1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 You got it. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Yup. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Sam. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Sarah. 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Sarah. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,000 She'll understand. 7 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:43,360 Hello everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Hopefully you guys got a few more hours 8 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:50,040 of sleep than I did because I will tell you, not even Netflix could write this thriller 9 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:58,240 that we saw between the primary itself and also the election results last night. But 10 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:04,920 I am here to say that I just got done with breakfast with all of the Guggenitorial candidates 11 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:15,760 and we are united to defeat Tom Tiffany this November. And I want to really, I know how 12 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:22,520 difficult it is to put your name on the ballot. And our Guggenitorial nominees ran incredible 13 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:29,520 campaigns. You know, we saw how Francesca Hong created a coalition of 7,000 people. That's 14 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:34,880 incredible. And she was here today talking about how she is committed with us to defeat 15 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:41,080 Tom Tiffany. We had Kaldar Royce and Joel Brennan again, incredible candidates who are 16 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:50,200 all committed with us, unified to defeat Tom Tiffany. But I am so excited because I am 17 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:56,320 our now Lieutenant Governor nominee for the Democrats and I get to serve alongside of David 18 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:03,080 Crawley, who will be our next governor. And let me just tell you a little bit about David 19 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,800 because I actually first got to know David a little less than a decade ago when I was 20 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,320 running for state treasurer. And David and I met in Milwaukee and he was sharing his 21 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:20,080 story with me, which is an incredibly inspiring story. Somebody who has grown up in one of 22 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:26,400 the poorest zip codes in the entire state. He grew up in poverty, not knowing sometimes 23 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,240 where he was going to live. And he used that experience and said, You know what, I want 24 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:37,000 to lift other people up. And that's why he got involved in public service. He ran for 25 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:41,640 office and got elected one of the youngest members of the state legislature. And then 26 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:48,040 he wanted to go home and he became the county executive where he didn't just talk the talk. 27 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:54,040 David walked the walk. You know, he balanced budgets. He addressed home ownership. And 28 00:02:54,040 --> 00:03:00,000 believe it or not, he actually brought Democrats and Republicans together to get things done. 29 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,920 Because that's who David is. David is somebody that we need at this moment. And I will tell 30 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:13,560 you, we are a clear distinction from that guy, Tom Tiffany, who is an election denier 31 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,640 career politician who only cares about the wealthy and corporations. That's not who 32 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:25,480 Wisconsin is. And that's not who we are going to elect this November. And so it is my honor 33 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,840 to introduce our Democratic nominee, our next governor, David Crawley. 34 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:42,440 Yeah. Good morning, everybody. I want to say thank you to everybody for being here, had 35 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,160 a great chance to not just hang out with me near the gubernatorial candidates, but many 36 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:51,200 of our statewide candidates to make sure that we not only taken over the state Senate, 37 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,680 the state assembly as well. And you know, while we was having breakfast, had the opportunity 38 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:01,040 to chat with a former Republican legislator, our name is Barbara. And she understands 39 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,720 what's at stake. But it also represents the type of coalition that we need to build across 40 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:12,000 this state to make sure that we defeat a maggot extremists in Congressman Tom Tiffany. You 41 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,160 know, right now, we know that we need to bring everybody to the table. When you have a seat 42 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:21,160 at the table, you're on the menu. Our workers, our farmers, our school children, our seniors, 43 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,600 people with disabilities, they feel like no one has been listening to them. And that's 44 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,080 what's going to be different with this election, making sure that we're crisscrossing across 45 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:34,040 this state to bring as many people back into the Democratic Party to make sure that we 46 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:39,960 continue to build on the success that Governor Tony Evers has built for the past eight years. 47 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:45,600 And so I'm incredibly grateful to all of the volunteers, the supporters, to everyone 48 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,600 who helped make this campaign possible. And I also want to say thank you to, you know, 49 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:55,240 particularly Francesca Hong, the work that she put in, the leadership that she brought 50 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:00,880 to the table. And the fact is, is that this is about making sure that everybody voices 51 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:06,040 heard. And so I'm looking forward to kicking off this unity tour, making sure that we're 52 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,160 bringing every single voice to the state. And so I just want to say thank you for this 53 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:14,960 opportunity. Thank you all for being here. But we got a lot of work to do. We cannot 54 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:20,000 leave no stone unturned in this state. And so we're going to go everywhere. Small towns, 55 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,480 mid-sized suburban communities, as well as our large urban centers, to let folks know 56 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,040 how we're going to make sure that we're fully funding our public schools here in the state 57 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:33,320 of Wisconsin, how we're investing in health care, how we are making sure that when the 58 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:38,320 tide rise, all the boats rise in this state. And so with that, I want to say thank you, 59 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,320 and we'll take any questions folks may have. 60 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,320 We're going to go to Pat first over here. 61 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Thank you, David. 62 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,520 I'm heading right out to Sorona, both in Washburn County. I'm covering an event there. 63 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,880 Congressman's going to hear for the next 12 weeks all about Big Bad Milwaukee. So I want 64 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,560 to know what you're telling folks in like the northwestern half of the state, general 65 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,480 election voters who have been following this race about what you've done in Milwaukee. 66 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,200 How does that translate to being Chief Executive of an entire state? 67 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,680 Well, one, I think that the Milwaukee Bucks has always been big and bad, right? And I think 68 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,960 it says important that we understand that the work that we have done in Milwaukee County 69 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:17,400 has not only moved, you know, our large urban communities for it, but it's also moved every 70 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:22,080 city, every town, every village forward. You know, we have been able to reduce our overdose 71 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,720 less by 40% in the past four years. We have the lowest unsheltered homeless count per 72 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:32,080 capita than any community in the United States. And we have been able to balance every single 73 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:37,200 budget ending with a surplus and delivering the largest property tax cut in our county's 74 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,040 history. And I truly believe that what we've been able to do is good for the rest of the 75 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:46,000 state of Wisconsin. And so I want all of our northern communities to know that we're not 76 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,280 we're not going to forget about them. We're going to make sure that they're a part of 77 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:54,280 this process and we can lend their voices to the solutions because we know no one really 78 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:58,560 has been listening them across this state. And unfortunately, they also have a congressional 79 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:04,240 member who have not been listening, not carrying the concerns of their of his constituents, 80 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,080 but only being loyal to this Trump administration. And so there's going to be a stark contrast 81 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:14,120 between me and Congressman Tom Tiffany, because we've actually done things for our community. 82 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:19,120 We're not just giving rhetoric. We're going to go over here to Molly. 83 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:41,960 I am committed to working with the state legislature to make sure that we have as many 84 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,040 guardrails as possible. And we're going to make sure that we protect our natural resources 85 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,840 as well as the people of Wisconsin. 86 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,200 Over here to Alex, David, there are so many voters who voted for Francesca on last night. 87 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,880 It was such a tight race. How do you convince those honks supporters to join up with your 88 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,080 campaign in the run up to know that? Well, look, this is about keeping, you know, working 89 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,440 families at the center of everything that we do. Our children at the center of everything 90 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:08,080 that we do, our most vulnerable population is at the center of everything that we do. 91 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,240 And so we may not agree on everything, but it doesn't mean that we can't come to the 92 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,240 negotiating table and figure out how we bring everybody under this big tent. You know, 93 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,640 the Democrats, we are a big tent. We can't, we can't, we should not be focusing on, you 94 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:26,440 know, kicking people from up under saying that they don't belong within this tent. We 95 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,400 need to make sure that we are bringing democratic ideas to the table to focus on moving our 96 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:48,520 state forward. The primary election is over with. And we've all been committed to saying 97 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:53,080 that on August 12th, we needed to come together. Look, as we move forward into this general 98 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:58,240 election, this isn't establishment versus progressive. This is an insider versus outsider. 99 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,400 This is Democrats defeating a MAGA extremist in Congressman, Tom Tiffany. And that's what 100 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,680 we should be focusing on moving forward. We got time for one or two more. I'm going to 101 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:13,600 go over to, okay. So I live in Madison, right? I work in Milwaukee, but I live in Madison. 102 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,920 And one of the things that I'm hearing from people in my neighborhoods is, Francesco 103 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,760 Hong got the young people out, they got them to the polls. How do you convince their safe 104 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,920 people who maybe just wouldn't show up otherwise, but we're excited by someone like Frances 105 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:31,320 Hong. Well, one, it's about bringing everybody to the table. And as Fran has consistently 106 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,840 said, no matter what happens on August 12th, we have to make sure that we are coming together 107 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,640 because ultimately we have to reach our goal. And that's defeating Tom Tiffany and making 108 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:45,000 sure that they don't stop the progress that we've made in the past eight years. But young 109 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:49,560 people need to have a voice at a seat at the table. They need to be a part of creating 110 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:54,040 the strategy and making sure that they have opportunities as well. Young people don't 111 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,560 feel that they can look into their future right now when the average home buying gauge 112 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:03,000 is 40 years old, when right now they're looking at data centers and artificial intelligence 113 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,080 taking the jobs in the future. And so we have to focusing on making sure that we're lifting 114 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,000 up their voices and protecting what they believe needs to be protected. 115 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,160 I'm going to go to Patrick for the last one. 116 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:31,360 I mean, one, I think that we were able to create a lot of momentum, but I think that 117 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,560 we kind of had a secret weapon, particularly when it came down to our great governor here, 118 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:40,440 Governor Tony Evers. He has a lot of trust. He's done a lot of work. He's one of the very 119 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:47,240 few governors that we know has continued to deliver year after year. But also our message, 120 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,800 what we brought to the table, being a county executive, bringing an executive leadership 121 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:56,840 as well as governing experience, but also my ability to coalesce people across the political 122 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,480 spectrum. Because that's what this race is going to be about. You know, we're not going 123 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:06,920 to win this race focusing on ideology alone. It's about focusing on Wisconsin values. 124 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:12,360 We cannot allow Washington politics to creep up into our own backyard because we're tired 125 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,440 of what we're seeing in Washington, D.C. And so at the end of the day, this is about moving 126 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,760 our state forward. And I'm looking forward to being the leader of this party that's going 127 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:24,720 to help coalesce Democrats in this state and be a great shining example of what we can 128 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:25,720 do across this country. 129 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:30,200 Thank you all so much. That is, unfortunately, all the time we have today. We know you all 130 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:35,000 have a bunch of questions. These two are about a 17-stop five-day tour. So please come meet 131 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 us out on the trail. We'll have plenty more of these. 132 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Thank you. 133 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Thank you. 134 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Thank you. 135 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Thank you. 136 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 Thank you. 137 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Thank you. 138 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Thank you. 139 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Thank you. 140 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Thank you. 141 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Thank you. 142 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Thank you. 143 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Thank you. 144 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Thank you. 145 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Thank you. 146 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Thank you. 147 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Thank you. 148 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Thank you. 149 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Thank you. 150 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Thank you. 151 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 Thank you. 152 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000 Thank you. 153 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Thank you. 154 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Thank you. 155 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Thank you.