The Democratic Voice Podcast

Garren Randolph, Wisconsin Democratic coordinated campaign manager, joins to talk about near every level of government that's on the November ballot, including Donald Trump, the state Assembly and Senate races under new maps, and the US Senate race. Began the podcast on Trump, Project 2025 and Kamala Harris taking the reins from Joe Biden. After that, we got into the competitiveness of state Legislature races with new, fairer maps. Lastly, we talked about the race between Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republicans bringing in challenger Eric Hovde. 

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Donald Trump has a plan to solve the US deficit. The only problem is, it won't fix the deficit and it will make the price of everything go up. We can't explain why Trump is obsessed with tariffs, but we do talk about why his plan to put tariffs on all foreign goods, especially China, will cost households thousands of dollars a year. We contrast that with some of the things the BIden Administration has done to boost manufacturing in the US, plus some of the policies that Kamala Harris has proposed in her bid to win the presidential election.

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William Garcia, the La Crosse County and 3rd Congressional District Democratic Party chair joined La Crosse Talk on WIZM. He took some calls a day after the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate and his take on how things went down. Also, Garcia spoked about the visit from Gwen Walz, wife of Minnesota Gov. and VP candidate, Tim Walz, who spoke at the debate watch party at the Concordia Ballroom. 

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Harry Dunn is a former Capitol police officer, who was on the job during the Jan. 6 riots. We discuss who he's endorsing as president, the irony of Donald Trump and Republicans being the "law & order" party, despite their actions, and the constant fearmongering that Trump continues. Dunn, who also ran for political office, testified in front of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6. His efforts during the attack earned him both the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Citizens Medal.

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We rehash Donald Trump's quick visit to La Crosse, where he held a town hall that lasted 35 minutes. We also brought up the fact that, despite Trump being an hour and 15 minutes late, no Republican candidates in the area spoke to the 7,800 supporters in the crowd, who were left to their own devices. Republicans in the area, also didn't post on social media about Trump at the La Crosse Center. We also discussed Democratic counterprogramming, including Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, Minnesota US Sen. Tina Smith and La Crosse Assembly Rep. Jill Billings all in town, discussing the economy, as well as Kamala Harris' CNN interview.

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We recap the August primary election in Wisconsin, including Tara Johnson moving on in the 96th Assembly District, Rebecca Cooke winning (12:00) the 3rd District for US House and Republicans losing (3:20) on the partisan constitutional amendments they put on the ballot. We also, at the end, talk a bit about the Democratic National Convention that runs Monday-Thursday this week in Chicago — in which William Garcia will be in attendance.

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As Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continue to spread their message, enthusiasm among Democrats is through the roof. We talk of how the campaign seems to be one on vibes over policy, at this point, while Donald Trump's campaign has little to combat the message, after going all-in on anti-Joe Biden rhetoric. We also talk about how that rhetoric is very ironic now, considering Trump's latest public appearances. 

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La Crosse County and 3rd US House District Democratic Party chair William Garcia stopped in the studio to discuss his role as a delegate, nominating Kamala Harris to the ticket for president. We also talked about VP picks (before the news came out). Garcia got what he wanted to MN Gov. Tim Walz, but he had a great prediction about MN Lt. Governor, Peggy Flanagan. Lastly, we discussed this bodycam footage from the RNC in Milwaukee, where Republican US House Rep. Derrick Van Orden claimed he was assaulted by a young woman and claimed it was an act of political violence. 

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We rehash the events of the past week, beginning with Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race and Kamala Harris looking like she'll be the Democratic nominee. We also discuss potential VP picks, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz making some noise after not being on the initial list. Also, are Republicans regretting JD Vance as their VP pick and could they make a switch.

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William Garcia joins WIZM's La Crosse Talk with guest host Rick Solem to discuss his new responsibility as a delegate to pick the Democratic nominee for president, after Joe Biden dropped out.

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