Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Washington journal continues. Host back at the table, congresswoman gwen moore. Your state is a key battleground just like it was in 2016. Remind our viewers how many vote. Illary clinton lost by and why vote, butut 22,200 who is counting . It is heartbreaking when you think that wisconsin used to lead and compete with minnesota for having the greatest turnout in the country. 2016 andseachange in there was a number of factors so it is hard to attribute it to one thing. We are concerned about the voter disenfranchisement that occurred. Legislator, iate fought strenuously with an representative scott walker who was in 2016 the governor, over voter id requirements. Battle andwon that we had this onerous voter id requirement. That was one element we think contributed tremendously. Host in which counties, when you look at the map and see all this red from 2016, in which counties do you believe there would have been higher turnout and the redwood have been blue had it not for read what wiyk would have been blue . Guest my area, the area i represent. Obviater id requirement the ability for people to exercise that right we think that was one element that contributed tremendously. Host when it comes to the other elements, for the democratic nominee, what did they need to do differently than Hillary Clinton . Guest it is important to remember to ask people to vote for you. You cannot take it for granted. In 2008 and 2012 we saw barack within 24isconsin hours from when the polls closed. I think Hillary Clinton, a great candidate, was advised by her team that the metrics demonstrated she did not need to come there. That may have contributed as well. You dont get votes for free. You have to spend money and convince people that your program is going to benefit them. In addition to that, we cant negate the impact of the Russian Influence Campaign that targeted africanamericans in particular. Host in wisconsin . Tost targeted them, suppress the votes i pursed votes. I personally received local calls with a clear russian that if Hillary Clinton were to win, she would start world war iii. I think the influence campaign was a factor as well. Host what are democrats doing in the state to prevent this from happening in 2020, whether it is Voter Suppression, voter turnout . Guest we are fighting again healed operations that involve the judiciary, the Republican Party at large. Right now, wisconsin is under a stay from the Wisconsin Appeals Court where an earlier judge, a republican appointee, determined that over 200,000 voters needed to be purged from the roles because they did not respond to an inquiry about whether or not they still live there in october. 2021was to go to place in after the election, but a county judge decided, i want those records purged immediately. Fined the democrats who refused to purge those roles, on a daily basis. We have a Supreme Court decision that prevents them from purging over 200,000 wisconsinites, a quarter of them coming from milwaukee county, from the roles. Host President Trump winning wisconsin in 2016, back in milwaukee on tuesday. Here is what he had to say. To lift up forgotten communities that need investment the most, we have created opportunity zones. Jobs and investments are pouring into 120 newly designated opportunity zones in wisconsin, and ron johnson and tim scott helped. They are doing great. And for decades, politicians ran for office promising to defend wisconsin workers, but then they went to washington and lined their pockets with special interest cash as they shipped your jobs and dreams to countries thousands of miles away, countries you have never even heard of. Host congresswoman . Guest [laughter] this is really laughable. Host he has a strong economy. But it is now softening i am not softening. I am not going to talk opportunity zones because there are not guard rails to make sure they benefit the people who live there and not just benefit the developers. Smarting from the president coming in and building up foxconn. That will cost a tremendous amount of money in transportation funds, 175 million gone to waste on transportation effort. People in mount pleasant, wisconsin still fighting to prevent the department from using Eminent Domain to take their property for foxconn, for manufacturingwn enterprise that was promised, much fewer jobs. The jobs will be for high skilled workers, perhaps not even from wisconsin. There were not many people who lived in that neighborhood at that particular rally. Trueld love for it to be that wisconsin is enjoying the fruit of his economy, but the reality is that milwaukee is one of the worst places for an africanamerican child to grow up. That university that he was speaking in, the university of wisconsin milwaukee is hemorrhaging from the dearth of funding that has been taken out by republicans, people like scott walker, and he mentioned senator ron johnson than, johnson, people who do not think young people need college education. I would take what he said with a grain of salt. Host we are going to turn to our viewers. We have a fourth line for wisconsin resident, 202 7488003. Caller thank you for a great show this morning, and thank you , representative more bang. Representative moore. Saidsentative fortenberry turn it all off, it is confusing. That reminds me of why trump decided to run as a republican. He clearly stated he could not fool democrats like he could republicans. Fortenberry saying do not listen to all of this stuff, it is so confusing. It is not confusing to us democrat. Donald trump has a little window to resign, otherwise this conspiracy will take down pence, pompeo, kevin mccarthy, devin nunes, they will all go down because trumps ego will not let him go down. Thank you for your vote. We had the same thing in michigan, saying you can text your vote here. We had counties near detroit that only 30 of the people that always vote voted. There are so many questions. I personally think he cheated. When did americans become so enamored with cheaters and liars that they are going to let this guy in . Dont get me wrong, my 401 k is doing tremendous. Does that mean what i think he did in the oval office when he entertained the russians was right . No. What he said in helsinki was right . No. I could triple my 401 k and would still say this person is a crook. Why they dont see it, it is like, he is my guy, he is my republican, but he is not really republican, is he . Guest thank you for making this observation. Ityour 401 k is doing well, is because we are still benefiting from the obama recovery. Obama, as heer, was raising his right hand we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. He brought that recovery to bear, not donald trump. It has been on the same trajectory. I share your view that it is the blind who will not see, and i have admonished some of my republican colleagues to make sure you look out for your legacy, because this presidency will end one way or another, if not through impeachment or removal it may be at the ballot box or if he gets four more years, he will not be able to run again. Where will you be when this president leaves . What will you tell your grandchildren about how you behaved in office . Host macon, georgia, independent. Caller good morning. Im an independent. Isquestion is, if there Voter Suppression or , whatranchising of voters is the Democratic Party doing to educate these individuals concerning things happening like Voter Suppression and disenfranchisement of voters . Comel like they need to out and educate them on how to understand and know what is happening. Also, on the topic of the economy, he said milwaukee is doing so bad you said milwaukee is doing so bad. So goodmy that is doing overall for the country guest thank you for that question. That is exactly the point, there really is a checkered sort of recovery. There are places that are not recovering at all and places that are doing quite well. Been knowns largely as a manufacturing town, and President Trump promised things to wisconsin and michigan, the states, indicated he would help them out, and has not done that. He stands up his rallies and lies about what he has done to help industry. He was in toledo, ohio not long ago bragging about them factory that was shuttered. Athink when you really look the socalled forgotten people, they have been the people that have been hurt the most. The 1. 4look at trillion tax cut to the benefit of largely corporations and shareholders, those people are doing very well and they are making contributions back into the Republican Party because they are doing very well. 80 of the benefit of that tax and int to people dont know who you are, but i bet you are not one of the people who benefited from this tax cut that the president promised that it would milwaukee is a place called a surge city. We are working with what we have. We have a great lake. We are looking at opportunities we can bring forward through the Financial Services industry, but there is very little to nothing that the president in this administration has done to contribute to that. Offave seen People Better when the president talks about wages have increased, it is not because of the money from it isx cut was reinvested primarily because cities and states have taken it upon themselves to raise the minimum wage. We have not had a raise in the minimum wage and that bill is in Mitch Mcconnells graveyard to raise the minimum wage from the paltry 7. 25 an hour. Unemployment about being so great for africanamericans, we have a lower Unemployment Rate in the fact that people are working two and three jobs. 71ave a friend who is working three jobs to make ends meet. In reidsville, wisconsin, democratic caller. Caller thank you. Thank you, representative. How do we get people to the voting places . If transportation is the issue, could you help with that . Thank you. We need to vote to get this evil man out of office. Guest i did forget to respond to that with tonys question. We are on the ground leading into this. We have several nonpartisan towardthat are working making sure that we inform people about election day, how to vote, making sure they have the right done shows an voter id. The league of women voters, a Nonpartisan Group is in fact leading the charge in a legal framework, and a lawsuit to prevent the purging of these roles. It is an all hands on deck kind of initiative. This year, i am planning some great get out the vote efforts to inform people about what is at stake. You are right, we cannot just sit back and use the old models of campaigning where you only campaign to known voters. You have to go into those areas wardsre low turnout or and let people know that you will support them to vote. Host houston, texas, republican, mike. Caller i am going to disagree. Is ai think is evil situation where the conditions in an innercity like milwaukee and youngstown, ohio, innercity kids by virtue of the zip code in which they are born are left to go to the worst schools in the state, while the parents kids and grandkids of members of congress go to the finest schools in the country. Everyone shrugs their shoulders in washington. Public School Systems are monopolies and there is no effort to reform. The university of wisconsin milwaukee, if they are hurting for money, why dont we look at the headcount in 2000 compared to 2020 . I bet there are more people working there now, 10 year i i dont tenure formsnure and my job what in my job. What reforms are you proposing so people can lift themselves up . I want everybody to succeed. Lets help people succeed with their own talents, but they are not realizing them. Lets reform the schools so they can realize their talent. I dont hear any reforms coming from you. Guest thank you for raising back in 1989, i was a state legislator and i voted for school choice. The First School Choice program in the entire United States, and data are conclusive that those children do not do any better than kids in public schools. What it did in wisconsin was formula,the funding hole soly create a big that those kids and zip codes 52306 found themselves much worse off because we had taken the money from the public schools. What happened is the Business Community came over and this program that was supposed to provide school choice, the chamber of commerce basically took it over and private schools and religious schools and other popup schools that came and went got the money. They just simply took it from public schools. They refused to take disabled children or children with special needs. , it islic School System required to take disabled children. I do agree with you that we need to broaden our Educational Opportunity system so that we do have more students going to our community colleges, technical colleges, because community and Technical Education is important. 95 of the population of the world lives somewhere other than the United States of america, and so this notion that we are going to just build up some sort economy andustrial start making widgets again wholesale is not realistic. Have anto continue to educational system that reports. Eveloping the intelligencia the people that invented the internet and the iphone, and if we dont continue to promote to allow thegoing chinese and other folks to be those people who are innovating on how to store energy in batteries. We cant afford to just cannibalize our Higher Education systems, but for the football to maintaind hope some hegemony in the world. And spooner, wisconsin, democratic caller. Caller thank you for serving. Think pelosiay, i theft. She dont seem to want to produce these papers. I think she is a thief. I think we need to get more people in there that are poor us poor listen to what people have to say. Iran, is what he did in agree with him. I come from three generations of and i am proud of every , and everymy family veteran of the United States. Guest julie, thank you for calling. Can identify with you i have been poor. I have been on welfare and had food stamps. , veryed up children decent people i raised, with very few resources. I am totally committed in my service as a representative to lifting up poor people, low income people, people struggling to put food on the table, and i want to thank you for that i am that i am also that. I am also from a military family. I have a nephew now that is deployed. I am passionate about issues related to veterans. I was first elected in 1988 and my very first bill was a veterans bill. History will show whether the assassination of this government later was a good move or not government leader was a good move or not. Sometimes we confuse fight for might and i dont think that fighting is always a sub for diplomacy substitute for diplomacy. I dont agree that the president s threeyear strategy the state gutting department, running out officials of ukraine, and using our military deployment to solve issues that ought to be handled by diplomacy. Host the house will come in earlier than usual. Quickly tell our viewers about the changes to snap benefits proposed by the president. Guest i am so grateful. When i was 18 years old, i had a baby. 50, and im so grateful to taxpayers and the public that we had the ability to get food stamps. The changes being provided now will hurt millions and millions of, especially children. The broadbased eligibility will mean that children will not be automatically enrolled in free lunch programs, for example. It will have a draconian impact. The ablebodied persons rural rule will mean people working will have a harder time finding jobs. Of rules around the severing the ability of state to look at the standard Utility Allowance that allows people states like wisconsin where it is very cold, throwing thousands of people off the roles, and will have to choose between heating their hous [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org]