>> Frederica: IN JUST A FEW
DAYS, VOTERS WILL GO TO THE
POLLS AND DECIDE WHAT THE FUTURE
OF WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT WILL
LOOK LIKE.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
SAID HE'S VETOED BILLS PASSED BY
A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE AND HE
CAN EXPECT THE SAME AS IT'S
ASSURED TO REMAIN IN REPUBLICAN
HANDS AND OTHERS WILL TRANSFORM
WISCONSIN FOR YEARS TO COME AND
PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A FOCUS ON
HOW SCHOOLS SHOULD OPERATE.
ZAC SCHULTZ REPORTS.
>> WE'LL STOP THE CRT AND GET
BACK TO THE ABCs.
>> REPUBLICAN TIM MICHELS PLANS
CAN BE REDUCED TO ONE LINE.
>> WE'LL STOP THE CRT AND GET
BACK TO THE ABCs.
>> WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE CRT
AND GET BACK TO THE ABC.
>> TIME IS UP, GOVERNOR.
>> CRTs ARE NOT TAUGHT AND ABCs
ARE.
MOST PARENTS TEACH IT AT HOME.
>> IT'S SHORT FOR CRT CRT.
A COLLEGE-LEVEL POLITICAL THEORY
WHICH USES RACE AS A LENS TO
EXAMINE HISTORY BUT IT'S BECOME
PART OF THE ONGOING CULTURE WARS
THAT DRIVE REPUBLICAN TURNOUT AT
THE POLLS.
>> NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
ACRONYMS LGBTQ AND BLM.
>> WHEN YOU START PICKING PEOPLE
OUT WHETHER IT'S BLACK KIDS,
BROWN KIDS, LGBTQ KIDS,
WOKENESS, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU
DIVIDED EVERYBODY AND THAT DOES
NOTHING FOR A CONVERSATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY THAT IS
NEVER WALKED THROUGH A PUBLIC
SCHOOL IN THEIR LIFE.
>> DEMOCRAT TONY EVERS IS
COMFORTABLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EVEN IF THEY CONFUSE HIM.
>> YOU LOOK LIKE SOMEBODY I
KNOW.
>> I'M GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME ON TV.
>> YOU LOOK LIKE JOE BIDEN.
>> THAT'S A COMPLIMENT.
>> PRIOR TO BECOMING GOVERNOR,
HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN
EDUCATION AS A TEACHER,
ADMINISTRATOR AND SUPERINTENDENT
AND WANTS TO PROPOSE ADDITIONAL
SPEND NEXT BUDGET.
>> WE NEED MORE RESOURCES FOR
THEM.
NO QUESTION.
>> TIM MICHELS MADE HIS POSITION
CLEAR IN NUMEROUS SPEECHES BUT
WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
>> OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS
BROKEN IN WISCONSIN.
WE'RE THROWING SO MUCH MONEY AT
EDUCATION IT'S BEEN THE FIX, IF
YOU WILL, THE LAST 20, 30 YEARS
MORE MONEY AT EDUCATION, MORE
MONEY AT EDUCATION AND IT'S NOT
WORKING.
THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY WE'LL
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> HIS SOLUTION IS UNIVERSAL
SCHOOL CHOICE.
>> WE'LL HAVE EDUCATION REFORM.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE.
>> HIS WEBSITE IS LIGHT ON
SPECIFICS BUT IT WOULD LIKELY
LIFT THE ENROLLMENT AND INCOME
CAPS ON THE VOUCHER PROGRAMS
ALLOWING WEALTHY PROGRAMS TO USE
TAX DOLLARS TO PAY PRIVATE
SCHOOL AND THE PROBLEM IS WHEN
THEY LEAVE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THEY STILL TO PAY THE LIGHT BILL
AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO RAISE
PROPERTY TAXES TO MAKE UP THE
DIFFERENCE.
>> IT WILL BE A PROPERTY TAX
INCREASE.
>> HIS PLAN IS NEEDED BY
POINTING TO A HANDFUL OF
MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS IN BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SAW READING
SCORES CRASH DURING COVID.
>> BABY GIRLS HAVE ZERO CHANCE
AT BEING SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE
UNLESS WE CHANGE EDUCATION.
THAT'S WHY IT'S THE FOUNDATION
OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE'RE GETTING UNIVERSAL SCHOOL
CHOICE AND GET MILWAUKEE IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> THE PROBLEM IS MILWAUKEE'S
HAD A VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR THREE
DECADES.
UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE WON'T
CHANGE THE SITUATION THERE AT
ALL.
ATTACKING SCHOOLS MAY BE GOOD
POLITICS BUT EVERS SAYS IT'S
DANGEROUS POLICY.
>> WHAT'S IT DO TO OUR
INSTITUTIONS IN THE MEANTIME?
IT DESTROYS THEM.
SO IT'S POLITICS AT ITS WORSE.
>> AND THEY MAY TURN INTO
POLICY.
THE VETO OF A REPUBLICAN BILL
THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED PARENTS
TO SUE OVER THE USE OF NAMES AND
PRONOUNS FOR TRANSGENDER KIDS.
MICHELS WOULD SIGN IT.
>> IF MY OPPONENT IS ELECTED IT
WILL IMPACT REPRODUCTIVE SKILLS
AND YOU NAME IT, WISCONSIN WILL
BE A DIFFERENT PLACE.
>> WE KNOW THEY'RE
INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN.
>> IN HIS SPEECHES TO
CONSERVATIVE AUDIENCES HIS
RHETORIC IS MORE INFLAMED.
>> IT'S A CULTURAL SHIFT THE
LEFT WANTS PART OF DESTROYING
AMERICA.
>> HE LINKED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ONE
THE NUMBER OF MOVEMENTS
CONNECTED TO BLACK AMERICA.
>> WE BELIEVE THE COUNTRY IS ON
A SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SOCIALIVELY
AND CLOAKED BEHIND CRT AND BLM
AND DEFUND THE POLICE.
>> TO EVERS THE RACIST UNDER
TONES SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF HARM THAT'S
DONE BY DIVIDING PEOPLE.
THAT'S HOW TRUMP DOES ITS AND MY
OPPONENT DOES IT.
>> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS PRAISE
MICHELS.
>> YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT IN
WISCONSIN AND THEN SOMEWHAT WE
DID IN FLORIDA.
>> HE SIGNED A BILL THE CRITICS
SAY THE DON'T SAY GAY BILL
PREVENTING ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
FROM TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL
ORIENTA
ORIENTATION.
>> WE DON'T NEED DeSANTIS TO
TELL US HOW TO DO THINGS.
>> THE POLITICS AREN'T GOOD FOR
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS.
>> IF MY OPPONENT'S ELECTED WE
COULD BE LIKE FLORIDA -- WELL,
EXACTLY THINKS THAT'S A GOOD
IDEA?
>> HOW DID MICHELS WANT STUDENTS
EDUCATED ON THE ISSUE OF RACE
AND GENDER?
>> WE'LL LET PARENTS DECIDE NOT
WOKE EDUCRATS.
>> HE BELIEVES THERE'S A LIBERAL
KABAL IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
IN THE IS THAT RIGHT IS WOKE,
WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE KIDS SEE
THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN THE
HISTORY WE TEACH.
>> STATE SUPERINTENDENT JILL
UNDERLY SAID CRITICAL RACE
THEORY NOT A SUBJECT TAUGHT IN
K-12 SCHOOLS BUT WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING ARE WE TEACHING STUDENTS
ABOUT RACE AND RACISM, THEN THE
ANSWER IS AND SHOULD BE YES.
THAT'S WHAT HAS MICHELS UPSET.
>> I DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENT
FREDRICA THAT EVERYTHING IS
BEING TAUGHT PROPERLY.
PARENTS HAVE SHOWN ME THE STUFF
TAUGHT TO THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOL
AND OUTRAGED AND DON'T LIKE IT.
>> EVERS SAID MICHELS IS TRYING
TO USE THAT TO GET ELECT.
>> PEOPLE CAN'T DEFINE IT AND
THEN PEOPLE GET ANGRY WITH EACH
OTHER.
IT'S A WAY OF DIVIDING PEOPLE
AND IF YOU DIVIDE PEOPLE AND IN
SUCH A WAY THAT 51% BELIEVE YOU,
YOU'LL GET ELECTED.