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Welcome to our three of the truth with Sherwin Hughes and as promised and right on time
Keldor Royce, Wisconsin State Senator and Democratic candidate for governor killed a welcome to the program.
How are you?
I'm delighted to be with you.
Sherwin.
How are you?
I'm doing well.
They tell me there's a debate tonight can give folks a little bit of a preview of what you plan to discuss and also I want to give you an opportunity to make your case to voters who still may be undecided.
So first, what can folks expect out of you from this?
Highly anticipated debates tonight and then also make your case
Sure well, I'm gonna focus on my positive vision for Wisconsin how we're gonna raise wages lower costs especially on those big ticket items like housing and health care utilities and childcare and Make Wisconsin the public education state again while protecting our rights and freedoms from Donald Trump and I think the things that set me apart in this race are my experience
I've got the most experience in and around state government.
My effectiveness as a leader, I'm the only candidate that can say that for more than two decades I've been able to turn good common sense ideas into law at the state level in really tough political environments.
So I've got strong progressive values but very common sense bipartisan track record.
And my ability to really take the fight to Tom Tiffany and Donald Trump and these bullies and billionaires that have been trying to
rig our elections and raise prices on us so that they can profit.
Kelda, if you are able to move undecided voters to your column, if you are top of the ticket in November, will you be able to bring other Democrats running for legislative seats along with you?
Can you assure us that we will have a Democratic majority in the Senate and in the Assembly if you're top of the ticket?
I believe I am the strongest candidate to do that because
Uh, you know, I've been working alongside you and your listeners for 30 years to build democratic power and elect Democrats in every part of the state.
Uh, I think I've knocked doors in every single Senate district in this state.
And I'm fully committed to delivering a democratic legislature so that we can actually make the change that we deserve.
So why do you think that the polls just have not been going your way?
Look, what?
What is missing or where is the electorate to where you have not pulled better than you are currently doing?
What do you think it is?
Well, polls are just a reflection of who has spent money.
And in a in a primary, you're going to want to back load that because most folks are number one, not paying attention in an August primary because people are busy and it's summer.
And number two, people are undecided because we've got.
five at this point today five good candidates all stepping forward to run and so they want to see what their options are there's only one televised debate and it's tonight so it doesn't surprise me that half the electorate is still undecided and um given that chance you want to basically save as much of your resources as possible to communicate in that closing window as voters start to pay attention so I would just tell people don't
Don't let insiders tell you what to do.
Don't let Republican dark money groups tell you what to do.
Watch the debate.
Go to our websites.
Look at our records and see the candidate who speaks the most to you.
Who do you think is best qualified to take Tom Tiffany down on that debate stage?
Who do you want going toe to toe with Donald Trump, trying to make sure that our communities get resources to recover from the recent horrible storms, for instance?
And who do you think can deliver the progressive change that we actually need in the state?
And then vote for that person on August 11th.
State Senator Kelder Royce is on the phone.
She is a candidate for governor here in the state of Wisconsin, running as a proud and progressive Democrat.
Senator, do you think that gender plays a role in our politics, meaning if you happen to sway enough undecided voters and you win the Democratic primary, it will be you?
and Sarah Godlowski running as Lieutenant Governor.
That's an all lady ticket, Kelda.
How do you think voters in Wisconsin will respond to that?
Because that would be a monumental history making first.
Well, what about Josh Call?
You know, what about our state treasurer candidates are both men?
I mean, I think what's really exciting, Sherwin, is this year we have the most diverse slate of candidates running for governor in the history of the state, and it is not close.
And I get asked all the time, oh, can a woman win statewide?
Or can a candidate of color win statewide?
And I say, absolutely.
This date elects Barack Obama twice.
And Tammy Baldwin is the most popular elected official of either party.
And she and I have a lot in common.
We're both lawyers.
We're both experienced legislators.
We both could be described as gang county liberals, but we also both have strong bipartisan track records.
And she's been a great.
Model and mentor for me and for so many others.
So I feel very confident that If I am the nominee that we will be able to not just beat Tom Tiffany and deliver a democratic legislature, but really have historic democratic victories here in Wisconsin
Senator, how do you explain the rise of not just democratic socialism but also the the rise of Francesca Hong who is an assembly representative in your Senate district
What what causality do you assign to her a meteoric rise in Wisconsin politics?
Well, I think that people are obviously furious with the status quo and I am too.
I mean, I am someone that has been taking on the establishment, whether it's Republicans or sometimes Democrats.
And, you know, there's a reason that, you know, Tony Evers looked to get a candidate back into the race who wasn't out rather than backing.
me or Mandela Barnes or even Joel Brennan is top deputy in this race because I have not been willing to be anybody's lap dog and I have been calling out the very special interest in corporate money that has been ruining our politics and making it harder for people to make ends meet for my whole career and so I get that anger and I feel that but I also know that people want more than just memes and bullet points.
people want to see their lives actually change.
And if you want to do that, number one, you got to win the election.
And number two, you got to know how to use power to actually get things done.
And that's where I think I am the strongest candidate in this race, because I have demonstrated the ability to do that again and again.
And all the times running are good people with good ideas who want to do good things.
I'm the one who's actually been able to show that working together, we can actually get those things done.
And at the end of the day, I think that's how you get people engaged in politics.
It's not just making them angry and whipping them up on the social media companies that profit from our division and our anger.
It is actually putting the policies in place, like raising the minimum wage, like...
Better funding for our schools.
That's more equitable like opening up the state health insurance plan So everybody can buy in that's how you make people's lives better and that's how you get them engaged in politics
Senator I have often described this current political climate as both anti DEI and anti affirmative action the Wisconsin State Supreme Court has recently declared a minority scholarship unconstitutional in fact
Your colleague, State Senator Dora Drake, was able to at one time take advantage of that scholarship, which will soon no longer be available.
You have the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty suing the state of Wisconsin to get rid of the supplier diversity program, which we know gives much needed opportunities to marginalized businesses so they can have opportunities with the state of Wisconsin and in November.
There is a referendum, essentially banning and making unconstitutional anything related to DEI.
There are a lot of African Americans that are listening to this program right now.
A lot of them happen to be undecided.
How do you lead in a state where the political climate, it seems, is very anti-affirmative action and anti-DEI?
I think the greatest shame of Wisconsin is that we are the worst state in the nation to raise a black child.
And that is totally unacceptable to me.
I am a mom and a stepmom of five white kids and I don't want my kids being raised in a state where it's the worst state for black children.
I intend to vote and continue campaigning against that amendment because I think that every single person, no matter who you are, what you look like or where you're from, you deserve the freedom to thrive here in Wisconsin.
That's why I'm so committed to things like universal paid family leave, like universal early childhood and public education, like making college affordable and accessible to every Wisconsinite, like opening up the state health care plan so that
Your ability to go see a doctor isn't rationed based on your job.
Things like criminal justice reform, addressing infant and maternal mortality rates, things I've worked on for 25 years.
I would just ask your listeners, Sherwin, I understand why there's a lot of distrust with politicians, especially white politicians with the black community.
Don't take my word for it.
Look at what I've done and look at how I've led and the issues that I have fought for and championed often.
In many cases, as one of the only Democrats or one of the only political leaders that's actually willing to call out mass incarceration or call out what the state is doing to make it harder for entrepreneurs of color to be successful in the state, I am absolutely committed to a vision of justice that is inclusive and making sure that every single Wisconsinite gets the very same opportunities that my kids are lucky enough to get.
Education is very important.
It's one of the primary obligations of a state to make sure that their that their state residents are in fact adequately educated.
I mean, it's a workforce issue.
It is a criminal justice issue and it's a moral issue.
We have some dramatically underperforming public schools in the Milwaukee area where I can point to statistics.
We're only about 9% of some African American fourth graders are reading on grade level and that is something that none of us should accept.
We do have a program that exists on a limited basis where poor families whose neighborhood schools are failing them and these schools sometimes are pipelines to prison.
There's limited opportunity for these families that cannot otherwise afford private school tuition to attend private schools.
I'm talking about the high performing private schools.
I'm talking about the private schools that administrators
and
teachers want to send their children to.
Your thoughts on the school choice program, I know it is politically divisive, but for some families whose neighborhood schools are abysmal and pipelines to prison, what say you to those families?
Because I'm fairly certain you're not in favor of the school choice program.
Right, and I think that it is vitally important that we hear the voices of parents and kids who say that they are not getting what they need in public schools.
And that's unacceptable because public education should be able to deliver for the needs of every kid.
And it's not just folks in Milwaukee or in urban areas that feel like their kids are not getting what they need.
I talk to folks in every part of Wisconsin.
And a lot of this has to do with a 30-year Republican effort to defund public education and to deprofessionalize teaching.
And when you've got a teacher retention crisis in your state, like Wisconsin does,
It's going to be really, really hard for kids to get a good education.
I mean, Chromebooks aren't going to do it.
Great teachers will.
Great teachers help kids discover what they're good at and help them make up for where they're struggling.
And that's why attracting and retaining great teachers is vitally important to me.
And I'm proud to have the backing of WEAC, our state's teachers union.
on the school voucher program.
I readily acknowledge that there are some private schools that are accepting vouchers that do a good job and others that don't.
But I think public dollars be long in public education and that is my goal to responsibly bring this long 40-year experiment to a close, although my plan does not call for any
Milwaukee or Racine student who is currently enrolled in a voucher school and liking it, they will be able to continue their education as will their siblings until they were to graduate from high school.
But I think the statewide expansion should end.
Most of those students were already in private school at their parents expense.
And I don't think it's fair for private schools to take public money, but then not follow the same rules.
So if you're going to take public dollars, then you got to act like a public school.
You don't get to cherry pick your kids.
You don't get to discriminate against kids.
because they have a disability.
Your books have to be open.
Your teachers have to be licensed and go through background checks, no corporal punishment, all the same things that we would expect of any public school.
You got a debate tonight.
You're excited?
You're about to take it to some of your primary opponents?
I'm excited to share my vision with voters.
I think a lot of whom are just starting to tune into this race.
which is wide open and my hope is that they're going to see the positive progressive vision that I have for Wisconsin and the track record I have of actually delivering on that and conclude that I am the right candidate to lead Wisconsin forward at this really critical moment.
Wisconsin State Senator Kelder Royce, thank you for taking the time.
I appreciate talking to you and good luck on the campaign trail.
My pleasure.
Thank you Sherwin for the chance.
All right.
Have a good day.
She's alright.
She's good.
I mean, that's not her political agenda doesn't Doesn't move my needle, but she was polished.
She's ready She stuck to her talking points.
She's very good at that.
I don't like that voucher experiment I didn't like that.
It's not experiment now However, she did give a saving grace if there's a child that's in the school now They can stay in the school until they graduate from high school.
I'm that's that's a fair compromise is
As far as her being a liberal and a progressive and being an anti-school choice like that, I guess I could live with that.
But again, this is a woman who's polling at 2%.
So what'd you think, X?
What did I think?
Was I moved?
I know you weren't moved.
We
know your
heart lies.
Well, yeah, we already know I'm with I'm on the winning side, you know, but you know, I mean, yeah, she gave some good talking points.
I mean, I'm, you know, me, I'm very
Skeptical on the whole school choice thing because I hear Republicans talk about it a lot and Donald Trump So I mean, but I hear I'm working with you.
They
like
it for different reasons.
Yes.
Yes, but it is that it just Whenever I hear Republicans and Donald Trump talking about talking points and select that and hear other people repeating those talking points obviously for different reasons You know, I don't know
okay
Fair enough
all I gotta say I'm still with I'm still
we know you wasn't gonna be moved man.
Yeah style points.
I'll give her I Give her a 7.8 out of 10 She was clear.
She was articulate.
She knows the subject matter also full disclosure.
I've known Kelda for What year is this 26 21 years she and I kind of came up together
in Wisconsin politics So I've seen her, you know, I made a mistake though many many years ago and I'm coming to regret it.
What is that?
I told her many many years ago.
I was like, you're gonna be governor one day.
And then maybe she took me up on it because she's trying real
hard.
This is a second time running for governor.
Maybe the third time will be the charm.
No, I don't think it'll be a third time.
What this election is going to do is going to permanently eliminate some people.
from ever running statewide ever again.
Mandela will never run statewide ever again.
Joe Brennan won't run statewide ever again.
And I don't believe the KELDA will run statewide ever again.
So it will likely clear the way for new individuals to potentially run for governor and higher office in the future, because this is just this is one too many for some of these folks.
OK,
well, she called.
Just a good call.
She hit your boy up.
She was like yo son Let me get on the air.
Let me talk to the blacks
Yeah, now you need to give the black candidates a chance now you gave an Asian two white candidates zero blacks So I think you're anti-black.
Yes, you know what should we get Mandela?
Yeah, we should have
him in studio
Face-to-face.
No, we ain't doing that today.
I got time.
I
mean, well you that's a I
can text Mandela right now.
Are we going on commercial break?
I mean I'll text him Billy.
Amen You want to complete your case?
I just let Keldon I give you a little couple 15 a little couple few minutes I know how he's gonna respond.
He's gonna respond with a middle finger emoji
No, no who come on and we'll have Zach bringing the peanut butter jelly sandwiches you guys can clink your peanut butter jelly sandwiches and eat and have the interview How about that?
And that might as well it takes Crowley, too.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, let's see what kind of candidates we can get on.
Yeah,
let's let's
let's let's kind of muscle your boy.
God, could I get the candidates on with a text
message?
All
right, let's
how about next week?
Let's try to get a candidate on every day.
After the debate, though, I think several of them we're not going to want to hear from anymore because there's going to be clear decisive winners after tonight.
So let's go.
I think today they're much more likely.
to have time to be on the show, because all of them are doing their studying and preparing for the debate.
So they're all probably somewhere in an office, somewhere right next to their phone.
So let's take this commercial break.
Let me shoot a text to Mandela.
And let's see what we can do.
I should do a group text.
Yeah, I should do Mandela.
David Crowley.
David Crowley was that Franny pants.
I just put them all in one group text.
David Crowley mean dirt.
He answered for Dirt McGirt already.
Oh,
did he?
What was his answer for that?
He's like, he didn't write some of the worst text messages.
It was a long time ago.
He didn't mean it.
He's kind of sorry.
Well, long as he took ownership for it, that's the only thing that matters.
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Okay, so while I was on the commercial, we texted a couple of people.
Okay.
I texted Sarah got loose because why the hell not because she's running for lieutenant governor.
So I shot a text to her and then I shot a text to Mandela Bart and I shot a text to David Crowley.
So now I'm going to wake my phone up because my phone is flashing now.
Somebody got back to your boy in three minutes.
Nice.
Well, that's because they're all preparing for the debate and they're sitting somewhere in office somewhere.
So let's see.
Let me open the phone.
Let's see who we got.
Oh, hey, somebody else texted me.
Did not know these kind
of me back.
Hopefully some booty.
What?
Why are you always obsessed with ass?
You're
worse than Al.
Yeah, it's a bad morning.
Some people are texting me.
Don't they know you at work?
Yeah, they
Shouldn't they be at work?
they are.
What if I.
What if I called them what if I call a candidate
that would be actually pretty cool Just gotta let them know you're you're on air.
Oh Yeah, that's right.
I gotta tell them otherwise this is legal or something, right?
I gotta tell them something like that I used to didn't do that until they said sure when you got to tell people that they're on the air because I tried to I call one day to make a vasectomy appointment
Oh,
yeah, I wanted men to like know what the process is like to get snipped snipped
Because we can't just trust women and birth control because they'd be lying sometimes.
So I was like, no, we'll call and we'll make a vasectomy consultation.
But they actually try to schedule me in the office.
I was like, no, no, no, I just want the details.
Well, we'd rather have you come in the office.
You haven't been snipped?
No.
I'm still shooting real bullets.
Oh, wow.
What you mean?
Oh, wow.
Have you been snipped?
Well, there's still hope for me.
No, there ain't.
Yeah, there is.
If you had a baby, it would ruin your thought.
Oh
man, if I had a baby with a woman that I loved, it'd be
great.
Okay, until she cheats and then she leaves you, takes your child support and buys a Nissan Ultima with your child support money and then she's gonna be riding around with a black dude.
Don't put your terrible experiences on
me.
No brother, that's women.
No, no.
Okay, good luck then.
I wish you the best.
My parents have been married for a long time.
Great, but you're a thought
you're not conducive
I'm I'm a thought because I'm a free handsome man in this world
Okay, and you think you gonna meet a woman one day and you gonna be all in love?
Oh,
yeah, I'm gonna meet a woman.
I'm gonna fall in love
I fall
in
love
every the week.
I hope she don't meet me
Well,
I'll be answering her phone
most women that I talked to are You know, probably half your age.
It could be your daughter.
Oh, they don't
they don't
care
Oh, I
know
that.
Oh, they love the Silver Fox.
They love daddy.
Yeah.
Oh, they love it.
It's crazy.
That's what they call me.
It's like the older you get, the younger and the older the potential women are that you can date.
Now I can date the grandmama, the mama, the niece.
I can date all those too.
The auntie.
The Cougars are coming out.
They're out to play.
Step mama, step daughter.
All of them.
Okay, I Was talking about jobs wasn't yeah career opportunities for the blacks I want you guys to be gainfully employed What's this one here what's next skill trades America has a severe shortage of electricians plumbers pipe fitters HVAC elevator mechanics and Industrial mechanics I could be a pipe fitter
Oh, yeah.
Y'all have the pipe fits many places.
Many apprentices earn while learning.
Look at an elevator mechanic.
I never even thought about this can make $200,000 a year.
Union electricians make between $100 and $160,000 a year linemen.
So linemen are the people to get on the polls and fix the we energies power lines.
They make between 120.
and $220,000 a year.
Here's what I don't understand because you want gender equality, don't you ladies?
You want everything to be fair with the men?
How come you all are not electricians and HVAC?
How come women are not walking around out there being plumbers with the butt cracks hanging out?
I never once have had a lady plumber come to my house.
Never once.
Hi, you sure when Hughes?
Hey, I'm Cecilia Smith,
your plumber.
Yeah, well because they start a little bit.
Well, what do you got going on?
You got a clog sink.
All right.
Let me bend on down here
Bend down get on all four that she looked back at you to make sure you're not looking at her but hey, don't look at that butt crack there It's one of the hazards of the job I gotta watch my back because my cracks always out You know what it is is because they wear heavy tool belts and their tool belts weigh their pants down
So that's why they oftentimes show crack and plus they just they're bent over a lot That's one of my fears That I've been over in public and people get a big dose of my butt crack.
That's very embarrassing because there's nothing sexy about a butt crack Well, you can feel the wind so you can
pull sure
can't
trust that
gust.
Oh
Yeah, so that's why I wonder how some people can just walk around all day with their butt crack Hanging out because you can definitely feel that gust
We know the younger people they sag the pants
But that's they still have their underwear pulled up though usually but yeah, if you give your butt crack hanging out That's not gonna make sure your butt crack is covered up.
Okay.
Let's take a commercial break See if anybody's texted your boy back.
What now I'm offended What they can get back
to you this week.
No, they can't I want to respond now I'm most disappointed in Mandela.
I gave Mandela a fair shot.
He's probably very mad at me though Cuz I've constantly said that he should not be in the race
Oh, yeah.
Sometimes you have to go to a combative media.
And if he puts on a good show, maybe he wins some voters over shot text Franny pants.
See if she gets back to me.
Yes, I'm pretty sure she'll get back to you in five
minutes.
Hold on.
I had a bunch of friends in here.
Franny.
I see in here is Franny pants.
Are you able to call into the show?
Question mark give a debate preview question mark.
I'm on air until noon Okay, send I'll take a commercial break.
Let's see if Franny pants gets back if she gets back you're voting for no, no, yes, yes, but I Have a feeling well, we'll see so I texted David
She read it
Already.
Yeah, I have a feeling you're gonna go into that booth.
You're gonna be like, oh, I'm not a socialist, but I'm gonna vote for her anyway.
Really?
That's what I'm gonna say.
Yes.
Okay.
I'm gonna say it out loud too so everybody can hear it.
Yes.
So now I might as well sit here because it just says red.
Yes.
She just read it.
Okay.
She's got a red receipts on.
So now I'm waiting for the little bubbles.
Give
it give it a minute or two.
Let's take a commercial break and let's see if I get the bubbles from franny pants The truth with Sherwin.
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I don't even know what this
song is called.
I wanna sex you up.
By who?
I don't know, but I know Ice Cube shot the music video.
Yeah, right.
Yes.
You didn't know that?
Color me bad.
I know the name of the damn group.
I don't know who shot the damn video.
Then one hit Wonder.
This is off the New Jack City soundtrack of a movie you probably never even watched.
Yes, I have a thousand times.
Who's the main character in New Jackson, you know brown?
Talking to someone with the film school
What's the greatest movie of all time in my opinion Give me your top three Top three movies of all time off the top
of my head.
Don't say Star Wars
That's how I had thinking about that for a second I've seen a lot of movies give me like a two minutes
It depends on genre.
There's a lot of different genres, but I think just as far as film creativity a clockwork orange good fellas Forrest Gump Magnificent piece of cinema Now there are others I like Vietnam War movies platoon is a masterpiece Full metal jacket another masterpiece
Menace to society New Jack City is up there boys in the hood is up there.
There's a bunch of there's a lot of movies.
I Saw this Netflix documentary You got to watch
it What
is it called unknown?
I got the name of right.
I got my three movies What are they you got game what yes, I love that movie I'm a sports guy
And you know, I have a strong relationship with my father.
So I just like that movie a
lot.
Okay?
It's cuz got a personal connection to you.
I'm talking about like cinematography plot directing or like all the technical aspects
Okay, geez I was going to
the No, no, give me what you got.
Give me what you
got.
He got game.
Yep.
28 days later.
Okay, and I'll go children of the men children of men.
I don't know what those are
Children of men that's like a famous book converted into a movie featuring Clive Owens It's a movie about post it's a post apocalyptic world where Humans can't have babies anymore.
So we're like dealing with like yeah the last note like people stop having babies when it was like 2001 or something like that so in the movie it takes place in 2020 and it's like
all the crazy stuff that's happened around the world basically all the major societies have fallen into chaos and only one that's standing is London and it's very interesting movie and like the woman that has a they find a woman that can have a baby she's a black woman obviously and it's all about the people trying to the government trying to capture her and then the rebels trying to hoist her baby up for like
a sign of hope for the future.
Oh, everyone's lost hope because there's no more kids.
So everyone's it's a it's a very good book.
Very good movie.
I take your word for it.
I ain't gonna watch it.
I am legend with Will Smith.
I like that one too.
I like post apocalyptic stuff sometime.
That's a good one.
I like that movie with Will Smith.
So here's a Netflix documentary that I want you guys to watch.
It's going to make you so mad.
I was so mad.
It's called.
unknown number, the high school catfish.
It is on Netflix.
It's about an hour and 30 minutes runtime.
You are going to be absolutely furious.
It is about cyberbullying to the highest degree.
And there it starts with this all American high school couple.
whose relationship is interrupted by this person who is bullying and threatening.
One of the girl of this in this couple, this ideal high school couple, I'm going to leave it at that.
But if you have Netflix, I highly, highly recommend if you want to be.
Heated beyond all reproach.
It is called unknown number.
The high school catfish.
So you're looking for a good documentary to watch.
Woo.
It's going to take you on a ride because I. I didn't know where it was going to ultimately end up and it's not where you would have guessed.
OK.
Tonight, seven o'clock, Democratic.
candidate debate.
It is the only one of the primary season.
I'm going to be broadcasting it live on Hughes Views 414 on my YouTube page.
We're also going to be doing live chat and commentary.
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Go ahead and subscribe to that and we'll see you over there at seven o'clock and also
somebody texted me back.
Let's see.
You ain't gonna believe this Mandela.
No, you ain't gonna believe You ain't gonna believe who got back to me Franny pants.
Oh,
I'm not surprised
She said can you give me four minutes to hop on happy to chat I'm just gonna go ahead and say yes Okay, well here we go shout out to Franny pants
So far the women got back to your boy the dudes didn't that's all right
I could probably text Joel right at Joel, but I'm on my way.
Yeah, sure.
I'm here at the studio already.
I'll text Joel.
He'll be right at this window right here knocking on.
Can I come in?
Let's take a break, come back, and we very well may have Francesca Hong, Democratic Socialist on the line.
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promised candidate for governor Francesca Hong is on the line State Assembly representative Hong and candidate for governor.
How are you this morning?
I am doing all right.
How are you?
Thanks for having me on
I'm doing great.
Thank you for making the time so they tell me there's a debate tonight Are you looking forward to it?
Are you excited and are you prepared to make your case to Wisconsin voters?
I am excited this is part of the democratic process and the right thing to do for the people and I'm feeling strong and prepared and looking forward to sharing
our vision and our plan for Wisconsin.
Representative Hong, you have been leading in the polls since polling started.
Do you believe that this is in fact your race to lose?
We are focused on what we've been doing for nine months, campaigning hard.
having events, reaching voters in every corner of our state, and building a strong grassroots-powered campaign.
We were so excited to hit thousands of doors in parts of northern and northwestern Wisconsin, and in other parts of the state in total, we hit over 35,000 doors this past weekend.
And these in-person conversations are so important to build a strong campaign.
There still are.
a number of voters who remain yet undecided.
And as you know, early voting in person begins today, or at least it does in Milwaukee.
What do you say to the undecided voter who hasn't really been paying attention?
But maybe now they're going to start paying more attention.
They're going to watch the debate tonight.
What do you say to that individual who has not yet made their mind up about who they're going to vote for in this primary?
our agenda is about building permanent affordability to ensure that we don't come back to these moments for lower costs by making sure that we cut property taxes through funding public schools that we are taxing the ultra wealthy and getting rid of corporate welfare and tax assumptions for corporations in order to support our small businesses that were focused on making sure there's affordable healthcare for everyone and free childcare.
These are ways that when we build in revenue by cutting taxes for the ultra bitch and making sure we're supporting working class families and working class folks and those who are working to work, we're really focused on building this permanent affordability so Wisconsin can have a state legislature and state government that is a force of good.
You do not shy away from being a Democratic socialist.
Do you think that in a state that is for the most part Democrat or Republican and we may alternate back and forth between red and blue?
Do you think that the moniker of Democratic Socialists could be a general election liability for you?
You know being a Democratic Socialist means that I am focused on working class people first helping them reclaim economic security and
We're focused on delivering these policies that we are focusing on building a plan around and implementation that we are interested in governing for the people.
And being a democratic socialist means that I am rooting myself in democracy, fairness, and human rights.
We're excited to have independents and Republicans join our statewide coalition.
And I think part of that is due to
a some resentment and frustration around how people define the establishment or focus like there's there's a growing frustration with the establishment.
However, folks find it and we want to make sure that we're staying disciplined on our messaging around.
economic populist policies and reminding folks that Bernie Sanders ran as an open democratic socialist and he won 72 out of 71 out of 72 counties back in 2016 election.
And so there's ways that I think my relatability as well helps me build strong relationships with folks and making this about permanent affordability.
We're speaking with stay representative Francesca Hong.
She is a candidate for governor and the only televised debate will be tonight at 7 p.m.
Representative Hong the African-American voter is reliable parts of the Democratic coalition I have described this current political climate as very anti affirmative action and very anti DEI including the
upending of an affirmative action minority scholarship program.
The state Supreme Court
has
declared unconstitutional.
You've got the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty that is
suing
to end a supplier diversity program.
And we've got a crippling referendum that will appear on the November ballot.
What do you say to African Americans who, again, are a solid part of the Democratic coalition in this very anti-DEI and affirmative action climate?
How do you make your pitch to black voters?
We are, I believe, one of the few campaigns who have Black women staffers in director positions.
I am proud to have Chief of Staff in the legislature who is the first.
Black Muslim woman to serve in that position.
We want to hold ourselves accountable to making sure we're building relationships in the Black community
and
that we know unless places like Milwaukee and Milwaukee County thrive, the whole state can't thrive.
The economic hub that is Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, but also the strong Black communities who continue to lead in their communities.
I think it's just so important that they know our campaign is focused on building that trust and making sure that we deliver, come through with the receipts for the community.
Because you are the front runner, are you prepared for your Democratic colleagues to attack you on that debate stage tonight?
We have run a positive campaign this entire time.
We have already started to do what needs to be done, which is attacking the Republican presumed nominee, Tom Tiffany, that who he is is someone who will put Trump ahead of the people, someone who is a traitor because he won't say who won the 2020 election.
An election denier is someone...
they should be disqualified from running for the governorship.
And so we're going to continue to make sure that our responses are ones that focus on the people and the policies that serve working class folks first.
Stay represented Francesca Hong.
Thank you so much for responding to me on short notice.
Good luck tonight and also good luck on the campaign trail.
We will be watching tonight at 7 p.m.
Thank you so much, Sherwin, and I do have to make a small plug for a poll that came out today that shows it's actually been sponsored by Main Street Action, Up North News, and the states navigate.
That is pulling that focuses on state legislatures and state government.
I hope that folks check that out.
We're seeing.
13% undecided there and a 29 point lead for our campaign.
Wow.
All right.
Well, thank you.
Appreciate your call.
Absolutely.
Sherwin.
Thank you so much.
Always happy to chat.
All right.
Have a good day.
She's good.
I
gotta give it
to
her.
Damn it.
I didn't know she had black staffers.
That changes stuff a little bit.
Not a lot.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
You didn't know either Xavier.
If you know, you'd be like,
Sherwin, she got black people on the staff.
I'm not I'm not a part of her campaign.
So I don't know who her staffer is.
But I know she's for all the people and the black people.
So what can I say?
Main Street Action, they're a very liberal group that have her up 29 points.
So the candidate forum that I went to last fall was also sponsored by Wisconsin Main Street Action.
And I'm looking for the results of.
Of this poll, I'm not shocked that they they would have her up by 30 points because.
I'd imagine they worded the questions in a way that would make her campaign and her platform much more favorable.
OK, all right.
Well, somebody else texted me, but I got no more show left.
Maybe tomorrow.
I mean technically If the lunch break Well, what if I just stay in here like what what do y'all eat?
What would you even do nothing?
You exactly and anyone do nothing and Shannon what she gonna do?
She in Vegas.
We just wouldn't answer the phone if she called.
All right, let's just do two more seconds and how about that?
No, we know we're not gonna do that.
Oh, why not?
Sarah Godlowski got back to me at 1151 which
But she's the candidate for lieutenant governor.
She's running for the old Mandela So maybe we'll talk to her tomorrow.
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