{"id":1431759,"date":"2022-04-11T19:29:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431759"},"modified":"2022-04-11T19:29:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:29:51","slug":"exclusive-rebecca-kleefisch-democrat-gov-tony-evers-has-promoted-lawlessness-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rebecca-kleefisch-democrat-gov-tony-evers-has-promoted-lawlessness-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Rebecca Kleefisch: Democrat Gov. Tony Evers \u2018Has Promoted Lawlessness\u2019 in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rebecca-kleefisch-democrat-gov-tony-evers-has-promoted-lawlessness-in-wisconsin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R), who is running for governor in Wisconsin, vowed during a\u00a0<em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>\u00a0interview to focus on law and order in her state should she be elected to replace Gov. Tony Evers (D).<\/p>\n<p>Kleefisch said during the interview she believes Wisconsinites need a \u201ctough on crime\u201d leader after Evers \u201callowed Kenosha to burn\u201d in 2020. The city of Milwaukee, under Evers\u2019 leadership, also\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/cities-homicide-rate\/94070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saw<\/a>\u00a0one of the highest increases in homicides in the country from 2019 to 2021, per a Wallet Hub report.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTony Evers has sided with the far-left fringes of the Democratic Party,\u201d Kleefisch said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s really sad because this is the defund the police movement-style rhetoric that we know damages morale in police departments across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Evers gained a reputation in 2020 for avoiding National Guard assistance at times and sympathizing with Black Lives Matter protesters and rioters at the expense of peace, primarily in the small city of Kenosha.<\/p>\n<p>Following violent riots stemming from George Floyd protests occurring across Wisconsin during the late spring and early summer of 2020, renewed\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/08\/24\/video-kenosha-protester-points-gun-at-a-reporter-as-rioters-set-fires-attack-businesses-for-second-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rioting<\/a>\u00a0occurred in August 2020 in Kenosha after Jacob Blake, a black man facing multiple criminal charges, was shot seven times by a police officer there and left paralyzed.<\/p>\n<p>The rioting, which became destructive and deadly, occurred after Evers posted a string of statements online following the Blake incident,\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovEvers\/status\/1297739246724210689?s=20&#038;t=USRy_AxhqqliJT7ZUdAvyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failing<\/a>\u00a0to call for peaceful protests. Evers instead condemned \u201cracism\u201d and wrote that he stood with those who demand \u201cjustice, equity, and accountability for Black lives in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19001634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/AP21082088483231.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this August 27, 2020, file photo, Gov. Tony Evers speaks during a news conference in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AP Photo\/Morry Gash)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both state and federal investigations led to the police officer who shot Blake being cleared of all charges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kleefisch pointed to the list of law enforcement representatives backing her instead of Evers in her race, saying, \u201cWe need someone who\u2019s tough on crime, and I\u2019m the choice of law enforcement in Wisconsin, been endorsed by more than half of our sheriffs and the Milwaukee Police Association, the Kenosha Police Association.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many people across this country have heard of Kenosha because Gov. Evers allowed Kenosha to burn,\u201d Kleefisch added.<\/p>\n<p>Kleefisch, the front-running candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary, launched her campaign to unseat Evers in September. The Wisconsin Republican served as lieutenant governor alongside Gov. Scott Walker (R) for two terms through 2019 and spoke about the \u201ctremendous reform\u201d their administration accomplished while she was in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe became a concealed carry state. We did prevailing wage reform. We became a right-to-work state. We defunded Planned Parenthood in the state of Wisconsin. We dropped taxes by $13 billion, and I\u2019m proud of my record,\u201d Kleefisch said. \u201cAnd if you want to see even more of that in Wisconsin, if you want to see Wisconsin become the birthplace of universal school choice, if you want to see transformational income tax reform, and if you want to see law and order once again restored in the state where Evers has promoted lawlessness, well, I\u2019m your guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kleefisch, should she win the nomination, is expected to have a competitive race against Evers in Wisconsin\u2019s political battleground.\u00a0The state\u2019s gubernatorial contest is one of three taking place this year that Cook Political Report\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/03\/report-wisconsin-michigan-among-eight-governor-races-shifting-toward-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shifted<\/a>\u00a0in December from \u201clean Democrat\u201d to \u201ctoss-up,\u201d citing Evers\u2019 low approval rating.<\/p>\n<p><i>Breitbart News Saturday airs on SiriusXM Patriot 125 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R), who is running for governor in Wisconsin, vowed during a\u00a0Breitbart News Saturday\u00a0interview to focus on law and order in her state should she be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}