
people. And they lost a lot of

2572
01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:41,699
lives. We've lost a lots of lives in

2573
01:20:41,700 --> 01:20:43,779
this district because of drugs.

2574
01:20:43,780 --> 01:20:45,199
Now the sheriffs have also said that

2575
01:20:45,200 --> 01:20:47,099
as soon as that border went up and

2576
01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:48,519
strong security took place once

2577
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:50,199
again, as soon and as President

2578
01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:52,058
Trump came into office.

2579
01:20:52,059 --> 01:20:54,099
We saw a decrease, specifically a

2580
01:20:54,100 --> 01:20:56,379
fentanyl, and a significant decrease

2581
01:20:56,380 --> 01:20:58,359
in overdoses.

2582
01:20:58,360 --> 01:21:00,099
Policy matters, securing the border

2583
01:21:00,100 --> 01:21:01,459
matters, getting violent criminal

2584
01:21:01,460 --> 01:21:02,819
legal aliens matters as well.

2585
01:21:02,820 --> 01:21:04,639
We've lost innocent lives.

2586
01:21:04,640 --> 01:21:06,539
Young Sheridan out in

2587
01:21:06,540 --> 01:21:08,419
Chicago, a young woman just visiting

2588
01:21:08,420 --> 01:21:10,339
with her friends, hanging out and

2589
01:21:10,340 --> 01:21:11,879
was shot in the back of the head.

2590
01:21:12,880 --> 01:21:14,939
These bad policies by Biden have

2591
01:21:14,940 --> 01:21:16,679
had terrible repercussions on our

2592
01:21:16,680 --> 01:21:17,529
communities.

2593
01:21:17,530 --> 01:21:18,750
We've seen it time and again, we

2594
01:21:18,751 --> 01:21:19,989
have to continue to champion

2595
01:21:19,990 --> 01:21:21,649
President Trump's secure border

2596
01:21:21,650 --> 01:21:23,449
policy and tough on immigration.

2597
01:21:25,560 --> 01:21:26,580
Finally, to Mr. Hermaning.

2598
01:21:28,900 --> 01:21:29,879
Well, I'm gonna bring up the

2599
01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:31,719
president because the president

2600
01:21:31,720 --> 01:21:33,619
has done exactly what he

2601
01:21:33,620 --> 01:21:35,039
said he was going to do.

2602
01:21:35,040 --> 01:21:37,399
He's worked to secure the border and

2603
01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:38,499
he's done that.

2604
01:21:39,640 --> 01:21:41,599
He's work to bring about no

2605
01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,239
tax on social security,

2606
01:21:44,240 --> 01:21:46,539
no tax, on overtime,

2607
01:21:46,540 --> 01:21:48,558
no tax tips.

2608
01:21:48,559 --> 01:21:50,479
He's working in so many areas that

2609
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:52,499
he promised during the 2024

2610
01:21:52,500 --> 01:21:53,939
election.

2611
01:21:53,940 --> 01:21:55,719
And the only thing that Congress has

2612
01:21:55,720 --> 01:21:57,689
to show for it is the passage of

2613
01:21:57,690 --> 01:21:59,629
the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last

2614
01:21:59,630 --> 01:22:00,609
July.

2615
01:22:00,610 --> 01:22:02,389
Now, it's great that they did that,

2616
01:22:02,390 --> 01:22:04,308
but that was only implementing part

2617
01:22:04,309 --> 01:22:06,249
of the president's agenda

2618
01:22:06,250 --> 01:22:07,709
because they made most of that

2619
01:22:07,710 --> 01:22:09,729
legislation temporary and they

2620
01:22:09,730 --> 01:22:11,169
didn't actually go far enough

2621
01:22:11,170 --> 01:22:13,329
because Congress actually simied

2622
01:22:13,330 --> 01:22:15,489
the rest of the President's agenda.

2623
01:22:15,490 --> 01:22:17,329
The president has put forth so many

2624
01:22:17,330 --> 01:22:19,469
executive orders and that's

2625
01:22:19,470 --> 01:22:20,519
fantastic.

2626
01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:21,999
Because it's protected the American

2627
01:22:22,000 --> 01:22:23,699
people and given us so many

2628
01:22:23,700 --> 01:22:24,879
opportunities.

2629
01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:26,879
Now Congress needs to finish its

2630
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:29,739
job and put some of those

2631
01:22:29,740 --> 01:22:31,719
executive orders

2632
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:33,699
into actual legislation

2633
01:22:33,700 --> 01:22:35,539
so that they will last

2634
01:22:35,540 --> 01:22:37,419
beyond the president's term,

2635
01:22:37,420 --> 01:22:39,839
which ends in January of 2029.

2636
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:41,699
I am committed to helping him finish

2637
01:22:41,700 --> 01:22:44,339
that job when I'm elected and

2638
01:22:44,340 --> 01:22:45,760
take office next January.

2639
01:22:46,980 --> 01:22:48,679
We now move to our closing

2640
01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:49,939
statements.

2641
01:22:49,940 --> 01:22:51,639
Ms. Baum, you will go first.

2642
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:52,640
Go ahead.

2643
01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:55,679
Well I want to take this moment

2644
01:22:55,680 --> 01:22:58,058
to announce something

2645
01:22:58,059 --> 01:22:59,999
pretty cool and exciting as part of

2646
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:00,819
my campaign.

2647
01:23:00,820 --> 01:23:02,439
Starting tomorrow I'm going to be

2648
01:23:02,440 --> 01:23:04,829
embarking on a 400 mile

2649
01:23:04,830 --> 01:23:05,909
I'm going to be doing a biking trip

2650
01:23:05,910 --> 01:23:07,669
tour through the district starting

2651
01:23:07,670 --> 01:23:09,709
here in Rhinelander and

2652
01:23:09,710 --> 01:23:11,329
ending in Superior.

2653
01:23:11,330 --> 01:23:13,229
I will be slowing down and

2654
01:23:13,230 --> 01:23:14,849
really getting to know our different

2655
01:23:14,850 --> 01:23:17,409
communities, different industries,

2656
01:23:17,410 --> 01:23:18,909
different businesses and

2657
01:23:18,910 --> 01:23:20,808
organizations all and

2658
01:23:20,809 --> 01:23:22,669
how they impact our economy up

2659
01:23:22,670 --> 01:23:24,489
here and I will be meeting with

2660
01:23:24,490 --> 01:23:26,329
voters along the way to

2661
01:23:26,330 --> 01:23:27,909
talk with them and hear from them

2662
01:23:27,910 --> 01:23:29,729
directly. This tour

2663
01:23:29,730 --> 01:23:31,070
is really a testament

2664
01:23:32,900 --> 01:23:34,719
taking things a little bit slower,

2665
01:23:34,720 --> 01:23:36,419
really paying attention, really

2666
01:23:36,420 --> 01:23:38,359
taking the time to listen

2667
01:23:38,360 --> 01:23:40,259
and to get to know this district

2668
01:23:40,260 --> 01:23:42,058
instead of just buzzing through

2669
01:23:42,059 --> 01:23:43,879
towns and driving through quickly

2670
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:45,379
and missing half of the things that

2671
01:23:45,380 --> 01:23:48,399
make them so unique and interesting.

2672
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:49,759
And even just as I've been planning

2673
01:23:49,760 --> 01:23:51,459
this, it's incredible to see all the

2674
01:23:51,460 --> 01:23:53,299
different organizations and

2675
01:23:53,300 --> 01:23:55,319
businesses and industries and how

2676
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:57,139
they differently impact each of our

2677
01:23:57,140 --> 01:23:58,279
communities. You might have

2678
01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:00,099
communities 20 miles from each

2679
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:01,308
other, But yet.

2680
01:24:01,309 --> 01:24:02,969
Economic impacts for those two

2681
01:24:02,970 --> 01:24:04,149
communities could be completely

2682
01:24:04,150 --> 01:24:04,989
different.

2683
01:24:04,990 --> 01:24:05,789
And so I'm going to take this

2684
01:24:05,790 --> 01:24:07,929
opportunity to really showcase

2685
01:24:07,930 --> 01:24:09,789
what it is to be

2686
01:24:09,790 --> 01:24:11,729
a resident of the Northwoods

2687
01:24:11,730 --> 01:24:12,869
in the Seventh Congressional

2688
01:24:12,870 --> 01:24:14,889
District and what the needs of this

2689
01:24:14,890 --> 01:24:17,229
district are and here and

2690
01:24:17,230 --> 01:24:19,089
take that rate from the people

2691
01:24:19,090 --> 01:24:21,009
who are living in it and showcase it

2692
01:24:21,010 --> 01:24:22,010
to you.

2693
01:24:22,530 --> 01:24:25,069
Mrs. Eben, your closing statement.

2694
01:24:25,070 --> 01:24:26,829
I am the only candidate that has

2695
01:24:26,830 --> 01:24:28,829
both the energy and the experience

2696
01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:30,709
to properly get the job done and

2697
01:24:30,710 --> 01:24:32,649
represent the people here in the 7th

2698
01:24:32,650 --> 01:24:33,709
congressional district.

2699
01:24:33,710 --> 01:24:35,209
I'm the only candidates gone up

2700
01:24:35,210 --> 01:24:36,409
against the federal bureaucracy

2701
01:24:36,410 --> 01:24:38,349
under the Biden administration and

2702
01:24:38,350 --> 01:24:40,029
won saving thousands of domestic

2703
01:24:40,030 --> 01:24:41,869
manufacturing jobs right here in

2704
01:24:41,870 --> 01:24:43,489
our state of Wisconsin.

2705
01:24:43,490 --> 01:24:44,808
This is what it's going to take to

2706
01:24:44,809 --> 01:24:46,349
defend our values and our way of

2707
01:24:46,350 --> 01:24:47,949
life continuing the great work of

2708
01:24:47,950 --> 01:24:49,949
our congressman Tom Tiffany and

2709
01:24:49,950 --> 01:24:51,469
champion the America first agenda

2710
01:24:51,470 --> 01:24:53,449
alongside President Trump, standing

2711
01:24:53,450 --> 01:24:54,589
for our values.

2712
01:24:54,590 --> 01:24:56,429
I'm pro-life, 100% pro-

2713
01:24:56,430 --> 01:24:58,129
life, making sure we protect our

2714
01:24:58,130 --> 01:24:59,989
young children, make sure we protect

2715
01:24:59,990 --> 01:25:01,069
them as they age, to make sure that

2716
01:25:01,070 --> 01:25:02,589
we don't have men in girls'

2717
01:25:02,590 --> 01:25:03,729
bathrooms or in their sports or in

2718
01:25:03,730 --> 01:25:04,989
their locker rooms.

2719
01:25:04,990 --> 01:25:06,549
Make sure that protect our God-given

2720
01:25:06,550 --> 01:25:08,109
rights, including the Second

2721
01:25:08,110 --> 01:25:09,989
Amendment. Making sure our farmland

2722
01:25:09,990 --> 01:25:11,969
is not infringed upon, bought by

2723
01:25:11,970 --> 01:25:13,989
China, or covered in solar panels

2724
01:25:13,990 --> 01:25:15,459
or windmills.

2725
01:25:15,460 --> 01:25:19,139
We need to make sure that we

2726
01:25:19,140 --> 01:25:20,979
secure the southern border,

2727
01:25:20,980 --> 01:25:22,719
that we deport violent, criminal,

2728
01:25:22,720 --> 01:25:24,279
illegal aliens, and that we support

2729
01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:25,299
law enforcement.

2730
01:25:25,300 --> 01:25:26,919
And it's an honor in this race to be

2731
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:28,039
backed by sheriffs from throughout

2732
01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:29,679
this district who defend a way of

2733
01:25:29,680 --> 01:25:32,179
life. That's what I'm fighting for.

2734
01:25:32,180 --> 01:25:33,739
I grew up out in the country amongst

2735
01:25:33,740 --> 01:25:35,619
the farms where neighbors had each

2736
01:25:35,620 --> 01:25:36,579
other's backs.

2737
01:25:36,580 --> 01:25:38,239
We solved our problems with common

2738
01:25:38,240 --> 01:25:40,058
sense solutions and the values

2739
01:25:40,059 --> 01:25:41,739
of faith, family, and freedom were

2740
01:25:41,740 --> 01:25:42,679
prevalent.

2741
01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:44,379
I want that for my son, and I want

2742
01:25:44,380 --> 01:25:46,259
that for all Wisconsinites, to

2743
01:25:46,260 --> 01:25:48,019
have a chance to chase and achieve

2744
01:25:48,020 --> 01:25:49,479
the American dream, which has

2745
01:25:49,480 --> 01:25:52,359
slipped out of grasp for so many.

2746
01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:53,519
We've got a lot of work to do.

2747
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:54,459
I've committed to doing it.

2748
01:25:54,460 --> 01:25:55,999
I've got skin in the game.

2749
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,119
And we have a tremendous

2750
01:25:57,120 --> 01:25:58,399
opportunity. But it's going to take

2751
01:25:58,400 --> 01:26:00,139
hard work. It's going take grit, not

2752
01:26:00,140 --> 01:26:02,019
a silver spoon or a red carpet,

2753
01:26:02,020 --> 01:26:03,579
but going out, taking my proven

2754
01:26:03,580 --> 01:26:05,419
lived and work experience to

2755
01:26:05,420 --> 01:26:06,859
defend our way of life within the

2756
01:26:06,860 --> 01:26:08,219
halls of Congress.

2757
01:26:08,220 --> 01:26:09,999
This is my mission in serving you.

2758
01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:11,699
So I ask for your support and for

2759
01:26:11,700 --> 01:26:13,260
your vote. On August 11th.

2760
01:26:14,410 --> 01:26:15,689
Mr. Hermaning, your closing

2761
01:26:15,690 --> 01:26:16,690
statement.

2762
01:26:18,090 --> 01:26:19,369
So President Trump made an

2763
01:26:19,370 --> 01:26:21,069
endorsement before I was in the

2764
01:26:21,070 --> 01:26:22,209
race.

2765
01:26:22,210 --> 01:26:24,089
But I have been so honored to

2766
01:26:24,090 --> 01:26:25,469
have earned the endorsement from

2767
01:26:25,470 --> 01:26:27,249
people who have gotten to know me

2768
01:26:27,250 --> 01:26:29,889
over the past 40 years.

2769
01:26:29,890 --> 01:26:32,149
Women like Senator Mary Felskowski,

2770
01:26:32,150 --> 01:26:34,109
several county party

2771
01:26:34,110 --> 01:26:36,499
chair women.

2772
01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:38,779
Across the seventh district.

2773
01:26:38,780 --> 01:26:40,659
State representatives, like my

2774
01:26:40,660 --> 01:26:43,099
neighbors, Pat Snyder,

2775
01:26:43,100 --> 01:26:44,799
fellow veterans, John Spiros and

2776
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:46,819
Duke Tucker and Brent

2777
01:26:46,820 --> 01:26:48,839
Jacobson, who fought the COVID

2778
01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:50,779
mandates when I was school board

2779
01:26:50,780 --> 01:26:52,558
president in Mosoni and he was the

2780
01:26:52,559 --> 01:26:53,519
mayor.

2781
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:55,299
My good friend, Senator Romaine

2782
01:26:55,300 --> 01:26:57,139
Quinn from up in the southwest

2783
01:26:57,140 --> 01:26:58,639
part of the district.

2784
01:26:58,640 --> 01:27:00,119
These folks have gotten to know me

2785
01:27:00,120 --> 01:27:01,759
over the course of the past many

2786
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:03,558
years, not just during the course of

2787
01:27:03,559 --> 01:27:04,479
the campaign.

2788
01:27:04,480 --> 01:27:06,319
Or since moving into the district,

2789
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:07,839
though for me, that was 41 years

2790
01:27:07,840 --> 01:27:08,840
ago.

2791
01:27:09,960 --> 01:27:12,139
People ask me why I'm running.

2792
01:27:12,140 --> 01:27:13,359
I do have a two and a half year old

2793
01:27:13,360 --> 01:27:14,360
grandson.

2794
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:17,139
When I think about what's going on

2795
01:27:17,140 --> 01:27:18,879
halfway around the world right now,

2796
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:20,699
I do not want him

2797
01:27:20,700 --> 01:27:22,759
to have to go fight a war that

2798
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:24,399
isn't finished by president Trump.

2799
01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:27,899
Veterans are the last people who

2800
01:27:27,900 --> 01:27:29,399
want to commit troops on the ground

2801
01:27:29,400 --> 01:27:31,399
or even to an area that

2802
01:27:31,400 --> 01:27:32,739
is dangerous on the planet.

2803
01:27:32,740 --> 01:27:34,729
And I bring to

2804
01:27:34,730 --> 01:27:36,909
this seat, to this race,

2805
01:27:36,910 --> 01:27:39,029
a high degree of financial literacy,

2806
01:27:39,030 --> 01:27:41,249
and I am best positioned

2807
01:27:41,250 --> 01:27:43,089
to bring financial awareness

2808
01:27:43,090 --> 01:27:45,089
and literacy to Washington as

2809
01:27:45,090 --> 01:27:46,509
your next congressman.

2810
01:27:46,510 --> 01:27:48,109
I am ready on day one.

2811
01:27:48,110 --> 01:27:49,769
I'm not running to be somebody.

2812
01:27:49,770 --> 01:27:51,449
I am running to do something.

2813
01:27:51,450 --> 01:27:53,069
And I ask for your vote on August

2814
01:27:53,070 --> 01:27:54,070
11th.

2815
01:27:54,680 --> 01:27:57,629
Mr. Alfonso, your closing statement.

2816
01:27:57,630 --> 01:27:59,308
We've heard about a lot of problems

2817
01:27:59,309 --> 01:28:00,109
tonight.

2818
01:28:00,110 --> 01:28:01,689
And from some of my answers, you

2819
01:28:01,690 --> 01:28:03,349
might think that I'm a pessimist,

2820
01:28:03,350 --> 01:28:04,749
but I'm not.

2821
01:28:04,750 --> 01:28:06,609
I believe all Christians are called

2822
01:28:06,610 --> 01:28:08,449
to be happy warriors, or

2823
01:28:08,450 --> 01:28:10,469
in other words, optimists.

2824
01:28:10,470 --> 01:28:12,409
I believe in the future of

2825
01:28:12,410 --> 01:28:13,369
this country.

2826
01:28:13,370 --> 01:28:15,249
I raised my daughter in the Seventh

2827
01:28:15,250 --> 01:28:17,289
District because I believe in the

2828
01:28:17,290 --> 01:28:19,249
people of the Seventh District.

2829
01:28:19,250 --> 01:28:21,329
And my promise to you tonight is

2830
01:28:21,330 --> 01:28:23,129
the same I made to President Trump

2831
01:28:23,130 --> 01:28:25,209
when he gave me his endorsement.

2832
01:28:25,210 --> 01:28:27,049
I will bring the energy of a young

2833
01:28:27,050 --> 01:28:29,119
man but the values of

2834
01:28:29,120 --> 01:28:31,259
the people of the 7th District,

2835
01:28:31,260 --> 01:28:33,279
faith and family.

2836
01:28:33,280 --> 01:28:35,259
President Trump actually endorsed me

2837
01:28:35,260 --> 01:28:37,079
twice to make sure that it

2838
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:39,199
was very clear he knew every

2839
01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:40,859
single person in this race.

2840
01:28:40,860 --> 01:28:43,039
He evaluated their experience.

2841
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:44,759
He evaluated, more importantly,

2842
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:46,599
their character and their

2843
01:28:46,600 --> 01:28:49,039
conviction and their work ethic.

2844
01:28:49,040 --> 01:28:51,359
And today, with

2845
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:53,159
the support of the president, I now

2846
01:28:53,160 --> 01:28:54,739
ask for the support of the most

2847
01:28:54,740 --> 01:28:56,259
important people.

2848
01:28:56,260 --> 01:28:57,619
My neighbors in the seventh

2849
01:28:57,620 --> 01:28:58,819
district.

2850
01:28:58,820 --> 01:29:00,279
Please come out and vote.

2851
01:29:00,280 --> 01:29:02,419
August 11th, let's give President

2852
01:29:02,420 --> 01:29:04,599
Trump two more years in office and

2853
01:29:04,600 --> 01:29:06,139
not just talk about it.

2854
01:29:06,140 --> 01:29:07,140
Thank you.

2855
01:29:07,930 --> 01:29:09,510
As we wrap up tonight's debate, I

2856
01:29:09,511 --> 01:29:10,869
want to thank all four candidates

2857
01:29:10,870 --> 01:29:12,349
for taking part in this important

2858
01:29:12,350 --> 01:29:13,909
conversation, and thank you at home

2859
01:29:13,910 --> 01:29:15,029
for joining us.

2860
01:29:15,030 --> 01:29:16,669
We will be hosting the Democratic

2861
01:29:16,670 --> 01:29:18,669
primary debate next Tuesday, same

2862
01:29:18,670 --> 01:29:20,629
time. The actual primary is

2863
01:29:20,630 --> 01:29:23,009
on Tuesday, August 11th.

2864
01:29:23,010 --> 01:29:24,469
We encourage everyone to research

2865
01:29:24,470 --> 01:29:26,469
the candidates, make a plan to vote,

2866
01:29:26,470 --> 01:29:28,289
and most importantly, participate

2867
01:29:28,290 --> 01:29:29,909
in our democracy.

2868
01:29:29,910 --> 01:29:32,009
On behalf of everyone at WJFW,

2869
01:29:32,010 --> 01:29:33,349
thank you for watching.

2870
01:29:33,350 --> 01:29:34,350
Have a great evening.