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Now live from the civic media studios
in Madison, Wisconsin, where the political party
is just beginning, welcome to the devil's advocates radio show.
Friends proving it's never personal, only politics.
These allow me to introduce myself.
And now here's your host, Dom and Crute.
And welcome to the devil's advocates radio show.
Happy, happy hour to us all, happy hump day.
Crutey, I'm the road Kamala Harris Tim Walls
in Old Claire in Wisconsin, big day for this swing state.
Crutey on the road right now, we're going to play
some of these sound for you.
I think at the hearing loss, I'm going to play it all for you.
Crutey apparently, while Walls was giving his speech,
somebody passed out like it was hot man.
They had to give him water, took a pause in the speech
for like three minutes, but I saw the headlines
like big dad vibes or something like that regarding walls
and literally stopping and making sure that the people
were taking care of, take care of your neighbors
kind of a message, Crutey.
It was, it certainly was.
And I should mention the good neighbors hosting me today.
I am in the gallery here at the Axe Bell Hotel
in downtown Old Claire.
That is my broadcast location, Dom.
And just since I've been here, I saw a stop
of the presidential, well, the vice presidential motorcade,
if you will, Kamala Harris and Tim Walls.
They stopped right outside the window of knowledge
sharing out at the local store, art,
peril books and things.
Apparently did a little shopping on the corner of Dewey
and Galloway in downtown Old Claire.
It was a mess down here for about 10 or 15 minutes.
They departed the motorcade and they did a little shop
and Dom and some surly secret service guys were telling me
to move on down the sidewalks.
Of course they were, they had moved on down the road.
Both the vice president and herd nominee,
four vice president, Dom.
They're on to Motown, as we mentioned before.
They got another rally, Dom.
But for those that were working hard today
and I feel like I'm amongst them, Dom,
we should play the sound of this rally,
went off this speech about two o'clock this afternoon
approximately.
But we've got the VP nominee, Tim Walls,
who went first today, about 15,000.
At this rally site, it was at the country jams
and the parking lot, it was muddy.
We'll talk about that later.
Let's play the speech.
Tim Walls, Coach Walls, the first speech
in Old Claire, Wisconsin.
The event says it right.
Play it for the people, Rich.
On your walk, it's a dip chance.
It's a source.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Wow.
Cheers.
Wow.
Hello, Old Claire.
Cheers.
Isn't it good to have a candidate who
can pronounce the name correctly?
So.
Cheers.
Wow.
Last, thank you.
Thank you for the introduction more importantly.
Thank you for articulating what we know it means
to live out here in the Midwest.
Care for your neighbors.
Kindness.
I want to acknowledge a few people today.
Somebody who I have to tell you might be the kindest human
being I have ever met, your governor, Tony Evers.
A dear friend of mine who had a chance
to serve within the House of Representatives
an incredible senator, Tammy Baldwin.
The people's lawyer, your attorney general, Josh Call.
And someone who knows, education is a foundation
of everything.
State Superintendent Jill Underlie.
All the state and local officials are here.
But I want to say that probably no personal privilege
on this.
I got a bunch of my family down here in the front.
So.
So.
A couple of them.
A couple of them are badgers too, by the way.
So.
And a real special thank you to everybody here.
Looking out across here.
Look, you're busy people.
You got things to do.
It's a summer day.
You had to walk two miles.
I had nothing to do with that, by the way.
Nothing.
So.
But you came here for one beautiful, simple reason.
You love this country and this democracy.
I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket to help
make Kamala Harris the next president of the United States.
You know it.
Vice President Harris is on the side of the American people.
She took on predators, fraudsters, transnational gang
members.
She stood up against powerful corporate interests.
And she never hesitated, not once,
to reach across the aisle if it improved people's lives.
Being a Midwesterner too, I know a little something
about commitment to people.
I was born in a small town in Nebraska,
where community meant everything.
My mom and dad taught me to show generosity to my neighbors
and work for a common good.
At 17, I joined the Army National Guard.
For 24 years, I proudly wore the uniform of this nation.
And that service, just as it did for my dad, a career
and warrior veteran, and millions of others,
I got the GI bill and it gave me a shot at a college education.
My dad was a teacher.
My siblings were all teachers.
And three of them married teachers.
It's noble work.
I had the privilege of teaching public school,
social studies, and coaching football for 20 years.
And for all you Packer and Badgers fan,
yeah, we did win a state championship, so it's what we do.
But it was my students who encouraged me to run for office.
I never thought that much about it,
but they saw in me what I was hoping to instill in them.
This idea of a commitment to a better world, a common good,
a belief that one single person can actually make a difference.
I lived in a red district, but my neighbors were kind enough
and graced me with the opportunity to go to the United States House
of Representatives for 12 years to represent them.
I learned how to compromise without compromising my values.
And as governor of the United States,
I learned how to compromise without compromising my values.
And as governor of the United States,
and as governor of the great state of Minnesota,
I brought all that experience.
Okay, okay.
Are there Minnesotans in the house today?
Bringing that experience to tackle
the challenges that we're facing our state.
We don't shy away from challenges,
but I'll tell you what.
Donald Trump, he sees the world differently than we see it.
He has no understanding of service
because he's too busy servicing himself.
Again and again and again.
Again and again and again.
This guy weakens our country to strengthen his own hands.
He mocks our laws.
He shows chaos and division amongst the people.
And that's to say nothing of the job he did as president.
He froze in the face of COVID and it caused people's lives.
He drove the economy into the ground
and make no mistake about it.
Violent crime was up when Donald Trump was president.
Those of you who are a little older know this.
Older Republicans used to talk about freedom.
These guys today, it turns out that freedom to them
means government should be free to invade your exam room with your doctor.
Now look, we're pretty neighborly with Wisconsin.
We get our friendly battles, but in Minnesota just like in Wisconsin,
we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make.
Even if we wouldn't make the same choices for ourselves
because we know there's a golden rule.
Mind your own damn business.
Mind your own damn business.
I don't need you telling me about our health care.
I don't need you telling us who we love.
And I sure the hell don't need you telling us what books we're going to read.
And there's a very personal one for me.
And that includes IVF.
Some of you might have heard this.
This is very personal for my wife and I.
When Gwen and I decided to have children,
we went through years of fertility treatments.
And I remember each night praying that the call was going to come
and it was going to be good news.
The phone ring, tenseness in my stomach,
and then the agony when you heard the treatments hadn't worked.
So it wasn't by chance that when we welcomed our first child,
our beautiful daughter, we named her Hope.
When Vice President and Harrison I,
and everyone here talks about freedom,
we mean the freedom to make your own health care decisions.
And for all of our little ones to be free to go to school
without worrying about being shot dead in their classroom.
Folks, you're listening to the devil's advocates radio show.
Pardon me, replay of Tim Walls today in Oh Claire,
the mind your own damn business tour.
I'm liking this.
We're going to go to a break will come back and play more of Tim Walls.
We'll get some of your reaction from the governor of the great state of Minnesota.
You know, trespassing over here in Wisconsin.
But you know, it's not football season yet.
We're down.
We love it.
We love the love.
We love the joy.
We love what he has to say.
We don't need you telling us telling me about our health care.
Don't need you telling me who we love.
And we certainly don't need you telling me what books we can read.
Folks, we're going to tell you you need to stick around more devil's advocates.
More Tim Walls on the other side.
Plus your calls.
Your observations eight four four nine six seven two seven eight nine.
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And welcome back to the devil advocates radio show.
We are playing governor Minnesota governor Tim Walls from his speech today in Oh Claire.
Wisconsin introducing vice president Kamala Harris.
Introducing himself to the great state of Wisconsin.
We're going to play a little bit more of that.
As mentioned, he did stop that speech because apparently somebody fell ill in the audience.
He possibly three or four minutes trying to make sure everyone was all right.
I apparently went over very well on the inner webs crew.
Any comments so far?
No, I thought he did a fine job.
I thought it was unfortunate that the momentum was lost a little bit.
I know how that feels today.
Back to the speech if I and I drove all the way to Oh Claire to hear the man.
Let's let those that were working hard today hear the rest of governor Tim Walls' speech and then stick around.
Because we'll play the speech of BP Kamala Harris and Oh Claire as well at by 30.
But rich plate for the people Tim Walls coach walls.
Thank you all for helping.
Thank you all for helping.
Thank you all.
Take care of one another on this.
This is why we gather.
Look, it's hot.
It is hot.
I'll come again.
They've got folks here.
We'll make sure we're okay.
But I have to tell you all again.
In all seriousness, to come and gather like this, to talk about our freedoms,
the ability to talk about what could be good.
And I have to say this idea of caring for our neighbor and kindness and a hand up when somebody needs it,
or just the sense of that people go through things and to be able to be there when they need it,
that's who we are.
It's not about mocking.
It's not named callings and you see it amongst them.
Thank you all.
Thank you all.
They do.
Thank you all.
We're okay.
We're okay.
We have someone down.
They're treating him.
They're getting him some water.
And it's good.
You guys need some water too.
We'll ask him.
Can you see if they have some more water?
Bring it down.
I do appreciate the fact that the, you know, it's a campaign speech, right?
You got to introduce yourself.
You got something to say.
You got the teleprompers up.
You're going through it.
And then I have a real situation of someone all of a sudden passing out, not feeling good.
And he stops.
He's human about him.
And he talks about he relates to it.
You know what I'm saying?
These are things that some people think Donald Trump can't do that on the fly.
What did he say?
Hey, you know, see someone throwing tomato knocked the hell out of them.
I'll pay for your attorney fees.
That's, that's what we get from the other side.
Eight, four, four, nine, six, seven, two, seven, eight, nine,
Cam.
You've been patient.
Thank you, sir.
What do you got for us?
Okay.
Dom, I'm actually really excited to bring this to your attention.
But I also might ruin Tim Walls for you.
Okay.
Go ahead.
Directly want to go do that.
But I don't know if you'll be able to unheared this once I pointed out.
Does he sound like anyone specifically to you?
Nothing that struck me.
No.
About Mr. Garrison from South Park.
I mean, I'd have to listen to more.
But no, you Mr. Garrison from South Park.
I mean, that's.
Yeah, you think Tim Walls sounds like Mr. Garrison from South Park.
Like, like, like what?
The tone, the tenor, the things he says and what regard?
Not the things that he says.
Absolutely not.
No, he's like, if Garrison was like actually a good person,
but the sound wise, he definitely sounds like Garrison.
And it's like the accent and everything that he is going on.
It sounds so.
I don't hear him saying the okay.
Okay.
Cam.
Come on, man.
No, that's that's the therapist.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You're right up there.
You're talking about the teacher with the puppet.
Yes, Mr. Hand.
Mr.
Oh, got you got you got you got you.
I'm sorry.
I got my cartoon characters mixed up their camp.
That's okay.
So is that making more or less attractive appealing to you, Cam?
I'm biased, but it's more entertaining and easier to listen to.
It shouldn't be, but it is what it is.
Now that you said it, I'm going to have to listen again.
Thank you for the observation of probably never get that out of my head.
What do you think, Rudy?
Mr. Garrison.
Train.
The boys from South Park.
Take it back.
I don't believe it for a minute.
There is no real.
There's no real resemblance there.
No, I reject it.
I reject that analogy.
Thank you for the call.
Can we appreciate it?
Rudy disagrees.
I am open minded enough.
I will go back and listen to some of that.
And again, we pause that because someone fell ill in the crowd.
Man, the guy stopped his speech.
A fine to make sure and reinforce.
Again, I think these are important things.
These are, you know, when these kind of things happen,
does the show the character of the person that is ramble through their speech?
Or did he do what he could?
You know, I mean, he didn't jump off the stage,
but he certainly directed people.
He paused it, paid attention to it and then related to people.
This is something that the right has a hard time doing.
What the Megas have a hard time doing is relating to people.
I just think it's, although it certainly doesn't come across great on the radio,
I think it is, is a fantastic representation of the humanity.
And that the Republicans are certainly lacking these days.
The only issue I took, and I was there.
The only issue I took, because obviously you want to give
an even comfort wear necessaries.
But that was happening with her without the candidate stopping the speech.
And so once the care was being rendered.
Start the speech, young man.
I'm on a deadline here.
Dr. Walls coach.
You know, it's time to get back in the ball game coach.
Because everybody else, the 50,000, the rest of us,
were cooking like crazy to sit the sun here, sir.
Get back in any shorter if you don't talk.
It's hot.
It's hot.
Tim Walls, governor from Minnesota in Wisconsin.
Come back with us.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, she will speak to Wisconsin next on the other side.
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And welcome back to the doubles of a kid's radio show.
Happy Humpty to us all.
Vice President Kamala Harris swinging through the great state of Wisconsin.
Oh, Claire, today, Cody was boots on the ground.
12 to 15,000.
According to Cody out there to see Kamala Harris in the right Wisconsin summer time.
Sun, uh, Cody, before we start playing, Kamala Harris.
Any thoughts to this point?
It was hot.
Damn.
People hurt and out there in the sun hotter than expected.
I would have ventured in the low 80s occasional breezes.
But I'm telling you, man, with all those people jammed into the country.
Best jam festival grounds.
It was roasted out there.
And a lot of people, a lot of people were joyous.
But some people were passing out.
And there was a number of people that had first aid administered to them.
We obviously heard the interruption in Tim Walsh's speech.
But once Kamala Harris got it rolling, that crowd was rolling with her down.
And it was large.
It was boisterous and it was sunburned.
Sunburn, Cody, look a little reds yourself.
Well, Rich, let's get to it.
The president, the presidential candidate for this cycle.
She starts speaking in Wisconsin today.
Let's play for the people, Rich.
Good afternoon, Wisconsin.
Good afternoon.
Always good to be back.
Good afternoon, everybody.
Can we hear Tim Walsh?
I'm so happy to be running with you.
Let me tell you.
So let me start by thanking less your words, your leadership, your voice.
It's so important.
Let's thank you for everything you are and everything you do for our country.
And it is good to be with so many incredible leaders,
including the most magnificent wonderful Governor Tony Evers.
Every time I come to Wisconsin, Tony meets me on the tarmac.
He's such an incredible human being.
I want to thank Secretary Stade Sarah Godlusky.
Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Ben Wickler.
And my dear dear friend, Senator Tammy Baldwin.
I served with Tammy when I was in the United States Senate.
I'm a tell you she was always, always, always fighting for the people of this state.
And in November, we are going to re-elect her to the United States Senate.
And please give it up one more time for Wisconsin's own bony bear.
It's a good afternoon.
And let me say, I also want to bring greetings from our incredible President Joe Biden.
He loves Wisconsin. He loves Wisconsin.
And I know we are all deeply grateful for his lifetime of service to our nation.
And for all he continues to do.
That's right.
That's right.
I'm going to tell him what you said.
So, Wisconsin, this has been a big week.
On Monday, I officially became the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
And yesterday, I announced my running maintenance campaign, Governor Tim Wall.
And as you just heard in the Minnesotans here, no, Tim has an incredible record as governor of the great state of Minnesota.
And to those who know him best, Tim is more than a governor to his wife Gwen.
He is a husband, to his kids, hope and Gus.
He is dad, to his fellow veterans.
He is Sergeant Major Walls.
To the people of Southern Minnesota for 12 years, he was a congressman.
To his former high school students, he was Mr. Walls.
And to his former high school football players, he was Coach.
Coach.
And in 90 days, the nation will know Coach Walls by a new title.
Vice President of the United States of America.
Oh, it really is good to be back in Wisconsin.
So, listen, let me tell you, I am clear.
The path to the White House runs right through this state.
And with your help, we will win in November.
We are going to win.
And I've been here many times as you all know recently and even before.
And many of you know then, before I was elected vice president, before I was elected
United States Senator, I was an elected attorney general, and before that an elected district attorney.
And before that, I was a courtroom prosecutor.
So, in those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds.
Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers,
scammers who broke the rules for personal gain.
So, hear me when I say, I know Donald Trump's tight.
I know his tight.
In fact, I've been dealing with people like in my whole career.
For example, as attorney general of California, well hold on.
You know what, the courts are going to handle that part of it.
And what we're going to do is beat him in November.
So, I'll tell you, as attorney general, I took on one of our country's largest for profit colleges that scammed students.
Well, Donald Trump ran a for profit college that scammed students.
As a prosecutor, I specialized in cases of sexual abuse.
Well, Donald Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse.
As attorney general, I held the big Wall Street banks accountable for fraud.
Well, Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud.
34 counts.
So, in this campaign, I'll tell you, I will probably put my record against his any day of the week.
Any day of the week.
But let's make no mistake.
This campaign is not just about us versus Donald Trump.
It's about two very different visions for our nation.
Two very different visions.
One for us focused on the future.
The other focused on the past.
And Wisconsin, we, we here, we fight for the future.
We fight for a future where every worker has the freedom to join a union.
We fight for a future where every senior can retire with dignity.
A future where we build a broad-based economy.
And one where every American has the opportunity to own a home, to start a business, to build wealth.
And understand, in this fight, as Tim Walls likes to point out, we are joyful warriors.
Joyful warriors.
Because we know that while fighting for a brighter future may be hard work, hard work is good work.
Hard work is good work.
And so, we will continue to fight for affordable housing, for affordable healthcare, affordable childcare and paid leave.
We believe in a future where we lower the cost of living for America's families so that they have a chance not just to get by but to get ahead.
Because while our economy is doing well by many measures, prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high.
You know it and I know it.
You know, when I was Attorney General, I went after price-fixing schemes.
And when I am President, it will be a day one priority to fight, to bring down prices.
I will take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging.
I will take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families.
I will take on big pharma and cap the cost of prescription drugs for all Americans and continue to bring manufacturing jobs back to America.
And back to communities like O'Clayer.
So all this is to say, strengthening our economy and building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.
Because you see coach walls and I know when America's middle class is strong, America is strong.
And as we work to move our nation forward, Donald Trump intends to take our nation backward.
There is so much evidence of that point. It really is.
But look at most recently, Project 2025 and that agenda.
Project 2025, you know, if you have some time to take a look at it, I'm telling you, it is a plan to weaken the middle class.
It is a plan to weaken the middle class.
If he is elected, Donald Trump intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations.
He intends to cut social security and Medicare.
He intends to surrender our fight against the climate crisis and he intends to end the Affordable Care Act.
And because we all remember what it was like before the Affordable Care Act, we understand what that means.
That's about taking us back to a time when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions.
You remember that?
What that was like when we're not going back.
We are not going back.
Folks who are listening to the devil's advocates, radio show, Kamala Harris, in O'Claire, Wisconsin, we are not going back.
We are going to break and we will be back for one final segment and the conclusion of Vice President Kamala Harris' speech in O'Claire, Wisconsin, come back with us.
And we cannot go back, ours has to be a fight for the future and a fight for freedom, a fight for freedom.
Across our nation, we have been witnessing a full on assault against hard fought, hard won freedoms and rights.
The freedom to vote, the freedom to be safe from...
I don't know if you know the devil's advocates, but the show is kind of a big deal.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, in O'Claire, Wisconsin, today, Rich, play it for the people, please.
And compounded with everything else that we knew was on the line, think about the fact that last month, the United States Supreme Court,
basically told the former president, who has been convicted of fraud, that going forward, he will be immune, no matter what he does in the White House.
Think about what that means and the change circumstances since 16, 6, 20 when you think about what that court decision means.
Donald Trump has openly vowed if reelected he will be a dictator on day one, that he would weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies,
that he would round up peaceful protesters and throw them out of our country, and even, quote, terminate the United States Constitution.
So let us be clear, let us be clear, someone who suggests we should terminate the Constitution of the United States,
should never again have a chance to stand behind the seal of the President of the United States.
So basically, I think it all comes down to this. We're all here because we love our country.
We love our country. We love our country. And I do believe it is the highest form of patriotism to fight for the ideals of our country.
And that's how we preserve the promise of America. Because after all the promise of America is what makes it possible, by the way, for Governor Walts and me to stand on this stage today.
Just think about it. Two middle-class kids, one daughter of Oakland, California, who was raised by a working mother and had a summer job at McDonald's,
the other a son of the Nebraska planes who grew up working on a farm. Think about that. Only in America is it possible for them together to make it all the way together to the White House, only in America, only in America.
So this is a fight to make real the promise of America for every person in our nation.
And also, I'll tell you and I promise you, our campaign is going to reach out to everyone. From red states, from blue states, from the heartland to the coast, we are running a campaign on behalf of all Americans.
And when elected, we will govern on behalf of all Americans.
Because coach walls and I know, and we're clear about this, unlike the other side, we work for you. We work for you, the American people. And we will always fight for you, for your family, for your freedoms and for your future.
So Wisconsin, ultimately, this election is about a question that we each face. We each face a question in this election. And that is, what kind of country do we want to live in?
Do we want to live in a country of freedom, of compassion, of rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate?
And the beauty of our democracy is we each have the power individually. And collectively, we each have the power in a democracy to answer that question.
The power is with the people. The power is with the people.
So in the next 90 days, we need you to use your power. We need you to knock on doors. We need you to register folks to vote. We need you to energize and organize and mobilize and make your voices heard.
And I'll tell you about an hour ago after I landed on Air Force 2, I met a collection of young leaders from Girl Scout Troop 3307.
Oh, they were spectacular. Oh, they were spectacular. None of them high at all to the three feet. They are just, they were spectacular. And one of those young leaders had a shirt on that said,
you are powerful and your voice matters. Right? From the mouths of bays, they're telling us. They're telling us. And so let's remember that.
Let's remember our power. Let's remember our voice matters. And with that, then I ask, are you ready to make your voices heard?
Do we believe in freedom? Do we believe in opportunity? Do we believe in the promise of America? And are we ready to fight for it?
And when we fight, we win. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.
Kamala Harris included her speech in old player Wisconsin earlier this afternoon. What kind of country do you want to live in Crudy?
Final thoughts for the day.
15,000 Rabbinets, Democrats. They were cooking in the sun, but they were boisterous. They were excited. Biggest campaign rally of the cycle so far for the dums.
Thank you, Charles Franklin. Thank you. Rebecca Cook will bring you to the sound of my interview with her to borrow.
Rich.