SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) — Governor Scott Walker was back in Marathon County to discuss his campaign agenda and his official opponent, current Secretary of Public Instruction, Tony Evers.
Tony Evers won the Democratic nomination for Governor in last night’s partisan primary race. Speaking at JARP Industries in Schofield, Governor Walker addressed the main policies of his campaign agenda moving forward. He also talked about how he feels the campaign will go now that his opponent is Evers.
Walker thinks that the policies Evers mentioned before the primaries would not be a good pick for Wisconsin. “I believe the policies that Tony Evers talked about in the campaign in the primary would be a giant step backward. They were the policies that were embraced in the past when this state was losing jobs, when budgets were out of balance, and when we saw record job loss.”
Walker mentions he doesn’t want to go back to those days for Wisconsin. He also thinks that the biggest threat of Evers campaign isn’t Evers himself, but instead his potential wealthy donors. “So we knew the billionaires, Tom Steyer and George Soros have already invested in the state. We knew that outside groups led by Barak Obama’s team and Eric Holder. We knew that the big government union bosses from New York and Washington and New Jersey and elsewhere would come in the state, the ACLU and others. … The real threat for us would be the millions if not tens of millions of dollars that would be spent attacking us.”
There were some positives Walker spoke about in regards to having Evers as his opponent. One of which being his current work with Evers as the Secretary of Public Institution. “Tony Evers when he wasn’t a candidate called my budget a pro-kid budget. He talked about how his priorities aligned with ours. And so he said very good things about the things that we have done for education, particularly in this most recent budget. … But what he said on February 6th of 2017 spelled out very clearly in the stories newspapers that day was that he thought our budget was pro-kid.”
Walker also believes that the two’s past work together will make the campaign a positive one for voters. “I think it’s good for the voters because our differences will be about policy, about our plan for the future, and about our record.” He also mentions that it means for him the race won’t be about personal attacks as he has gotten along with Evers in the past. Governor Walker stresses that the campaign will be a positive one, despite Republican ads about Tony Evers records regarding the surrender of licenses from educators engaged in immoral conduct.
As for his policies, Walker is running on a campaign with the slogan “Keep Wisconsin Working for Generations to Come”. The campaign has four main focuses that center around education, the economy, and the workforce. Walker hopes to connect students in middle school to apprenticeships and connect them to careers. He wants to keep Wisconsin graduates in the state to join the workforce. Which will be done by having tax credits for students that stay in Wisconsin and UW tuition freezes. Walker plans to help senior citizens stay in their homes. And his last focus will be on helping working families with childcare.
Governor Walker continues his tour of the state with a stop in Green Bay today and tomorrow.
