ON UP FRONT. THE FIREWORKS AT THE CONVENTION REPUBLICANS GATHERING FOR TIRHE ANNUAL MEETING THIS WEENDKE UP FRONT. IS THERE WITH THE NEW SUNYDA MORNING HEADLESIN AND A DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN BEN WICERKL ON THE DEMOCRATS CONVENTION AND PATH TO VICTORY THIS FALL. MASS SHOOTING IN MILWAUKEE OFFICERS HAVING GUNS POINTING AT THEM MILWAUKEE’S POLICE CHIEF IS JOINING US AHEAD OF A CRITICAL COMMUNITY MEETING N JOWUST A FEW DAYS AWAY AND RESTAURANT OWNERS LEFT FUMING AT CONGRESS THE BIG BLOW TO THE INDUSTRY AND THE WISCONSINITES JUST RETURNING FROM CAPITOL HILL HERE NOW TO RESPOND. TAKING ON THE ISSUES IMPORTANT TO WISCONSIN THIS IS UPFRONT WITH YOUR HOST ADRIAN. HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THISOR MNING. REPUBLICANS ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION AFTER A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED WEEKENDOW N LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS FALLS ELECTIONS VAN WINKLER CHAIR OFHE T DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN IS STANDING BY BUT FIRST UP FRONT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT. MATT SMITH IS AT THE GOP CONVENTION IN MIDDLONET AND MATT AN ACTION PACK WEEKEND. THAT IS NOW MAKING HEADLINES ADRIAN. NONE OF THE CANDIDATES WALKING AY WITH THE PARTIES ENDORSEMENT THAT BATTLE PLAYING OUT HERE AT THE STATE CONVENTION THIS NOW STUDYING THE STAGE FOR ETH AUGUST PRIMARY AND NOVEMBER GENERAL THE ENERGY BUT IT WITH RESPECT TO THE SPEERAKS IF WE CAN KEEP MOVING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS EXPECTED THE DEBATE OVER ENDORSEMENTS SRTTAED EARLY SATURDAY JUST TWO DIFFERENT CLOCKS THAT WE’RE WORKING THROUGH MIC THREE DELEGATES DEBATING EARLY WEATHER TO ALLOW AND NO ENDORSEMENT OPTION WITH ALL EYES ONHE T GOP PRIMARY RACE FOR GOVERNOR. WE ARE THE GRASSROOTS THE PEOPLE THAT KNOCKED ON DOORS AND MAKE THE TELEPHONE CLSAL AND GO OUT AND DRIVE 100 MILES. PICK UP SIGNS. WHY SHOULD WE NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPSSRE OUR OPINION ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOSS WITH THIS CONVENTION A YEAR AGO ANNOUNCED MICHAEL GABLEMAN AS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO OVERSEE THE REVIEW OFHE T 2020 ELECTION TODAY, BUT I AM GONNA SAY SOMETHING THAT I’M SORRY MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT WANTO T HEAR BUT WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO DECERTIFY THE ELECTNIO AND GO BACK AND NULLIFY IT. WE DO NOT. HANG ON. ALL RIGHT, I’M GONNA ASK YOUO T BE RESPECTFUL WE COULDAY S NO. I KNOW YOU DISAGREE AND THERE’S SOME OF THE DISAGREE ON IT. BUT LET HIM TALK SPEAKER THE BOOZE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTION. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PARTY? IT SAYS THAT THERE’S DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT THAT’S WHAT I SAID IF UYO LISTEN TO MY COMMENTS AFTERWARD, IT’S THAT WE ARE THE PARTY OF FREE SPEECH. WE’RE NOT THE PARTY OF CANCEL CU LTURE THE BIG FOCUS WHETHER DELEGATES WOULD ENDORSE IN THE PRIMARY RACEOR F GOVERNOR BETWEEN REBECCA CLAYFACE TIM MICHAELS KEVIN NICHOLS,ON TIM RAMPTON AND ADAM FISHER THE CANDIDATE EACH HAVING 12 MINUTES TOAKE M THEIR CASE AND EINGAT 60% OF THE VOTE TO WIN THE PARTIES ENDORSENTME. I WILL WIN THIS. BECAUSE I WLIL TAKE ON TONY EVERS AS A TRUE PUBLIC SCHOOL K-12. MMO WHOSE CHILDREN WERE DEEPLY AFFECTED BY HIS SHUTDOWNS IF YOU WANT SOMEONE. HAS TAKEN ON THESE LOCKDOWNS WHO HAS TAKEN ON THE VACCINE MANDATE WHO HAS TENAK ON THESE VACCINE MANDATES AND MASKED MANDATES. I HAVE DONE IT. I WTAN TO BE VERY CLEAR. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM SHOULD NOT MAKE AN ENDORSEMENT IN THIS RACE OR ANY OTHER COMPETITIVE PRIMARY. AND IT’S NOT BECAUSE I DON’T TRUST YOU I DO. BUT BECAUSE I WANT REPUBLICANS TO WIN AND WE CANNOT DO THAT IF OUR PARTY IS ULTIMATELY FRACTURED THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT ME OR MY CANDIDACY. IT IS ABOUT YOU. WE HAVE LOST 11 OUT OF 12 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE ON THIS PATH. I AM REALISTIC ABOUT TODAY’S VOTE. I AM HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR VOTE ON AUGUST 9TH, AND THEN AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, WE CAN’T AND WON’’ DO THE SAME THING THAT LED TO OUR DEFEAT FOUR YEARS AGO THIS TIME. WE WILL WIN THIS TIME. WE WILL BEAT TONY. HEBREWS WE KNOW THE STAKES NOW, LET’S GET TO WORK. I AM NOT A PUPPET AND GSSUE WHAT THE MONEY PLAYERS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT ARE AFRAID OF THAT. I AM LIKE TRUMP. YOU CANNOT CONTROL ME? YES ELECTION INTEGRITY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THE STATE? OUR ELECTION WAS STOLEN IN 2020. AND I I WILL NEVER STOP PURSUING CLOSURE FOR TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY TO GET IT RIGHT HUNDREDS OF DELEGATES VOTING BY PAPER TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING NEEDED IN THIS RACE FOR GOVERNOR THE FALIN ROUND COMING DOWN TO CLAY FISH RAMP THEM A NO ENDORSEMENT ATLL A CLAYFHIS NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH. ULTIMATELY NO PARTY ENDORSEMENT. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT REBCAEC CLAYFISH WANTED THIS INCREDIBLY BADLY. SHE LOST IT AND AT THE END OF THEAY D THE PEOPLE OF WCOISNSIN ONE IS A RESULT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THERE. I WON THE MAJORYIT AND IN THE SECOND BALLOT 54% AM PROUD TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE GRASSROOTS OF THEEP RUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSIN, BUT WHAT WE SAW IN THERE IS JUST THE BEGINNGIN DELEGATES ALSO TAKING ON NUMEROUS RESOLUTIONSHE TIR POSITION ON EVERYTHING FROM COVID TO ABORTIONS AND ELECTION REFORM ADRIAN. MATT THANK YOU. DEMOCRATS WILL HOST THEIR CONVENTION COMING UP NEXT MONTH BEN WICKLERS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN. HE’S JOINING US NOW FROM MADISON. SO BEN ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE ON UP FRONT AND YOU KNOW THIS WEEKEND REPUBLIC. IS THEY’RE REALLY GETTING ENERGIZED THEY’RE TRYING TO WIN BACK THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. EYTH WANT TO KPEE SENATOR RON JOHNSON IN OFFICE. THEY LAID OUT THEIR ENDORSEMENTS THEIR PRIORITIES, SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR GOAL TO COME TOU OF THE DEMOCRATS CONVENTION THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTNIO BOTH DEMONSTRATE THAT IN GOVERNOR EVERS. WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO WAKES UP DOING THE RIGHT THINGOR F WISCONSINITES WHO HAS THE COMMON SEENS AND DECENCY TO GOVERN AND SUPPORT EVERYONE AND BRING US WNDO TO RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT TO GIVE A BREAK 15% INCOME TAX DEBT TO WISCONSINITES PAVE OUR ROADS GET OUR SCHOOLS BACK IN THE TOP 10 THE SFFTU THAT ACTUALLY AFFECTS OUR LESIV AND IT’S SUCH A CONTRAST FROM THE KIND OF CHAOS AND EXTREMISM AND LEAPFROGGING INTO THE FAR RIGHT THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND WHICH WASN O DISPLAY THIS WEEKEND. DO YOU TNKHI THESE PTYAR CONVENTIONS REALLY MATTER ANYMORE THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT PTYAR CONNTVEIONS IS THAT THEY SHOWCASE THE WAY THAT THE PARTIES ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THSEEMLVES IF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION YOU’RE GONNA SEE CANDID. WERE TALNGKI ABOUT HOW TO BRING COSTS DOWN FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION. YOU’RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT COMMON SENSE ISSUES ABOUT HOW TO EANXPD HEALTHCARE AND ENSURINGE W DON’T GO BACK TO 1849 WITH THIS EXTREMEAN B ON ACCESS TO ABORTION FROM MORE THAN A CENTURY AND A HALF AGO THAT THAT SEEMSO T BE THE GOAL FOR REPUBLICANS TO RETURNS U TO I’M THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION REALLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THE DE MOCRATIC PARTY ISHE T BIG TENT MAINSTREAM PARTY IN OUR STATE AND THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. FORTUNELATY, WE’VE JUST SEEN HOW FAR RIGHT A LOT OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE WILLING TO GO YOU JUST MENTIONED INFLATION, BUT WITH HISTORIC HIGH INFLATION, THERE’S A DEMOCRAT SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE RHTIG NOW THAT APPROVAL RATINGS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN. NO ONE CAN DENY THAT HOW DO DEMOCRATS HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT INFLATION IS A A REAL WORLDWIDE PROBLEM AND THE QUESTION IS WHO HAS THE SIDE OF THE VOTERS OF REGULAR PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR COST DOWN WHO HAS VOTED TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF IN? $35 A MONTH THAT WAS DEMOCRATS RUN JOHONNS AND ALL OUR REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT WHO VOTED TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS TO BABY FORMULA WHO HAS UP IN GOVERNOR. EVERETT HAS PROPOSED TO TAKE OUR SURPLUS THAT W HEAVE SITTING IN THEIR STATE COFFERS RIGHT NOW AND ACTUALLY SEND THAT MONEY OUT TO FOLKS SO THEY CANEA DL WITH RISING COSTS. THAT IS AGAIN DEMOCRATIC. GOVERNOR. TONY EVERS. THE DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE SIDE OF FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THESE ISSUES REPUBLICANS SEEM TO JUST WANT TO HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THEY AND RUN ON AND IF THERE’S ONE THING THAT WISCONSINITES REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICS DON’T LIKE IT’S POLITICAL GAMES DAN BOTHOU Y GO. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE RACE FIRST SENATE AUGUST 9TH IS THE SENATE PRIMARY. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PULL UP SOME RESULTS FROM A RECENT MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL POLL. SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THE CANDIDATES ARE SHAPING UP RHTIG NOW A MNDIND YOU 48% SO THEY STILL DON’T KNOW WHO THEY’LL VOTE FOR. BUT IN THE END HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE? I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPECT THAT LIKE SO MANY ELECTIONS IN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL COME DOWNO T A HANDFUL OF VOTES FOR THE LAST SIX PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HERE HAVE MECO DOWN TO LESS THAN ONE PERCENTAGE POINT AND EVEN THOUGH TO ME IT’S NIGHTND A DAY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNOR EVERS AND THE REPUBLICANS RON JOHNSONND ANY A OF THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES WE HAVE TO PREPARE AS THOUGH THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO A MICROSCOPIC. MARGIN. THAT’S THE WAY POLITICS HAVE BEEN IN WISCONSIN, AND I DON’’ CHANGING. ALL RIGHT, BEN WICKLER DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR HERE IN WISCONSIN. THANK YOU. ANTHKS SO MUCH. OUR EDITORIAL PARTNER WHIT POLITICS.COM IS ALSO REPORTING NEW INSIGHT ON THIS WEEKEND’S GOP CONVENTION. YOU’LL FIND THEIR REPORTING AT WEST POLITICS.COM COMING UP HISTORIC VIOLENCE IN MILWAUKEE NOW JUST DAYS FROM A COMMUNITY FORUM WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING PUT INTO PLACE AND WHAT’S STILL NEEDED MILWAUKEE’S POLICE CHIEF WI LL JOIN US NEX

State GOP convention, Dem response

Republicans gather in Middleton for party convention

Updated: 9:30 AM CDT May 22, 2022

Republicans gather in Middleton for party convention

Republicans gather in Middleton for party convention