DONALD TRUMP WAS IN WAUKESHA ON WEDNESDAY. ZAC SCHULTZ WAS THERE AS WELL.

DONALD TRUMP:

I’M BACK. AND WE’RE GOING TO WIN WISCONSIN.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

AFTER TWO MONTHS AWAY DONALD TRUMP RETURNED TO CAMPAIGN IN WISCONSIN DRAWING A CAPACITY CROWD TO THE WAUKESHA COUNTY EXPO HALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

DONALD TRUMP:

LOOK AT ALL THESE PEOPLE.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

THE SCENE WAS IN STARK CONTRAST TO A RALLY TRUMP’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK MIKE PENCE HELD IN THE SAME BUILDING IN JULY. ON THAT NIGHT, ONLY A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER REJECTING TRUMP IN WISCONSIN’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, IT LOOKED LIKE WAUKESHA COUNTY WOULD REJECT THE TRUMP TICKET AGAIN IN THE FALL.

DONALD TRUMP:

BUT I WANT TO THANK TOMMY THOMPSON.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

AROUND THE SAME TIME, TRUMP SAYS HE GOT A CALL FROM FORMER WISCONSIN GOVERNOR TOMMY THOMPSON.

DONALD TRUMP:

TOMMY WAS HERE. AND I GET A CALL, “DON, CAN I COME OVER AND SEE YOU?” AND I WAS ABOUT 15 POINTS DOWN, RIGHT?

ZAC SCHULTZ:

TRUMP TOLD THE CROWD THOMPSON GAVE HIM SOME FRANK ADVICE.

DONALD TRUMP:

COMES IN AND GOES, “DON, I REALLY LIKE YOU. GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.” I SAID, “WHY?” HE SAID, “YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WIN THE STATE.” HE SAID, “BUT IF THINGS CHANGE I’LL CALL YOU.”

ZAC SCHULTZ:

SINCE THEN THE LAST TWO MARQUETTE POLLS HAVE SHOWN TRUMP ONLY A FEW POINTS BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON.

DONALD TRUMP:

SO I GET A CALL ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. DON, TIME TO COME BACK.

TOMMY THOMPSON:

THE TRUMP TRAIN IS MOVING. WE NEED YOU ON THE TRUMP TRAIN. GIVE HIM A BIG HAND, JOHN KASICH.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

IN APRIL TOMMY THOMPSON CAMPAIGNED FOR JOHN KASICH. BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT HE WAS ALL IN FOR TRUMP TRYING TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF TURNOUT IN WAUKESHA COUNTY.

TOMMY THOMPSON:

THE THING BETWEEN US AND HILLARY CLINTON–

[AUDIENCE BOOS]

YEAH. IS NOT GETTING OUR VOTES OUT IN WAUKESHA COUNTY, THE SOUTHEASTERN OF WISCONSIN.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

TRUMP MAY BE CLOSE IN THE STATEWIDE POLLS BUT HE’S UNDERPERFORMING AS A REPUBLICAN IN WAUKESHA COUNTY. ACCORDING TO MARQUETTE POLL DIRECTOR CHARLES FRANKLIN, THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE POLLS SHOWS TRUMP LEADING HILLARY CLINTON BY 14 POINTS IN WAUKESHA COUNTY WHILE REPUBLICAN SENATOR RON JOHNSON HAS A 29 POINT LEAD OVER RUSS FEINGOLD. AND FOUR YEARS AGO MITT ROMNEY BEAT BARACK OBAMA IN WAUKESHA COUNTY BY 35%.

DONALD TRUMP:

WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING WE WANT, BUT THAT MEANS SHOWING UP. YOU GOTTA SHOW UP.

ZAC SCHULTZ:

OF COURSE, THOSE NUMBERS CONTAIN A SILVER LINING FOR TRUMP.

TOMMY THOMPSON:

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS STAND UP AND TELL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN THE LIGHT YET, SOME REPUBLICANS, IT’S TIME TO GET ON THE TRAIN. THE TRUMP TRAIN IS MOVING!

ZAC SCHULTZ:

IF TRUMP CAN TURN OUT THOSE TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, HE HAS A CLEAR PATH TO WINNING THE STATE IN NOVEMBER.

DONALD TRUMP:

ON NOVEMBER 8th WE’RE GOING TO WIN THIS STATE AND WE’RE GOING TO WIN BACK THE WHITE HOUSE. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, BELIEVE ME.

FREDERICA FREYBERG:

ON THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SIDE, CHELSEA CLINTON CAMPAIGNED TODAY IN GREEN BAY FOR HER MOTHER HILLARY CLINTON. THE FORMER FIRST DAUGHTER APPEARED AT A RALLY AND MADE HER CASE FOR A CLINTON PRESIDENCY.

CHELSEA CLINTON:

ARE WE GOING TO FINISH THE WORK OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SO THAT EVERYONE HAS HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND IT IS INDEED MORE AFFORDABLE? ARE WE GOING TO FINALLY GET TO HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY? ARE WE GOING TO FINALLY, FINALLY GET TO A PLACE WHERE ANYONE CAN LOVE WHOM THEY WANT, CAN LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE, CAN BUY SOMETHING THEY WANT TO BUY IN A CAKE SHOP OR A GROCERY STORE WITHOUT FEAR OF DISCRIMINATION OR DENIAL? ALL OF THAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION.