Here & Now

Rebecca Kleefisch Announces Campaign for Governor

Zac Schultz:

It’s official. Former lieutenant governor Rebecca Kleefisch will run for governor in 2022. At her announcement in Waukesha on Thursday, Kleefisch criticized incumbent Governor Tony Evers in a variety of ways, including how he handled schools during the pandemic.

Rebecca Kleefisch:

How many of us in this room have been frustrated by Tony Evers’ weak leadership in our schools, education across the state, where he shut them down and locked kids out for a year and a half? Just watching them in an epidemic of anxiety and depression and a year and a half of learning loss so he could pay homage to the teachers’ union bosses.

Zac Schultz:

Governor Evers’ campaign released this statement regarding the Kleefisch announcement. “Rebecca Kleefisch already left a devastating mark on Wisconsin after eight years of attacking public schools, slashing transportation funding and supporting massive handouts to corporations.”