>> THANK YOU.
>>> THE AUGUST 9 PRIMARY
ELECTION QUICKLY APPROACHES, AND
TWO G.O.P. CANDIDATES ARE VYING
TO BE THE NOMINEE TO TAKE ON
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT ATTORNEY
GENERAL, JOSH KAUL.
ZAC SCHULTZ HAS THIS STORY ON
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
>> THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS FREQUENTLY REFERRED
TO AS WISCONSIN'S TOP COP.
THE REPUBLICAN ERIC TONEY SAYS
HIS TEN YEARS AS FOND-A-LAC
PREPARED HIM FOR THE ROLE AND
DECIDED TO RUN AFTER THE BLAKE
SHOOTING IN AUGUST OF 2020 LED
TO RIOTS IN KENOSHA.
HE SAID JOSH KAU WILL NOT
PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE POLICE
OFFICER WHO SHOT BLAKE.
>> AND TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT'S NOT STANDING WITH
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, I COULD NOT
SIT BACK AND WATCH THAT
CONTINUE, AND THAT'S WHAT GOT ME
ULTIMATELY IN THE RACE FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> IT WAS TONEY'S CANDIDACY THAT
GOT HIM IN THE RACE.
>> I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE IN THE
RACE WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO
IMMEDIATELY DAY ONE WALK INTO
THE OFFICE AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE AG.
>> JARCHOW WAS IN THE STATE
ASSEMBLY, BUT OUT OF OFFICE IN
2021 WHEN HE SAID A CONSERVATIVE
CANDIDATE NEEDED TO CHALLENGE
TONEY.
>> A ROBUST PRIMARY WHERE
CANDIDATES ARE VETTED IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND ADD TO
THAT THAT MY PRIMARY OPPONENT,
ERIC TONEY, HELPED ENFORCE
EVERS' ILLEGAL LOCKDOWN
MEASURES.
>> HE SAID HE NEVER ACTUALLY
PROSECUTORRED ANYONE FOR NOT
OBEYING LOCKDOWN ORDERS IN THE
FIRST DAYS OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
>> MY OPPONENT ATTACKED ME
RELENTLESSLY FOR COVID WHERE MY
JOB IS TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF
LAW.
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
SUPPORTING THOSE SAFE AT HOME
EFFORTS IN THE FIRST 13 # 139 1E
USED DISCRETION TO DISMISS THEM
BAS IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO, AND WHEN THE LEGAL EXTENDED
ORDER CAME HOME IN APRIL, WE DID
NOT ENFORCE IT HERE.
>> TONEY SAID IT'S HIS
EXPERIENCE AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
THAT SETS HIM APART CONSIDERING
NEARLY EVERY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN
STATE HISTORY HAS PROSECUTION
EXPERIENCE.
>> VOTERS LOOK AT THE TOP COP,
AN THEY WANT SOMEONE THAT HAS
THAT EXPERIENCE PROSECUTING
BEING IN THE TRENCHES WITH THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND I'M THE
ONLY CANDIDATE THAT'S ACTUALLY
DONE THAT.
>> THE THIRD CANDIDATE IN THE
PRIMARY IS REPUBLICAN KAREN
MILLER, AN ATTORNEY FROM CHIPP,
WA FALLS, BUT SHE DID NOT
RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR INTERSLEW
VIEW.
JARCHOW SAYS TIMES ARE CHANGING.
>> AS WE LOOK AT THE WAY THE
ROLES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
EXPANDED ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY,
WE SEE A FEWER AND A FEWER
PROSECUTORS ELECTED TO THE
OFFICE.
THAT WAS KIND OF THE OLD MODEL.
THE NEW MODEL IS PEOPLE FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR OR WHO HAVE
LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE
SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU DO AS
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS MANAGE A
HUGE AGENCY.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN
A PARTISAN OFFICE, BUT WISCONSIN
VOTERS HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR
A GOVERNOR OF ONE PARTY AND AG
OF THE OTHER.
BUT IN THE LAST DECADE, AGs
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BECOME
MORE ACTIVE, CHALLENGING STATE
AND FEDERAL LAWS, ACTING IN
CONCERT WITH THE POLITICAL
PARTIES.
>> IT IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT'S AN ERA OF UNCHECKED
POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND OUR OWN BUREAUCRACY HERE IN
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, AND SO
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
ROLE OF THE AG CAN BE TORAN IN
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> TONEY SAID THERE'S LIMITS TO
PARTISANSHIP IN OFFICE.
>> I FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW, AND
THE RULE OF LAW IS NOT ALWAYS
POPULAR.
>> POINTING TO THE DEBATE AMONG
REPUBLICAN VOTERS ABOUT THE
VALIDITY OF THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY COURT IN
WISCONSIN MAKE A DETERMINATION
OF FRAUD TO SOME LEVEL THAT
COULD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE
2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HERE
IN WISCONSIN.
>> THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD FRAUD
THAT IMPACTED THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION, BUT DONALD TRUMP'S
CONSPIRACY THEORIES HAVE MANY
REPUBLICANS CONVINCED THE
ELECTION CAN BE OVERTURNED.
>> WE CANNOT DECERTIFY THE
ELECTION.
THERE IS NO WAY TO DO IT.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL
ACROSS WISCONSIN.
I HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I HAVE THIS DIALOGUE.
THAT'S WHERE THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IS AT.
THAT'S WHY I RECEIVED THE
OVERWHELMING ENDORSEMENT VOTE IN
THE STATE CONVENTION BECAUSE I'M
WILLING TO BE UP FRONT AND TELL
PEOPLE THE TRUTH, NOT JUST WHEN
IT IS POPULAR.
>> JARCHOW SAYS THE KEY TO
CONVINCING REPUBLICAN VOTERS
THAT IT WAS FAIR IS TO ELECT
REPUBLICANS.
>> IF WE SECURE THE ELECTIONS,
WHICH I BELIEVE WE DO WITH A ROM
GOVERNOR AND AG, THAT RESTORES
THE FAITH.
>> THEY WILL FACE JOSH KAUL AND
VOTER HAVE TO CONSIDER
ELECTABILITY.
IN 2018, JARCHOW LOST A SEAT
THAT HAD NOT VOTED DEMOCRAT IN
DECADES, BUT FLIPPED BACK TO
REPUBLICAN IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
>> IF YOU DON'T WIN THAT SEAT,
YOU DON'T WIN WISCONSIN.
THE COUNTY VOTED TO SUPPORT ME,
THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM BEST
REJECTED HIM.
>> HE SAYS THE SPECIAL ELECTION
WAS A FLUKE IN A STRONG YEAR FOR
DEMOCRATS.
THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE EXPECTS
FOR 2022.
>> THEIR BASE TURNED OUT, AND
OURS DID NOT IN A LOW TURNOUT
SPECIAL ELECTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S INDICATIVE
AT ALL OF, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF
CANDIDATE THAT I'VE HISTORICALLY
BEEN, WINNING ASSEMBLY SEAT BY
WIDE MARGINS, AND NOT INDICATIVE
HOW WE THUMP JOSH KAUL.
>> REPORTING IN MADISON, I'M ZAC