I'm running to help Wisconsin get back on the right track.
I'm running to improve our schools, empower parents,
boost everyone's standard of living,
and make all our neighborhoods and communities safer.
From COVID to Kenosha, Tony Evers, he's been a failure.
His instincts are terrible, and his policies are even worse.
Fact is that in our schools, performance is down,
literacy is down.
Even after politicians pour more money into the system,
there's no accountability.
Tony Evers has had 40 years in the education system
and it keeps getting worse.
Our schools, all schools will improve
under four years of my leadership.
We will empower parents,
bring order and discipline back to the classroom,
stop teaching radical social agendas,
and get back to the ABCs.
Inflation on the other hand, it's up, way up.
$4 gasoline, $5 diesel,
and the cost of everything is going through the roof.
It's impacting local budgets and family budgets.
We have to push back against the out of control
Washington spending that ignited this runaway inflation.
Crime, it's also outta control.
In Milwaukee, a car is stolen every 60 minutes of every day.
In the state, crime is at a 30-year high.
I will back the men and women of law enforcement.
I will never let another Wisconsin city
like Kenosha burn.
I will stop policies that let the bad guys out
with nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
Now, on another note,
you may have heard some people try to make some noise
about where I live because I went where duty called
and because I own some real estate.
It's garbage, political smears.
But I can take it.
I'm a tough guy.
Here's the facts.
Wisconsin is and always will be my home.
I've always lived here, paid taxes here,
and always voted here.
And it's true, my job forced me to travel out of state
from time to time,
first, when I served 12 years on active duty
in the United States Army,
to include my time as commander of the honor guard
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
And then later for a brief period
when I ran Michels Corporation's largest project.
We were building a new subway in New York City.
Wisconsin is today, always has been,
and always will be my home.
Right now, that mindset of hard work and gratitude,
it's under attack.
We're told that America is no longer a place for good,
that achieving success in America
is something for which we should apologize.
The political insiders, including our current governor,
have smeared my company,
a great, Wisconsin family-owned company.
We knew that Tony Evers was a bad governor.
Now, we know more about what kind of person he is.
He smeared my company,
and for many small business owners out there,
he tried to close yours down.
Think about that.
Tony Evers believed that he had the authority
to determine who could work and who could not.
It'll never happen again.
I have news for Tony Evers.
All work is essential.
Every Wisconsinite is essential.
We all know that there is dignity in hard work.
In fact, blue collar workers are supporting my campaign
in record numbers.
They may have supported the Democratic Party in the past,
but they don't recognize it today.
People are sick of the politics as usual, as am I.
The insiders, they're not bankrolling my campaign.
I am not beholden to any PAC, any lobbyist,
any special interest.
I refuse their money.
I don't need it, I don't want it, and I won't take it.
That's an asset for the governor's office
because I won't owe the swamp a single thing.
I have the leadership experience, the agenda,
the resources, and most importantly,
the backbone to do what it takes
to get Wisconsin back on the right track.
This election is a referendum on the tired, old,
failed Evers administration.
It's time for a change.
I'm honored to be supported by people
all across the political spectrum,
including former governor Tommy Thompson,
the most non-divisive and successful governor
in Wisconsin's history.
It's time for a change.
It's time to get Wisconsin back on the right track.
I'm Tim Michels.
I'm running for governor to improve our schools,
empower parents,
boost everyone's standard of living,
and make all our neighborhoods and communities safer.
Thank you, God bless you, God bless America,
and God bless the great state of Wisconsin.