WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.720 Well, this is why we have primaries to make sure that the strongest candidate can compete 00:11.720 --> 00:12.880 in the general election. 00:12.880 --> 00:16.800 From day one, I've been very focused on running the strongest campaign to be able to take 00:16.800 --> 00:19.640 on and defeat Tom Tiffany this November. 00:19.640 --> 00:21.120 Is this a disqualifying thing? 00:21.120 --> 00:24.480 How should voters weigh it when they're looking at this pool of campaigns? 00:24.480 --> 00:29.280 Well, look, I think that's up to her campaign to figure out, and I think it's up to voters 00:29.280 --> 00:34.040 to decide if that campaign will ultimately be the strongest or not if they're able to 00:34.040 --> 00:35.680 communicate or not. 00:35.680 --> 00:38.520 But that's a decision that should be left up to them. 00:38.520 --> 00:42.640 As we're coming down the stretch to this primary, how are you doing in terms of finances to 00:42.640 --> 00:44.000 be able to communicate your vessels? 00:44.000 --> 00:45.000 We are feeling really good. 00:45.000 --> 00:46.000 We are going on TV. 00:46.000 --> 00:50.760 I think this week, if I'm not mistaken, so happy to be on the air and we're communicating 00:50.760 --> 00:51.760 over TV. 00:51.760 --> 00:56.640 We're communicating over digital as well, and I'm proud to have the broad support that 00:56.640 --> 01:00.880 we continue to have that we've had since day one, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity 01:00.880 --> 01:03.520 to continue to build off of that for the next four weeks. 01:03.520 --> 01:07.040 These are critical, and for the folks that are watching, they're still time to get involved, 01:07.040 --> 01:09.600 get engaged, and get on board. 01:09.600 --> 01:14.480 The number of voters out there that maybe were undecided, maybe not paying as much attention, 01:14.480 --> 01:16.400 what's going to lead them down the stretch here? 01:16.400 --> 01:19.600 What are these critical, closing moments for the people that are just now tuning in? 01:19.600 --> 01:22.640 Yeah, I'm really glad you brought that up, because in the moment like this, where things 01:22.640 --> 01:26.480 are so incredibly difficult, people will want a leader who's going to stand up and 01:26.480 --> 01:28.680 fight for them, and not take no for an answer. 01:28.680 --> 01:32.560 And I'm proud to have the longest track record of standing up and fighting for people all 01:32.560 --> 01:37.600 across the state of Wisconsin, not any specific district, but the entire state. 01:37.600 --> 01:39.160 That's why people come to know me. 01:39.160 --> 01:44.520 That's why people trust me, because when those tough fights came up, I never backed away, 01:44.520 --> 01:47.880 and I've always shown it to make sure that we are doing everything to improve quality 01:47.880 --> 01:50.640 of life for every single person, regardless of their zip code. 01:50.640 --> 01:55.000 There's been a tendency to try and group the candidates into centrist or progressive 01:55.000 --> 01:56.000 lanes. 01:57.000 --> 02:02.960 I'm out here showing up for people, and that's what it comes down to. 02:02.960 --> 02:07.680 And we're leading with a bold message, we are leading with urgency, because things need 02:07.680 --> 02:08.680 to change right away. 02:08.680 --> 02:11.560 Our schools need to be funded, people need health care, we need good paying jobs, we 02:11.560 --> 02:15.120 need to protect the environment, we need to stand up to these industries that are making 02:15.120 --> 02:20.480 life difficult for people, hold data centers accountable and do everything possible to make 02:20.480 --> 02:25.400 sure that everybody has a shot at the American dream, because it's been denied for far too 02:25.400 --> 02:26.400 long. 02:26.400 --> 02:31.640 And we can't sit here and waste another moment, we can't waste another election cycle, and 02:31.640 --> 02:35.560 we need to look at this campaign for governor as one, that's not just going to change the 02:35.560 --> 02:39.480 course of Wisconsin, but change the course of this country. 02:39.480 --> 02:42.840 The work we put in this November is going to make for a much more clear path to the White 02:42.840 --> 02:44.840 House for a Democrat to be elected president. 02:44.840 --> 02:48.760 The last few months, Tom Tiffany has kind of had the field to himself on the Republican 02:48.760 --> 02:53.920 side, and portraying himself as this friendly, affable guy at the bar, what's going to change 02:53.920 --> 02:57.240 between the message that he's giving versus what the public's going to hear after the 02:57.240 --> 02:58.240 primary. 02:58.240 --> 03:01.280 I think people have a chance to see his actual record of failing Wisconsinites. 03:01.280 --> 03:07.560 I think people will get a chance to see his rhetoric that champion tariffs, that is destabilized 03:07.560 --> 03:11.720 family farms, and it's completely destabilized small businesses in Wisconsin. 03:11.720 --> 03:16.120 His idea that if you are at risk of losing your job to artificial intelligence, you should 03:16.120 --> 03:17.480 just find a new job. 03:17.480 --> 03:23.440 The fact that he voted to make health insurance more expensive for people across this country 03:23.440 --> 03:26.440 shows the abject failure that he's been as a member of Congress. 03:26.440 --> 03:30.120 He's already left the district he represents behind, and that's exactly what he'll do to 03:30.120 --> 03:31.120 Wisconsin. 03:31.120 --> 03:35.720 He'll cave to special interests as he is done as a state legislator, as he's done as a 03:35.720 --> 03:39.000 member of Congress, and that's what's most disqualifying when it comes to this race 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 for governor. 03:40.000 --> 03:43.360 Do you have any concern that he might have had too much time to change his public image 03:43.360 --> 03:46.200 before the Democrats have a chance to weigh in? 03:46.200 --> 03:49.240 Well, the votes are the votes, and he's going to have to answer for those votes. 03:49.240 --> 03:56.680 He can position himself or try to change his political appearance, but the reality 03:56.680 --> 04:00.720 is he's taken votes that's made life harder for people, and not only is he taking votes, 04:00.720 --> 04:04.160 he's champion policy that has made life difficult for people. 04:04.160 --> 04:08.600 His denial of the 2020 election means that if you didn't vote for him or someone, he 04:08.600 --> 04:14.320 supports that he doesn't take your vote seriously, and ultimately he doesn't think you should 04:14.320 --> 04:16.920 ultimately have a right to vote based on that. 04:17.920 --> 04:18.920 I have a question here. 04:18.920 --> 04:21.920 Your theme here today works a lot about campaign finance. 04:21.920 --> 04:26.920 I've been a reporter for a very long time, and for at least two thirds of my career, 04:26.920 --> 04:29.920 I've gone back to these 30 years, people have talked about campaign finance. 04:29.920 --> 04:34.920 People have tried to push campaign finance reform. 04:34.920 --> 04:40.920 What is your very specific game plan for moving a conversation, from just being a conversation 04:40.920 --> 04:42.920 to actually some specific action? 04:42.920 --> 04:43.920 Yeah, absolutely. 04:43.920 --> 04:46.600 So it's going to take the legislature to make sure we get it done. 04:47.600 --> 04:51.600 If I become governor, I would love to have a bill on my desk that brings campaign contribution 04:51.600 --> 04:54.600 when it's back down. 04:54.600 --> 04:59.600 There's been a lot of federal decisions that sort of block those kinds of changes. 04:59.600 --> 05:00.600 For sure. 05:00.600 --> 05:08.600 And we do need, obviously, we need Congress to act, and at some point we have to overturn 05:08.600 --> 05:09.600 citizens of the United. 05:09.600 --> 05:11.600 This has made our politics so corrupt. 05:11.600 --> 05:13.600 It has kept people out of the process. 05:13.600 --> 05:19.600 The reason why people's lives have not materially changed for the better is because of the corrupting 05:19.600 --> 05:25.600 influence of money and politics that has given favor to large corporations and the institutions 05:25.600 --> 05:30.600 that contribute the most money to campaigns rather than the people that they were elected 05:30.600 --> 05:31.600 to serve. 05:31.600 --> 05:35.600 And at the beginning of the race, I think you said something like $50 million for your 05:35.600 --> 05:36.600 target. 05:36.600 --> 05:38.600 How does that, how's that different? 05:38.600 --> 05:39.600 Well, that's the thing. 05:39.600 --> 05:43.600 We can't fight one armed guy behind our back, and my campaigns have always been grassroots 05:43.600 --> 05:44.600 funded. 05:44.600 --> 05:48.600 I raise more money in this state than anybody without taking a dime of corporate PAC money. 05:48.600 --> 05:53.600 And we're going to continue our grassroots fundraising and get to the point of having the resources 05:53.600 --> 05:57.600 we need to not just be competitive, but to take on and defeat Tom Tiffany. 05:57.600 --> 06:03.600 I was the target of the largest super PAC in this country targeting any one Democratic 06:03.600 --> 06:04.600 candidate four years ago. 06:04.600 --> 06:08.600 So I know exactly what the impact of big money in politics means. 06:08.600 --> 06:13.600 But I also know that with grassroots support, we can get the job done. 06:13.600 --> 06:18.600 On the undecided voters that you were talking about earlier, I think in the next couple 06:18.600 --> 06:21.600 weeks we're going to see how many people really are undecided. 06:21.600 --> 06:26.600 What's your approach to reaching those people for these final weeks, especially when it 06:26.600 --> 06:29.600 kind of feels like things are very fluid in this race. 06:29.600 --> 06:30.600 Yeah. 06:30.600 --> 06:34.600 So we're going to continue showing up and delivering our message about improving quality of life 06:34.600 --> 06:35.600 for folks. 06:35.600 --> 06:42.600 And for undecided voters, it will be a reminder about what the resolve continues to be. 06:42.600 --> 06:45.600 This isn't, you know, the things I'm talking about in this campaign, they are new. 06:45.600 --> 06:49.600 And as I mentioned, people around the state know that I have shown up and I've taken on 06:49.600 --> 06:50.600 the tough fights. 06:50.600 --> 06:54.600 And these next few weeks will be a reminder that we're going to show up and not just 06:54.600 --> 06:58.600 talk about what we are planning to do throughout the course of the campaign. 06:58.600 --> 07:02.600 We're talking about how we are going to get to work governing right away because I am 07:02.600 --> 07:06.600 the candidate who is uniquely prepared for this moment based on my experience and 07:06.600 --> 07:11.600 legislature, based on my experience as lieutenant governor fighting right alongside 07:11.600 --> 07:17.600 Governor Evers in 2018, taking on and defeating the former governor Scott Walker. 07:17.600 --> 07:21.600 Nobody else has that level of experience in campaigning. 07:21.600 --> 07:25.600 And that's what will be on full display for these next four weeks. 07:25.600 --> 07:28.600 Hey, thank you. 07:28.600 --> 07:29.600 Appreciate you. 07:29.600 --> 07:30.600 Thank you.