The embattled Wisconsin governor gave a rare interview on the topic of the upcoming recall election to the Christian Broadcasting Network. posted
A difficult moment that's part of God's plan?
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It's just really prayer. It's the prayers that we have as a family, that we have individually, and the prayers that people tell us about. And those that we don't even hear about, but we feel people all around our state and really all around the country, that people go out of their way to lift us up, and it's just, it has been so amazing to us, and really as a family, I think it has made us stronger. We realize that all this is just a temporary thing and God's got a plan for us that, who knows where it might be, beyond just serving as Governor of this state, but if we stay true to that, there's always comfort.
Exclusive: Scott Walker on Recall: "God's Got A Plan"
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says prayer has gotten him and his family through this recall effort and that God has it all under control. “All this is just a temporary thing and God's got a plan for us," Walker tells us. Could that lead to even bigger things beyond being Governor of Wisconsin? “Who knows where it might be, beyond just serving as Governor of this state.”
The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
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Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
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David Brody: Where does God fit into all of this, because as as a "PK" (Preachers Kid) as you called yourself earlier, look, there's got to be peace there, at the root of all of this for you.
Governor Scott Walker: “Oh, absolutely. People ask all the time, to Tonette (his wife) and I, how do you get through this? It's just really prayer. It's the prayers that we have as a family, that we have individually, and the prayers that people tell us about. And those that we don't even hear about, but we feel people all around our state and really all around the country, that people go out of their way to lift us up, and it's just, it has been so amazing to us, and really as a family, I think it has made us stronger. We realize that all this is just a temporary thing and God's got a plan for us that, who knows where it might be, beyond just serving as Governor of this state, but if we stay true to that, there's always comfort. And God's grace is always abundant no matter what you do, and it's just every step of the way. In fact our Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, she asked me about this the other day, she's just been spectacular as well. She asked me, she said, Scott, do you feel like you're living your faith strong enough? She was asking me about this on a trip we were on. And I said yeah, the interesting thing is for me, it's not just about going out and quoting scripture, it's in how you live. And what I've tried to do over this past year is even at the moments of the peak of the attacks and the incivility and everything else, to make sure what I did was calm, it was reasoned, and that I was responding in kind.”
Exclusive: Scott Walker Says He's "Not Afraid To Lose" Recall Effort
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says that he’s no “afraid to lose” his recall election this June. “I don't plan on losing. I'm going to run a campaign to win,” he tells The Brody File. Walker laments the state of politics today saying, “Unfortunately, I think there are too many politicians in America today who make the decision solely in the end, about whether or not they run the risk of losing, and to me, that's one of our problems. You can't be afraid to lose.”The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
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Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
Governor Scott Walker: “People ask, do you like this? Well, no. Any human being, if we're honest about it, you don't want to be hated by anybody, you want everybody to love you. But, I was asked last December, a supporter asked me a very interesting question at dinner. He said, did you ever stop and think that maybe if you hadn't gone so far, that you wouldn't be facing a recall. I said yeah, sure. But if I hadn't taken the steps I took, we wouldn't have fixed things. And I said, you know for my kids and their generation, I don't want them to inherit a Wisconsin that's not at least as great if not greater than the one I inherited, and you don⊃;t get that by not fixing things. So, I said to him, my view is I don't plan on losing. I'm going to run a campaign to win. I'm hoping I get the truth out and ultimately convince enough voters in this state to honor me with their vote again, like they did in 2010, but I'm not afraid to lose. And that's the difference. Unfortunately, I think there are too many politicians in America today who make the decision solely in the end, about whether or not they run the risk of losing, and to me, that's one of our problems. You can't be afraid to lose. You shouldn't plan on it. But you should make decisions that are ultimately about what's right and what's just and what's best not just for yourself but for the next, the next wave of young people who are going to inherit our states and our country and not be afraid to lose along the way.” posted @ Thursday, April 05, 2012 2:09 PM
Exclusive: Scott Walker Looks Back, Explains What He'd Do Differently
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who is facing a recall election in June says if he could do things over again he’d, “probably spend more time last January and February making the case for why we needed the change.” Walker’s push to balance the state budget led to a bill that angered unions because it took away some of their power and cut benefits for some union workers.
The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
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Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
David Brody: To take a step back to what you have done here in Wisconsin and the uproar that is has received if this is a new wave of what other governors need to look toward in the future.
Governor Scott Walker: “Well, that’s why I think this battle is not just about me and whether I⊃;m the governor or not. I think this is a much larger play for those outside interests. For me, it was just about fixing it. I came in last year kind of like a small business owner, and said here’s a problem, here’s a solution, now just get out and fix it. If I had it to do over again, I⊃;d probably spend more time last January and February making the case for why we needed the change. Good example: for years school districts in our state overwhelmingly had to buy their health insurance from essentially just one company. A company that just so happened to be affiliated with the teachers union. We changed all of that. Now they can bid it out, and they⊃;ve saved tens of millions of dollars. If I had made that case up front, I think people would have gone, hey Governor, you need to fix that. But instead, I fixed it, and then I made my case. I⊃;ve learned from that and education reform, some other things we⊃;ve been working on the past year, we⊃;ve done a better job of making the case up front, bringing people to solve the solution, and then acting on it. But I guess if I had to be accused of one thing or another, I’d rather be accused of fixing something first, and then explaining it, as opposed to explaining and not fixing it at all.”
Governor Scott Walker: “ The message to the governors is I think clearly they want to defeat me, take me out on June 5th, so that no other governor, not just Republican but there⊃;s a number of discerning Democrats who understand these issues have to be dealt with as well, and not just the governors around the country and I think the unions understand that when we prevail, it will send a powerful message across this country that you can take on the tough issues, you can do what people have argued should be done for years, which is get our fiscal house in order, and you⊃;ll be sustained, and they don⊃;t want that. They want people to live in fear of challenging any of these status quo items again in the future.”
Exclusive: Scott Walker Says His Sons "Targeted on Facebook" Over Recall Effort
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says the vitriol over the effort to recall him has gotten so bad at times that his children have been “targeted on Facebook.”The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
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Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
David Brody: What kind of stories have you seen about some folks really kind of getting in your face about this?
Governor Scott Walker: “Well, even more so my personal home where my kids, my parents still live. I have thousands of people bussed in to my home in Wauwatosa where I've got two high school sons living, and I've got parents in their 70s. Last year, my 16 year old and my mother in her 70s were at a grocery store and got yelled at. I've had my kids targeted on Facebook; we've had all those sorts of things. Now, thankfully for every one of them, there's ten fold people that come up to me at a factory or a farm or small business and say, hey Governor, me and my family are praying for you. That never makes the news.” posted @ Wednesday, April 04, 2012 6:39 PM
Exclusive: Scott Walker to Brody File: Unions Trying to "Take Me Out"
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker accuses big government union leaders of intimidation saying they are trying to “take me out.” Walker says if he is recalled as Governor on June 5th, “I think it sets aside any kind of courage in American politics for at least a decade, if not a generation.”The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
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Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
David Brody: “How important is your victory on June 5th as it relates to the Tea Party movement? There are going to be a lot of folks that say look, if you lose they⊃;re going to say we took down a tea party guy who tried to do his tea party agenda, And we took him down. What will it say about the tea party if you actually win on June 5th?”
Governor Scott Walker: “I think it goes even beyond, even more fundamental than that. What I think it does is when we prevail it sends a powerful, powerful message not just here in my statehouse, but in Springfield, in Columbus, in Albany and Austin and Tallahassee and state houses all across America, and equally if not more so, it says to Washington DC and people like my friend Paul Ryan and others who are trying to tackle tough issues as well it sends a powerful message that voters are saying, yeah, we do want leaders to stand up and do the right thing. We do want them to tackle the tough issues. Conversely, God help us if we fail, I think it sets aside any kind of courage in American politics for at least a decade, if not a generation and that⊃;s why I say all the time, that⊃;s why we can⊃;t fail.”
Governor Scott Walker: “What I have heard for years are voters saying to me, I get sick and tired of these people getting elected to office and then when they get there, they don⊃;t have the courage, they don⊃;t have the guts to take on these issues. I think people are hungry for leadership, not just Republican leadership, or Democrat leadership, they⊃;re just hungry for leadership. And that⊃;s what we⊃;ve tried to provide.”
Governor Scott Walker: “I think its intimidation. I think it⊃;s flat out about intimidation. I think you see in Washington DC, you see the national big government union leaders are looking at this and saying, last year, they spent tens of millions of dollars trying to take out the State Senate Wisconsin. They’re going to be part of an effort that some say may spend 70-80 million dollars in this state for governor. That’s insane. And yet, I think what they clearly want to show is that if they win, they can take me out, and if they can take me out, they can take anybody out. And again, it⊃;s not just about Republicans, I mean there are plenty of other Democrats across this country. You had the state treasurer, a Democrat in Rhode Island who worked with the governor to try and change pensions. You’ve got Andrew Cuomo talking in New York about changing things. You’ve got Jerry Brown in California talking about pension reform. You’ve got Rahm Emmanuel in Chicago talking about challenging the education bureaucracy down there. In everyone of those cases, I think it is one of those tipping points, not just here in
Wisconsin, but in America, where we say who is really in charge? Do we want people who stand up with the hard working American people who pay taxes making decisions at the local and the state level by people who are duly elected by the citizens at that jurisdiction? Or do we want a handful of big government union bosses continuing to call the shots? And that, to me, is really what it’s about.” posted @ Wednesday, April 04, 2012 3:01 PM
Brody File Exclusive: Scott Walker Says He is Not "Anti-Union"
In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says charges that he is anti-union are “completely wrong.” Walker is facing a recall election on June 5th after a budget bill he championed took away power from some of the unions. “I may be anti-big government union bosses, because I think in the past, one of our problems has been they⊃;ve been the ones calling the shots, instead of the hard working taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin. I put the power back in the hands ofThe taxpayers. What I did is also very pro-worker.”
The Brody File spoke with Governor Walker at his Executive Residence in Madison Wisconsin this past Sunday afternoon for about an hour. We are releasing a few of the video clips from the interview. More will be released on The Brody File Show later this week and a full story will air on The 700 Club in the next couple weeks.
Mandatory Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File
Watch his comments below with the full transcription.
David Brody: What is your response to folks that say you are anti-Union? When you hear that, what do you think?
Governor Scott Walker: “Well, you know on two counts, it⊃;s just completely wrong. In the private sector, I’ve got great partners in unions. You look at unions like the operating engineers; they endorsed me, they are still very supportive of our efforts. Why? Because their guys are back to work, they’re working again. Unlike my predecessor who made it very difficult for people building infrastructure, roads and bridges and rail and things of that nature we put the money back in that had been raided there. You look at other big issues that we⊃;ve done in terms of infrastructure in the state, we⊃;ve had the support of other private sector unions, because they want work. They want their guys to go back to work, and those unions in the private sector have largely been my partners in economic development. The other part though, even on the public employee standpoint, it is kind of interesting, I may be anti-big government union bosses, because I think in the past, one of our problems has been they⊃;ve been the ones calling the shots, instead of the hard working taxpayers in the state of Wisconsin. I put the power back in the hands of the taxpayers. What I did is also very pro-worker.” posted @ Thursday, April 05, 2012 2:33 PM
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