WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.000 You got it. 00:04.000 --> 00:08.000 Yup. 00:08.000 --> 00:12.000 Sam. 00:12.000 --> 00:16.000 Sarah. 00:16.000 --> 00:20.000 Sarah. 00:20.000 --> 00:24.000 She'll understand. 00:24.000 --> 00:43.360 Hello everyone. Thank you so much for being here. Hopefully you guys got a few more hours 00:43.360 --> 00:50.040 of sleep than I did because I will tell you, not even Netflix could write this thriller 00:50.040 --> 00:58.240 that we saw between the primary itself and also the election results last night. But 00:58.240 --> 01:04.920 I am here to say that I just got done with breakfast with all of the Guggenitorial candidates 01:04.920 --> 01:15.760 and we are united to defeat Tom Tiffany this November. And I want to really, I know how 01:15.760 --> 01:22.520 difficult it is to put your name on the ballot. And our Guggenitorial nominees ran incredible 01:22.520 --> 01:29.520 campaigns. You know, we saw how Francesca Hong created a coalition of 7,000 people. That's 01:29.520 --> 01:34.880 incredible. And she was here today talking about how she is committed with us to defeat 01:34.880 --> 01:41.080 Tom Tiffany. We had Kaldar Royce and Joel Brennan again, incredible candidates who are 01:41.080 --> 01:50.200 all committed with us, unified to defeat Tom Tiffany. But I am so excited because I am 01:50.200 --> 01:56.320 our now Lieutenant Governor nominee for the Democrats and I get to serve alongside of David 01:56.320 --> 02:03.080 Crawley, who will be our next governor. And let me just tell you a little bit about David 02:03.080 --> 02:08.800 because I actually first got to know David a little less than a decade ago when I was 02:08.800 --> 02:14.320 running for state treasurer. And David and I met in Milwaukee and he was sharing his 02:14.320 --> 02:20.080 story with me, which is an incredibly inspiring story. Somebody who has grown up in one of 02:20.080 --> 02:26.400 the poorest zip codes in the entire state. He grew up in poverty, not knowing sometimes 02:26.400 --> 02:31.240 where he was going to live. And he used that experience and said, You know what, I want 02:31.240 --> 02:37.000 to lift other people up. And that's why he got involved in public service. He ran for 02:37.000 --> 02:41.640 office and got elected one of the youngest members of the state legislature. And then 02:41.640 --> 02:48.040 he wanted to go home and he became the county executive where he didn't just talk the talk. 02:48.040 --> 02:54.040 David walked the walk. You know, he balanced budgets. He addressed home ownership. And 02:54.040 --> 03:00.000 believe it or not, he actually brought Democrats and Republicans together to get things done. 03:00.000 --> 03:05.920 Because that's who David is. David is somebody that we need at this moment. And I will tell 03:05.920 --> 03:13.560 you, we are a clear distinction from that guy, Tom Tiffany, who is an election denier 03:13.560 --> 03:19.640 career politician who only cares about the wealthy and corporations. That's not who 03:19.640 --> 03:25.480 Wisconsin is. And that's not who we are going to elect this November. And so it is my honor 03:25.480 --> 03:30.840 to introduce our Democratic nominee, our next governor, David Crawley. 03:30.840 --> 03:42.440 Yeah. Good morning, everybody. I want to say thank you to everybody for being here, had 03:42.440 --> 03:46.160 a great chance to not just hang out with me near the gubernatorial candidates, but many 03:46.160 --> 03:51.200 of our statewide candidates to make sure that we not only taken over the state Senate, 03:51.200 --> 03:55.680 the state assembly as well. And you know, while we was having breakfast, had the opportunity 03:55.680 --> 04:01.040 to chat with a former Republican legislator, our name is Barbara. And she understands 04:01.040 --> 04:05.720 what's at stake. But it also represents the type of coalition that we need to build across 04:05.720 --> 04:12.000 this state to make sure that we defeat a maggot extremists in Congressman Tom Tiffany. You 04:12.000 --> 04:16.160 know, right now, we know that we need to bring everybody to the table. When you have a seat 04:16.160 --> 04:21.160 at the table, you're on the menu. Our workers, our farmers, our school children, our seniors, 04:21.160 --> 04:25.600 people with disabilities, they feel like no one has been listening to them. And that's 04:25.600 --> 04:29.080 what's going to be different with this election, making sure that we're crisscrossing across 04:29.080 --> 04:34.040 this state to bring as many people back into the Democratic Party to make sure that we 04:34.040 --> 04:39.960 continue to build on the success that Governor Tony Evers has built for the past eight years. 04:39.960 --> 04:45.600 And so I'm incredibly grateful to all of the volunteers, the supporters, to everyone 04:45.600 --> 04:50.600 who helped make this campaign possible. And I also want to say thank you to, you know, 04:50.600 --> 04:55.240 particularly Francesca Hong, the work that she put in, the leadership that she brought 04:55.240 --> 05:00.880 to the table. And the fact is, is that this is about making sure that everybody voices 05:00.880 --> 05:06.040 heard. And so I'm looking forward to kicking off this unity tour, making sure that we're 05:06.040 --> 05:10.160 bringing every single voice to the state. And so I just want to say thank you for this 05:10.160 --> 05:14.960 opportunity. Thank you all for being here. But we got a lot of work to do. We cannot 05:14.960 --> 05:20.000 leave no stone unturned in this state. And so we're going to go everywhere. Small towns, 05:20.000 --> 05:24.480 mid-sized suburban communities, as well as our large urban centers, to let folks know 05:24.480 --> 05:28.040 how we're going to make sure that we're fully funding our public schools here in the state 05:28.040 --> 05:33.320 of Wisconsin, how we're investing in health care, how we are making sure that when the 05:33.320 --> 05:38.320 tide rise, all the boats rise in this state. And so with that, I want to say thank you, 05:38.320 --> 05:40.320 and we'll take any questions folks may have. 05:40.320 --> 05:42.320 We're going to go to Pat first over here. 05:42.320 --> 05:43.320 Thank you, David. 05:43.320 --> 05:48.520 I'm heading right out to Sorona, both in Washburn County. I'm covering an event there. 05:48.600 --> 05:52.880 Congressman's going to hear for the next 12 weeks all about Big Bad Milwaukee. So I want 05:52.880 --> 05:56.560 to know what you're telling folks in like the northwestern half of the state, general 05:56.560 --> 06:00.480 election voters who have been following this race about what you've done in Milwaukee. 06:00.480 --> 06:04.200 How does that translate to being Chief Executive of an entire state? 06:04.200 --> 06:07.680 Well, one, I think that the Milwaukee Bucks has always been big and bad, right? And I think 06:07.680 --> 06:11.960 it says important that we understand that the work that we have done in Milwaukee County 06:11.960 --> 06:17.400 has not only moved, you know, our large urban communities for it, but it's also moved every 06:17.440 --> 06:22.080 city, every town, every village forward. You know, we have been able to reduce our overdose 06:22.080 --> 06:26.720 less by 40% in the past four years. We have the lowest unsheltered homeless count per 06:26.720 --> 06:32.080 capita than any community in the United States. And we have been able to balance every single 06:32.080 --> 06:37.200 budget ending with a surplus and delivering the largest property tax cut in our county's 06:37.200 --> 06:41.040 history. And I truly believe that what we've been able to do is good for the rest of the 06:41.040 --> 06:46.000 state of Wisconsin. And so I want all of our northern communities to know that we're not 06:46.160 --> 06:49.280 we're not going to forget about them. We're going to make sure that they're a part of 06:49.280 --> 06:54.280 this process and we can lend their voices to the solutions because we know no one really 06:54.280 --> 06:58.560 has been listening them across this state. And unfortunately, they also have a congressional 06:58.560 --> 07:04.240 member who have not been listening, not carrying the concerns of their of his constituents, 07:04.240 --> 07:09.080 but only being loyal to this Trump administration. And so there's going to be a stark contrast 07:09.080 --> 07:14.120 between me and Congressman Tom Tiffany, because we've actually done things for our community. 07:14.120 --> 07:19.120 We're not just giving rhetoric. We're going to go over here to Molly. 07:19.120 --> 07:41.960 I am committed to working with the state legislature to make sure that we have as many 07:41.960 --> 07:46.040 guardrails as possible. And we're going to make sure that we protect our natural resources 07:46.040 --> 07:47.840 as well as the people of Wisconsin. 07:47.840 --> 07:52.200 Over here to Alex, David, there are so many voters who voted for Francesca on last night. 07:52.200 --> 07:56.880 It was such a tight race. How do you convince those honks supporters to join up with your 07:56.880 --> 08:00.080 campaign in the run up to know that? Well, look, this is about keeping, you know, working 08:00.080 --> 08:03.440 families at the center of everything that we do. Our children at the center of everything 08:03.440 --> 08:08.080 that we do, our most vulnerable population is at the center of everything that we do. 08:08.120 --> 08:12.240 And so we may not agree on everything, but it doesn't mean that we can't come to the 08:12.240 --> 08:17.240 negotiating table and figure out how we bring everybody under this big tent. You know, 08:17.240 --> 08:21.640 the Democrats, we are a big tent. We can't, we can't, we should not be focusing on, you 08:21.640 --> 08:26.440 know, kicking people from up under saying that they don't belong within this tent. We 08:26.440 --> 08:31.400 need to make sure that we are bringing democratic ideas to the table to focus on moving our 08:31.400 --> 08:48.520 state forward. The primary election is over with. And we've all been committed to saying 08:48.520 --> 08:53.080 that on August 12th, we needed to come together. Look, as we move forward into this general 08:53.080 --> 08:58.240 election, this isn't establishment versus progressive. This is an insider versus outsider. 08:58.240 --> 09:02.400 This is Democrats defeating a MAGA extremist in Congressman, Tom Tiffany. And that's what 09:02.400 --> 09:06.680 we should be focusing on moving forward. We got time for one or two more. I'm going to 09:06.680 --> 09:13.600 go over to, okay. So I live in Madison, right? I work in Milwaukee, but I live in Madison. 09:13.600 --> 09:16.920 And one of the things that I'm hearing from people in my neighborhoods is, Francesco 09:16.920 --> 09:20.760 Hong got the young people out, they got them to the polls. How do you convince their safe 09:20.760 --> 09:24.920 people who maybe just wouldn't show up otherwise, but we're excited by someone like Frances 09:24.920 --> 09:31.320 Hong. Well, one, it's about bringing everybody to the table. And as Fran has consistently 09:31.320 --> 09:35.840 said, no matter what happens on August 12th, we have to make sure that we are coming together 09:35.840 --> 09:40.640 because ultimately we have to reach our goal. And that's defeating Tom Tiffany and making 09:40.640 --> 09:45.000 sure that they don't stop the progress that we've made in the past eight years. But young 09:45.000 --> 09:49.560 people need to have a voice at a seat at the table. They need to be a part of creating 09:49.560 --> 09:54.040 the strategy and making sure that they have opportunities as well. Young people don't 09:54.040 --> 09:58.560 feel that they can look into their future right now when the average home buying gauge 09:58.560 --> 10:03.000 is 40 years old, when right now they're looking at data centers and artificial intelligence 10:03.000 --> 10:07.080 taking the jobs in the future. And so we have to focusing on making sure that we're lifting 10:07.080 --> 10:11.000 up their voices and protecting what they believe needs to be protected. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.160 I'm going to go to Patrick for the last one. 10:13.160 --> 10:31.360 I mean, one, I think that we were able to create a lot of momentum, but I think that 10:31.360 --> 10:35.560 we kind of had a secret weapon, particularly when it came down to our great governor here, 10:35.560 --> 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 10:40.440 --> 10:47.240 few governors that we know has continued to deliver year after year. But also our message, 10:47.240 --> 10:51.800 what we brought to the table, being a county executive, bringing an executive leadership 10:51.800 --> 10:56.840 as well as governing experience, but also my ability to coalesce people across the political 10:56.840 --> 11:01.480 spectrum. Because that's what this race is going to be about. You know, we're not going 11:01.480 --> 11:06.920 to win this race focusing on ideology alone. It's about focusing on Wisconsin values. 11:06.920 --> 11:12.360 We cannot allow Washington politics to creep up into our own backyard because we're tired 11:12.360 --> 11:16.440 of what we're seeing in Washington, D.C. And so at the end of the day, this is about moving 11:16.440 --> 11:20.760 our state forward. And I'm looking forward to being the leader of this party that's going 11:20.760 --> 11:24.720 to help coalesce Democrats in this state and be a great shining example of what we can 11:24.720 --> 11:25.720 do across this country. 11:25.720 --> 11:30.200 Thank you all so much. That is, unfortunately, all the time we have today. We know you all 11:30.200 --> 11:35.000 have a bunch of questions. These two are about a 17-stop five-day tour. So please come meet 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 us out on the trail. We'll have plenty more of these. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Thank you. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Thank you. 11:39.000 --> 11:40.000 Thank you. 11:40.000 --> 11:41.000 Thank you. 11:41.000 --> 11:42.000 Thank you. 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 Thank you. 11:43.000 --> 11:44.000 Thank you. 11:44.000 --> 11:45.000 Thank you. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.000 Thank you. 11:46.000 --> 11:47.000 Thank you. 11:47.000 --> 11:48.000 Thank you. 11:48.000 --> 11:49.000 Thank you. 11:49.000 --> 11:50.000 Thank you. 11:50.000 --> 11:51.000 Thank you. 11:51.000 --> 11:52.000 Thank you. 11:52.000 --> 11:53.000 Thank you. 11:53.000 --> 11:54.000 Thank you. 11:54.000 --> 11:55.000 Thank you. 11:55.000 --> 11:56.000 Thank you. 11:56.000 --> 11:57.000 Thank you. 11:57.000 --> 11:58.000 Thank you. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 Thank you. 11:59.000 --> 12:00.000 Thank you. 12:00.000 --> 12:01.000 Thank you.