PAUL THANK YOU BOTH, WE
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE TURN NOW TO AN ELECTION
THAT CAN GET OVERSHADOWED BY THE
RACES FOR GOVERNOR AND U.S.
SENATE, WISCONSIN'S ATTORNEY
GENERAL IS OFTEN CALLED THE
STATE'S TOP COP.
AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER
ONE ISSUE FOR BOTH THE
INCUMBENT, DEMOCRAT JOSH KAUL
AND CHALLENGER ERIC TONY.
WH
>> I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
IT'S BEEN MY TOP PRIORITY SINCE
I TOOK OFF AND IT CONTINUES TO
BE.
>> JOSH KAUL HAS DECIDED THAT'S
NOT GOING TO BE HIS TOP
PRIORITY.
POLITICS HAS BEEN HIS TOP
PRIORITY AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED
A PROSECUTOR AND NOT A
POLITICIAN AS OUR TOP COP.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LEADS
WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
AND WHILE THAT MAY SOUND
IMPOSING, DOJ IS TYPICALLY NOT
ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT
AGAINST CRIME.
THEY OFTEN PLAY A SUPPORT ROLE,
STEPPING INTO ASSIST LOCAL
POLICE AND COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS WHEN NEEDED.
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS FOCUS
ON MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
>> ERIC TONEY WANTS A MORE
DIRECT ROLE.
IFFY ELECTED, HE PLANS TO ASK
THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE
AUTHORITY TO STEP IN AND
PROSECUTE ANY CASE IN MILWAUKEE
COUNTY.
>> IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE NEED
MORE RESOURCES AND TO HAVE THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ASSIST
ON THAT TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
>> JOSH KAUL SAYS IF THE
LEGISLATURE IS GIVING MORE
AUTHORITY TO THE DOJ, IT SHOULD
APPLY STATE-WIDE.
BUT HE ALSO CAN'T THINK OF CASES
WHERE THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS CHOOSING
NOT TO PROSECUTE VIOLENT
CRIMINALS.
>> I CAN'T THINK OF EXAMPLES
WHERE, YOU KNOW, DAs THINK
THAT THERE IS A PROSECUTION THAT
SHOULD BE BROUGHT AND THEY'RE
CHOOSING NOT TO.
>> FOR THE RECORD, TONEY CAN'T
LIST ANY EXAMPLES OF THAT
EITHER, BUT HE KNOWS MILWAUKEE
HAS A BUDGET SHORTFALL.
>> THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
THIS YEAR IS FOR LESS POLICE
OFFICERS THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND SO OUR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CAN BE A RESOURCE TO AUGMENT
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN MILWAUKEE
WITH DCI AGENTS AND PROSECUTORS
TO ADD MORE TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
>> CALL SAYS THE WAY TO FIGHT
CRIME IS FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO
FULLY FUND SHARED REVENUE TO
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SO THE CITY
OF MILWAUKEE CAN AFFORD MORE
OFFICERS.
>> WHAT WE REALLY NEED, THOUGH,
IS NOT JUST A SHIFT IN
AUTHORITY.
WE NEED TO GET RESOURCES TO OUR
COMMUNITIES.
>> TONEY SAYS REPUBLICANS IN THE
LEGISLATURE ARE MORE LIKELY TO
FUND HIS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
THAN INCREASE SHARED REVENUE TO
MILWAUKEE.
>> WHAT WE NEED IS SOMEONE, THE
LEGISLATURE TRUSTS TO PARTNER
WITH TO DEPLOY THOSE RESOURCES
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> CALL SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO
HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLING
TO STAND UP TO REPUBLICANS IN
THE LEGISLATURE.
ESPECIALLY ON ELECTION ISSUES.
>> THIS IS A CLEAR CONTRAST IN
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE.
IF YOU WANT A CANDIDATE WHO YOU
CAN COUNT ON TO PROTECT
DEMOCRACY, I THINK MY TRACK
RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
AND MY OPPONENT'S TRACK RECORD
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF IN A VERY
DIFFERENT WAY.
>> CALL REPRESENTED THE STATE IN
NUMEROUS LAWSUITS FILED BEFORE
AND AFTER THE 2020 ELECTION, AND
SAYS A REPUBLICAN COULDN'T BE
TRUSTED TO DO THE SAME.
>> THAT'S A REAL CONCERN THAT I
HAVE, IS THAT IF THERE IS
REPUBLICAN CONTROL, THAT THEY
WOULD OVERRULE THE WILL OF THE
PEOPLE.
AND I'M WORRIED THAT IF ERIC
TONEY WERE A.G., THAT HE WOULD
POTENTIALLY SUGGEST THAT, YOU
KNOW, FALSELY THAT LAWS WERE
BROKEN OR THAT THERE WAS FRAUD.
AND AGAIN, HE HAS SUGGESTED THAT
LAWS WERE BROKEN IN 2020,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS HAS
BEEN LITIGATED IN CASE AFTER
CASE AFTER CASE.
>> THAT'S INCREDIBLY
DISINGENUOUS AND DISHONEST OF
OUR ATTOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MA
STATEMENT LIKE THAT.
>>
>> ERIC TONEY IS ONE OF THE FEW
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN THIS
ELECTION CYCLE TO CLEARLY STATE
DONALD TRUMP LOST WISCONSIN IN
2020.
>> I'VE BEEN THE MOST VOCAL
STATEWIDE SAYING WE CANNOT
DECERTIFY THE ELECTION THAT IT'S
NOT LAWFUL --
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN TONEY AND
KAUL AGREE ON ELECTION ISSUES.
TONEY SAYS THE MEMBERS OF THE
WISCONSIN ELECTIONS COMMISSION
COULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED FOR
THE GUIDANCE THEY ISSUED TO
LOCAL CLERKS.
>> WEC EXCEEDED THEIR LAWFUL
AUTHORITY IN DIRECTING THESE
CLERKS TO EFFECTIVELY BREAK
WISCONSIN LAW.
>> KAUL SAYS NO MATTER TONEY'S
PRIOR STATEMENTS, HE WOULDN'T
TRUST HIM IN 2024.
>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN, THOUGH, IS
ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE,
REPUBLICANS IN WISCONSIN HAVE
BEEN UNWILLING TO STAND UP TO
DONALD TRUMP.
>> TONEY SAYS IN 2024, HE WILL
FOB THE LAW.
>> I WILL ENFORCE THE RULE OF
LAW NOT JUST WHEN IT'S POPULAR
AND JUST WHEN I AGREE, THAT I
WILL NOT INJECT MY PEARNL
BELIEFS ON OTHERS AND I WILL
FOLLOW THE LAW.
>> HE SAYS THAT APPLIES TO
ANOTHER AREA OF CONTENTION IN
THIS ELECTION, ABORTION,
SPECIFICALLY ENFORCING
WISCONSIN'S 1849 LAW THAT BANS
ALL ABORTION EXCEPT TO SAVE THE
LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
>> I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR AS A DA
AND AS ATTORNEY GENERAL I'M
GOING TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
RIGHT NOW THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN
ABORTION BAN ON THE BOOKS HERE
IN WISCONSIN.
AND I WILL ENFORCE THAT AS A
D.A. AND I WILL ENFORCE AND
DEFEND THAT AS OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
>> JOSH KAUL HAS FILED A LAWSUIT
SEEKING TO OVERTURN THAT LAW AND
HAS SAID HE WILL NOT ENFORCE IT
AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE HAS ABOUT A HUNDRED
INVESTIGATORS, AS WELL AS A
NUMBER OF PROSECUTORS, PUTTING
THOSE RESOURCES TOWARDS GOING
AFTER DOCTORS OR NURSES OR
SPOUSES OR PARENTS FOR VIOLATING
THAT 19TH CENTURY ABORTION BAN.
FIRST IS WRONG BUT ON TOP OF
THAT WOULD BE SHIFTING RESOURCES
FROM PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> NOT ONLY WOULD TONEY ENFORCE
THE 1849 ABORTION BAN, HE WOULD
ASK THE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOW
ADJOINING COUNTIES TO BRING
CASES IF THE LOCAL D.A. WON'T
PROSECUTE.
>> WE NEED TO GIVE OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL THE AUTHORITY TO
PROSECUTE.
THEY ALREADY WOULD HAVE THE
TECHNICAL AUTHORITY TO
INVESTIGATE IT.
AND I THINK ANOTHER APPROACH
WOULD BE ALLOWING FOR ADJOINING
COUNTIES TO BE ABLE TO
INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE THAT
ABORTION BAN IN WISCONSIN.
>> WHAT WE DO IN WISCONSIN IN
THESE ELECTIONS MAKES SUCH A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
THE MARGINS ARE SMALL, BUT THE
CONSEQUENCES ARE HUGE.
>> JOSH KAUL THINKS THIS IS THE
TYPE OF ISSUE THAT SWINGS
ELECTIONS AND MAY MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE IN A TIGHT RACE.
>> I DO THINK THAT THIS IS GOING
TO IMPACT THE ELECTION.
I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY
HAVE VOTED REPUBLICAN WHEN
THEY -- WHEN THEY KNEW THERE WAS
A CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FOR
ACCESS TO SAFE AND LEGAL
ABORTION WHO ARE NOW SEEING HOW
EXTREME REPUBLICAN, INCLUDING MY
OPPONENT, ARE ON THIS ISSUE.
>> TONEY SAYS IN THE END, IT
WILL COME DOWN TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> JOSH KAUL HAS BEEN LOCKSTEP
WITH TONY EVERS WHERE WE NEED AN
ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT IS GOING
TO STAND WITH OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE RULE OF LAW.
>> FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
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