$1.9 TRILLION AMERICAN REST RESCUE
PLAN AS IT AFFECTS WISCONSIN.
NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED
FOR THE FUNDING.
AND THERE'S A DIVIDE OVER THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
NEARLY HALF OF REPUBLICAN MEN
SAY THEY WILL NOT GET
VACCINATED.
SO THE POLITICS OF THE PANDEMIC
PERSIST.
ON THESE AND OTHER MATTERS, WE
TURN TO OUR POLITICAL PANELISTS,
REPUBLICAN BILL MCCOSHEN AND
DEMOCRAT SCOT ROSS.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE ONCE
AGAIN.
>> HELLO.
>> SO POLLING SHOWS THAT OVER
60% OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED THIS
RELIEF PACKAGE.
BILL, THAT'S NOT HARD FOR
REPUBLICANS TO IGNORE?
>> WELL, I THINK THE NOTION OF
UNITY THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID IN
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS WENT OUT
THE WINDOW, RIGHT?
TEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS WENT TO
THE WHITE HOUSE, PITCHED THE
PRESIDENT ON A SMALLER PACKAGE
THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY
SUPPORT.
ALL OF THE COVID RELIEF PACKAGES
DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WERE BIPARTISAN IN NATURE.
THIS ONE WAS TOTALLY PARTISAN
AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY
BIPARTISAN OPPOSITION TO IT.
TWO DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST IT
IN THE HOUSE.
>> SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY
THAT I WAS PRETTY SURE SCOT HAD
SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK GOODNESS
FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
IT'S $20 BILLION FOR THE STATE
OF WISCONSIN.
4 MILLION ADULTS AND 1.5 MILLION
KIDS ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM
THAT $1400 CHECK.
WE'VE GOT $7.8 BILLION COMING
BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN THAT FORM.
$5.7 BILLION COMING TO STATE,
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS A PLAN THAT HELPS
EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE THAT THE
REPUBLICANS DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS.
GUYSLIKE RYAN STIEL AND
GALLAGHER ARE GOING TO SAY WHY
DID YOU VOTE FOR HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS AGAINST YOUR
CONSTITUENTS?
>> DO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE ENHANCED
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND
STIMULUS CHECKS ARE TOO RICH?
>> NO.
THEY WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THAT
AND ADDITIONAL PPE MONEY AND
MONEY TO GET SCHOOLS REOPENED.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
>> IT'S IN THERE.
>> YEAH, BUT SO WAS -- THERE WAS
AN ADDITIONAL TRILLION THAT
MIGHT NOT BE NEEDED.
THERE'S STILL A TRILLION FROM
THE LAST TRUMP CARES PACKAGE
THAT HASN'T BEEN PUT OUT ON THE
STREET.
WE NOW HAVE ALMOST $3 PL TRILLION
ABOUT TO BE FLOODING OUR
STREETS.
>> REPUBLICAN MEN DON'T WANT TO
GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'S ABOUT?
>> WELL, THAT'S ABOUT A
CONSISTENT MISINFORMATION
CAMPAIGN ON THE PART OF
REPUBLICANS.
THE REASON THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN
SO DISASTROUS, 500,000 PEOPLE
DEAD, 7200 DEAD IN WISCONSIN, IS
BECAUSE REPUBLICANS LED BY
DONALD TRUMP THOUGHT IF THEY
ACTED AS THOUGH THE PANDEMIC
WERE REAL IT WOULD HURT HIM
POLITICALLY.
IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE
DISASTER.
THANK GOODNESS GOVERNOR EVERS IS
LEADING US IN WISCONSIN WHERE
WEFER NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY
IN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION GOING
OUT.
>> RIGHT.
>> CAN'T BE HAPPIER FOR THAT.
OLD PEOPLE ARE GETTING
VACCINATED, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
GETTING VACCINATED.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP FOR THE
NEXT PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED.
>> THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
BUT, BILL, IN YOUR MIND IS THERE
A BETTER WAY TO REOPEN AMERICA
THAN TO BEAT BACK THIS VIRUS?
>> NO.
I CAN'T GET TO GET MY VACCINE.
I THINK MORE PEOPLE WILL
ULTIMATELY GET IT, MORE THAN 100
MILLION OUT OF 330 MILLION IN
THE UNITED STATES HAVE ALREADY
GOTTEN T. WE'RE DOING WELL IN
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
IT IS THE KEY TO REOPENING AND
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
WHAT I DON'T WITH IS FORCING
PEOPLE TO GET VACCINES.
IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, I THINK
THAT SHOULD BE THEIR CHOICE.
>> SCOT, OUR REPUBLICAN U.S.
SENATOR RON JOHNSON SAID THAT
THERE IS, QUOTE, NO DOUBT THAT
DEMOCRATS HAVE TARGETED ME, HE
SAID, FOR EXTINCTION.
IN FACT, HE SAID, I AM TARGET
NUMBER ONE.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> WELL, HE IS DEFINITELY THE
NUMBER ONE TARGETED REPUBLICAN
SENATOR IN THE COUNTRY.
IS HE GOING TO BREAK THE PROMISE
TO THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSIN WHEN
IN 2016 HE SAID HE WOULDN'T RUN
AGAIN AND GO D.C., BREAK YOUR
WORD AND RUN AGAIN.
IF HE RUNS AGAIN, HE'S GONE.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO TAKE
HIM OUT.
HE HAS GONE SO FAR DOWN THE
HALL, QANON RON.
HE IS TRAVELING IN EVERY
POSSIBLE -- THE INSURRECTION,
IT'S GHASTLY.
WISCONSIN DESERVES BETTER.
>> THERE IS THIS, SENATOR RON
JOHNSON SAYING HE WASN'T AFRAID
DURING THE JANUARY 6 CAPITOL
INSURRECTION, BUT HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN IF THE CROWD HAD BEEN BLACK
LIVES MATTER PROTESTORS.
>> ALL OF THE RIOTS OVER THE
SUMMER WERE VIOLENT IN NATURE,
WHETHER IT WAS IN ST. PAUL OR
PORTLAND OR KENOSHA OR
WAUWATOSA.
AND IN SOME CASES EVEN HERE IN
MADISON.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS
POINTING TO, THAT THE RIOTS WE
SAWF ALL SUMMER WERE MORE
VIOLENT IN NATURE.
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6 WAS
MORE ON THE RIGHT.
>> SCOT, FINAL WORD?
>> I THINK IT'S A CASE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN TAKEN
OVER BY RACISM.
WE SEE IT WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH
RESOLUTIONS IN WISCONSIN, WITH
EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN BUYING
INTO THE LIE THAT BECAUSE BLACK
PEOPLE VOTED JOE BIDEN IS NOT ON
THE PRESIDENT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN AGAINST
THIS IN 2022.
>> I WANT TO ALLOW BILL TO MAKE
SOME COMMENT ON THAT.
>> REPUBLICANS WANT FREE AND
FAIR ELECTIONS.
THEY WANT THEM TO BE
TRANSPARENT.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT
CONTINUE HERE IN THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN AND ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY, WHERE YOU WANT MORE
TRANSPARENCY SO PEOPLE CAN BE
CONFIDENT IN THE OUTCOME.
>> WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
SORRY IT GOT KIND OF HEAVY, BUT
THANK YOU VERY