You got it.
Yup.
Sam.
Sarah.
She'll understand.
Hello everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Hopefully you guys got a few more hours
of sleep than I did because I will tell you, not even Netflix could write this thriller
that we saw between the primary itself and also the election results last night. But
I am here to say that I just got done with breakfast with all of the Guggenitorial candidates
and we are united to defeat Tom Tiffany this November. And I want to really, I know how
difficult it is to put your name on the ballot. And our Guggenitorial nominees ran incredible
campaigns. You know, we saw how Francesca Hong created a coalition of 7,000 people. That's
incredible. And she was here today talking about how she is committed with us to defeat
Tom Tiffany. We had Kaldar Royce and Joel Brennan again, incredible candidates who are
all committed with us, unified to defeat Tom Tiffany. But I am so excited because I am
our now Lieutenant Governor nominee for the Democrats and I get to serve alongside of David
Crawley, who will be our next governor. And let me just tell you a little bit about David
because I actually first got to know David a little less than a decade ago when I was
running for state treasurer. And David and I met in Milwaukee and he was sharing his
story with me, which is an incredibly inspiring story. Somebody who has grown up in one of
the poorest zip codes in the entire state. He grew up in poverty, not knowing sometimes
where he was going to live. And he used that experience and said, You know what, I want
to lift other people up. And that's why he got involved in public service. He ran for
office and got elected one of the youngest members of the state legislature. And then
he wanted to go home and he became the county executive where he didn't just talk the talk.
David walked the walk. You know, he balanced budgets. He addressed home ownership. And
believe it or not, he actually brought Democrats and Republicans together to get things done.
Because that's who David is. David is somebody that we need at this moment. And I will tell
you, we are a clear distinction from that guy, Tom Tiffany, who is an election denier
career politician who only cares about the wealthy and corporations. That's not who
Wisconsin is. And that's not who we are going to elect this November. And so it is my honor
to introduce our Democratic nominee, our next governor, David Crawley.
Yeah. Good morning, everybody. I want to say thank you to everybody for being here, had
a great chance to not just hang out with me near the gubernatorial candidates, but many
of our statewide candidates to make sure that we not only taken over the state Senate,
the state assembly as well. And you know, while we was having breakfast, had the opportunity
to chat with a former Republican legislator, our name is Barbara. And she understands
what's at stake. But it also represents the type of coalition that we need to build across
this state to make sure that we defeat a maggot extremists in Congressman Tom Tiffany. You
know, right now, we know that we need to bring everybody to the table. When you have a seat
at the table, you're on the menu. Our workers, our farmers, our school children, our seniors,
people with disabilities, they feel like no one has been listening to them. And that's
what's going to be different with this election, making sure that we're crisscrossing across
this state to bring as many people back into the Democratic Party to make sure that we
continue to build on the success that Governor Tony Evers has built for the past eight years.
And so I'm incredibly grateful to all of the volunteers, the supporters, to everyone
who helped make this campaign possible. And I also want to say thank you to, you know,
particularly Francesca Hong, the work that she put in, the leadership that she brought
to the table. And the fact is, is that this is about making sure that everybody voices
heard. And so I'm looking forward to kicking off this unity tour, making sure that we're
bringing every single voice to the state. And so I just want to say thank you for this
opportunity. Thank you all for being here. But we got a lot of work to do. We cannot
leave no stone unturned in this state. And so we're going to go everywhere. Small towns,
mid-sized suburban communities, as well as our large urban centers, to let folks know
how we're going to make sure that we're fully funding our public schools here in the state
of Wisconsin, how we're investing in health care, how we are making sure that when the
tide rise, all the boats rise in this state. And so with that, I want to say thank you,
and we'll take any questions folks may have.
We're going to go to Pat first over here.
Thank you, David.
I'm heading right out to Sorona, both in Washburn County. I'm covering an event there.
Congressman's going to hear for the next 12 weeks all about Big Bad Milwaukee. So I want
to know what you're telling folks in like the northwestern half of the state, general
election voters who have been following this race about what you've done in Milwaukee.
How does that translate to being Chief Executive of an entire state?
Well, one, I think that the Milwaukee Bucks has always been big and bad, right? And I think
it says important that we understand that the work that we have done in Milwaukee County
has not only moved, you know, our large urban communities for it, but it's also moved every
city, every town, every village forward. You know, we have been able to reduce our overdose
less by 40% in the past four years. We have the lowest unsheltered homeless count per
capita than any community in the United States. And we have been able to balance every single
budget ending with a surplus and delivering the largest property tax cut in our county's
history. And I truly believe that what we've been able to do is good for the rest of the
state of Wisconsin. And so I want all of our northern communities to know that we're not
we're not going to forget about them. We're going to make sure that they're a part of
this process and we can lend their voices to the solutions because we know no one really
has been listening them across this state. And unfortunately, they also have a congressional
member who have not been listening, not carrying the concerns of their of his constituents,
but only being loyal to this Trump administration. And so there's going to be a stark contrast
between me and Congressman Tom Tiffany, because we've actually done things for our community.
We're not just giving rhetoric. We're going to go over here to Molly.
I am committed to working with the state legislature to make sure that we have as many
guardrails as possible. And we're going to make sure that we protect our natural resources
as well as the people of Wisconsin.
Over here to Alex, David, there are so many voters who voted for Francesca on last night.
It was such a tight race. How do you convince those honks supporters to join up with your
campaign in the run up to know that? Well, look, this is about keeping, you know, working
families at the center of everything that we do. Our children at the center of everything
that we do, our most vulnerable population is at the center of everything that we do.
And so we may not agree on everything, but it doesn't mean that we can't come to the
negotiating table and figure out how we bring everybody under this big tent. You know,
the Democrats, we are a big tent. We can't, we can't, we should not be focusing on, you
know, kicking people from up under saying that they don't belong within this tent. We
need to make sure that we are bringing democratic ideas to the table to focus on moving our
state forward. The primary election is over with. And we've all been committed to saying
that on August 12th, we needed to come together. Look, as we move forward into this general
election, this isn't establishment versus progressive. This is an insider versus outsider.
This is Democrats defeating a MAGA extremist in Congressman, Tom Tiffany. And that's what
we should be focusing on moving forward. We got time for one or two more. I'm going to
go over to, okay. So I live in Madison, right? I work in Milwaukee, but I live in Madison.
And one of the things that I'm hearing from people in my neighborhoods is, Francesco
Hong got the young people out, they got them to the polls. How do you convince their safe
people who maybe just wouldn't show up otherwise, but we're excited by someone like Frances
Hong. Well, one, it's about bringing everybody to the table. And as Fran has consistently
said, no matter what happens on August 12th, we have to make sure that we are coming together
because ultimately we have to reach our goal. And that's defeating Tom Tiffany and making
sure that they don't stop the progress that we've made in the past eight years. But young
people need to have a voice at a seat at the table. They need to be a part of creating
the strategy and making sure that they have opportunities as well. Young people don't
feel that they can look into their future right now when the average home buying gauge
is 40 years old, when right now they're looking at data centers and artificial intelligence
taking the jobs in the future. And so we have to focusing on making sure that we're lifting
up their voices and protecting what they believe needs to be protected.
I'm going to go to Patrick for the last one.
I mean, one, I think that we were able to create a lot of momentum, but I think that
we kind of had a secret weapon, particularly when it came down to our great governor here,
Governor Tony Evers. He has a lot of trust. He's done a lot of work. He's one of the very
few governors that we know has continued to deliver year after year. But also our message,
what we brought to the table, being a county executive, bringing an executive leadership
as well as governing experience, but also my ability to coalesce people across the political
spectrum. Because that's what this race is going to be about. You know, we're not going
to win this race focusing on ideology alone. It's about focusing on Wisconsin values.
We cannot allow Washington politics to creep up into our own backyard because we're tired
of what we're seeing in Washington, D.C. And so at the end of the day, this is about moving
our state forward. And I'm looking forward to being the leader of this party that's going
to help coalesce Democrats in this state and be a great shining example of what we can
do across this country.
Thank you all so much. That is, unfortunately, all the time we have today. We know you all
have a bunch of questions. These two are about a 17-stop five-day tour. So please come meet
us out on the trail. We'll have plenty more of these.
Thank you.