AND WE'VE GOT BAGS TO PACK FOR
RON JOHNSON.
SO, HOLY MACKEREL, WE'RE GOING
TO NEED YOUR HELP TO GET IT DONE
AGAIN IN 2022.
>> GOVERNOR TONY EVERS' MESSAGE
TO DEMOCRATS AS HE ANNOUNCED HIS
REELECTION BID.
IT'S TRUE, AS REPUBLICANS WORK
TO BLOCK HIS AGENDA AND
AUTHORITY, THE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR BLOCKED THEIR
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BY VETO.
AS TO THE DEMOCRATS' PLAN TO
SEND REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR RON
JOHNSON PACKING, THEY'VE
CERTAINLY GOT A LOT OF
CANDIDATES, INCLUDING THESE WHO
HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR BID FOR
U.S. SENATE.
STATE TREASURER SARAH GODLEWSKI.
STATE SENATOR CHRIS LARSON.
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TOM
MEDICAL NELSON.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS EXECUTIVE ALEX
LASRY.
WAUSAU PHYSICIAN GILLIAN
BATTINO.
MANDELA BARNES IS ALSO
CONSIDERING ENTERING THE RACE.
JOHNSON HAS NOT ANNOUNCED HE IS
RUNNING FOR REELECTION, BUT HE
IS A HIGH-PROFILE TARGET OF THE
LEFT.
TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE 2022
CAMPAIGN, WE TURN TO PARTY
LEADERS.
FIRST WE GO TO MILWAUKEE TO
SPEAK WITH THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN,
FELESIA MARTIN.
AND THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> THE SO
>> SO IS TONY EVERS READY FOR
THE FIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOVERNOR EVERS IS READY AND HAS
DEMONSTRATED THAT HE IS PROVEN
TO BE A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR FOR
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
SO, YES, HE'S READY FOR THE
FIGHT.
>> SO WHAT ARE HIS AND THE
PARTY'S PRIORITIES, THOUGH THEY
BE BLOCKED AS MOST EVERY TURN BY
THE GOP?
>> WHAT WE PLANNED TO DO IS WHAT
OUR STRATEGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IS
TO AFTER PLA PHI AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE OF
GOVERNOR EVERS AND WHAT HE HAS
ACCOMPLISHED CONSIDERING WE HAVE
CONSIDERABLE OPPOSITION IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
SO, WHAT WE WILL DO IS CONTINUE
TO CONNECT WITH VOTERS, HELP
THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE ON THE GROUND AND
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN
OUR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
WHO'S ACTUALLY GOVERNING FOR
THEM?
WHO'S AT THEIR BACK?
AND THE ANSWER ALL ALONG HAS
BEEN GOVERNOR EVERS.
>> WELL, REPUBLICANS SAY THAT
TONY EVERS, QUOTE, HAS NOTHING
TO RUN ON EXCEPT A RECORD OF
ABYSMAL FAILURE AND ABSENT
LEADERSHIP, CITING HIS RESPONSE
TO THE PANDEMIC, AMONG OTHER
THINGS.
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT
CRITICISM?
>> WE WANT TO TAKE THAT
QUESTION.
HE HAS THE BEST RECORD IN THE
NATION OF ROLLING OUT THE
VACCINE ACROSS WISCONSIN.
WE'VE COME IN AT THE TOP OF
MAKING SURE WE GET THAT VACCINE
INTO ARMS.
SO HE'S IN A GOOD PLACE TO RUN
ON THAT.
WE HAVE A STRONG DPI
SUPERINTENDENT COMING IN.
HE HAS DELIVERED ON ALL OF HIS
PROMISES, IN WHICH TO FIGHT ON
BEHALF OF WISCONSINITES ACROSS
THE BOARD, ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND ONE THING WE WILL HONE IN IS
THAT MESSAGE OF WHO IS ACTUALLY
STANDING WITH THE PEOPLE AND
GOVERNING FOR THE PEOPLE.
AND WE WILL ROLL OUT HIS RECORD,
AND WE'LL STAND ON THAT RECORD
AGAINST ANY REPUBLICAN.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE VOTERS
THINK ABOUT KIND OF THE PARTISAN
BLOCKAGE BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
THE GOVERNOR?
IS THIS RESONANT WITH VOTERS OR
WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'LL TURN
BECAUSE OF THIS PARTISAN
SO-CALLED BLOCK BLOCK AIDE?
>> PARTISAN POLITICS HAS BROUGHT
THINGS TO A STANDSTILL.
HERE IN THE WISCONSIN OR ACROSS
OUR COUNTRY.
AND VOTERS ARE REALLY TIRED OF
IT.
THEY REALLY WANT THOSE WHO
GOVERN FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WE
FEEL STUCK, THOSE OF US IN THE
MIDDLE, BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND
THE LEFT.
WHO IS ACTUALLY GOVERNING FOR
THE PEOPLE AND HAVE OUR BEST
INTEREST AT HEART?
SO OUR MESSAGE MUST CONNECT ON
THOSE ISSUES THAT FAMILIES,
REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE ON THE
RIGHT OR THE LEFT, WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING TO DO?
WHO'S FIGHTING FOR CLEAN AIR,
CLEAN WATER?
WHO IS FIGHTING AND PUSHING BACK
AGAINST THIS PANDEMIC AND MAKING
CERTAIN THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING
PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES AND
THAT WE ARE HAVING VACCINES INTO
ARMS TO SAVE OUR PEOPLE AND SO
THAT WE CAN OPEN UP OUR ECONOMY
BACK, WHICH IT IS OPEN NOW, AND
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES.
WHO'S BEING RESPONSIBLE?
WHO'S BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE
GOVERNING BODIES?
WHO'S BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE
MOST IMPORTANT IN THE EQUATION,
WHICH ARE THE WISCONSINITES.
AND IF WE GIVE A STRONG MESSAGE
AND STAY ON TASK AND SAY WE'RE
THE ONES WHO ROLLED OUT
UNEMPLOYMENT, $300 FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT, FOR ALL OF OUR
WORKERS.
WE'RE THE ONES WHO ENCOURAGED
THE STIMULUS BILLS.
WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE
DELIVERING THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
ROLLED OUT AND GOVERNOR EVERS
HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN
HELPING TO FACILITATE ROLLING
THAT OUT ACROSS WISCONSIN.
>> AS FOR SENDING SENATOR RON
JOHNSON PACKING, HOW BIG OF A
PRIORITY IS THIS FOR THE PARTY?
>> OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO
REELECT GOVERNOR EVERS SO THAT
HE CAN CONTINUE ON A PROGRESSIVE
TRAJECTORY FOR WISCONSIN AND PUT
US -- AND CONTINUE TO KEEP US ON
TRACK FOR BOUNCING BACK.
SECONDLY, SENDING RON JOHNSON
PACKING?
THAT IS A KEY PRIORITY.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, FOLKS ON
THE GROUND ARE READY TO DO IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US, FELESIA MARTIN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.