Scott Walker - Speech at Western Conservative Summit 2015

Scott Walker - Speech at Western Conservative Summit 2015

Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker discusses conservative successes in Wisconsin, the Nation's security. And the Governor talks about running for President.

 

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thank you freed up 0:19 endowed by our Creator 0:22 defined by our Constitution but defended 0:27 each and every day by the men and women who proudly wear the uniform these 0:31 United States 0:33 before we go any further with anyone who serves the millage in the military today 0:37 anyone who served as a better in the past and for that matter 0:41 when anyone who is a family member other service member veteran 0:44 would you please stand at this moment 0:55 thank you 0:58 I appreciate that that that includes all the order includes the senate president 1:02 who just showed up here is a military veteran himself in 1:05 so for me to acknowledge that to talk about freedom which amor talk about 1:08 here quite a bit for the next few minutes it's important river where those 1:12 freedoms come from 1:13 in their doubts about Bob defined by the Constitution 1:17 but we would have without the men and women that you just saw stood stand-up 1:20 in the families that represent the not only here but across this great country 1:24 it's also an honor to be introduced only by the leader the state Senate here in 1:28 Colorado 1:29 with someone from Colorado Springs because on November 2nd 1967 1:35 I was bored whats car called Memorial Hospital Colorado Springs 1:39 but my parents were 1:46 had come out from Northern Illinois 1:49 were where they were raised my dad was a associate pastor for Christian education 1:54 First Baptist Church in downtown 1:55 the downtown Coral Springs where the church is still there today in fact 2:00 few years ago after I was first elected governor the first time 2:03 in 2010 we went to a new governors conference it was at the Broadmoor 2:07 but on Sunday instead of going to the sessions that morning 2:10 we went over First Baptist said my wife got a taste appearing 2:14 all after service from wine 2:18 late 78-year-old woman after another who said 2:22 I still hold your husband and my arms in the nursery 2:26 the so I was gonna find and so we love to keep coming back to colorado my 2:30 birthday 2:30 dollars folks dollar from Colorado but all across the western or across the 2:34 country are 2:34 thank you for coming out and it really is an are also want to say thanks 2:39 because I know for many have you here 2:42 your center Kevin talked about this the but but a few years ago we had a few 2:46 visitors or Scots 2:47 I in fact a so many have you hear that recall election 2:52 help to sell you help to sell many be a set twenty or thirty blocks 2:56 the review made phone calls for for some even travel all the way to Wisconsin we 3:01 appreciate that but most of all 3:03 behalf the turn at nine our family our boys met now 3:06 ox somebody told us you prayed force I just gotta tell you what a difference it 3:10 made us thank you so much for doing that 3:17 Myler crest going forty don't stop because we need the prayers now more 3:20 than ever 3:21 and we appreciate it because is center Kevin mitchen we we had at one point 3:26 over a hundred thousand protesters in our cap 3:29 effective your may not remember this but the Occupy movement 3:33 did not start Wall Street it started in Madison Wisconsin in my state capital 3:39 it was until months later we finally won those battles that 3:42 that they actually went on the wall street around the rest the country so my 3:45 apologies for certain that 3:47 a but but we did what we thought was important you see Wed 3:50 back in 2009 about a year and a half before the election to and I sat down 3:55 and talked about thought about ultimately prayed about 3:58 the state of our state and we saw that a state that had a 4:02 unemployment rate peaked at 9.2 percent state were under the previous government 4:06 lost 233,000 jobs were taxes are going up by over a billion dollars 4:11 by the governor democrats were charged before we saw state it was in trouble on 4:15 behalf of our two signs we said we gotta do something 4:18 and I'm proud to tell you some four-year plus years later 4:21 our state is turned around we couldn't have done it without the support of 4:25 people helping us out as you see when 4:27 when they came in with all those protesters they were trying to 4:30 intimidate us 4:31 that's what they do with the state at the federal at the local level 4:35 they tried to intimidate the big coverage special-interest when I'm proud 4:38 to tell you tonight 4:39 that we were not intimidated charged us with refocusing on why we're electing 4:43 the first place in the people we elected to serve 4:45 and instead of backing down we stood up and took the power 4:49 outta the hands are the big %uh verse special interest to put it firmly 4:52 in the hands of the hardworking taxpayers 5:00 SERR reforms 5:02 now we change unions in our state but but we we were able to change our 5:07 economic status we we went from 9.2 percent unemployment beginning a 2010 5:12 8.1 percent the month before I took office 5:14 were down about four and a half percent last month we took it 5:18 we have a labor participation rate that's well above the national level we 5:26 had a 5:27 3.6 billion dollar budget deficit turned it into a surplus in each in last year's 5:32 belzer budget moving forward 5:33 we have a rainy day fund its a hundred sixty five times bigger we took office 5:37 the pitch pension system the only fully fund in the country 5:40 we've done all the things you would expect economically fiscally the one I'm 5:44 most proud of us 5:45 how we change state local government for example our schools we now can hire 5:51 and fire based america's we got rid of seniority and tenure 5:54 the 6:03 member back in 2011 out as protesters at public schools are gonna fall apart we 6:07 did some like that 6:08 one here to tell you four years later graduation rates are up 6:11 third-grade reading scores are up ACT scores are now second best in the 6:15 country 6:16 but states where the kids take the exam protect exam but it's not just in those 6:24 areas you see we did other things as well sometimes people don't know about 6:27 this cuz I hear about the union's 6:29 but we did other things we we read in regulations we 6:32 we got rid a frivolous lawsuits we we did more 6:36 we defunded Planned Parenthood a pass pro-life legislation 6:40 the we pass Castle Doctrine a concealed carry so the people can protect 6:50 themselves 6:51 their family and their loved ones if they're law-abiding citizens 6:55 who would have thought this but we made Wisconsin the twenty first state in the 7:03 country to have the right to work 7:05 the freedom to work without being forced to beat a labor union the in our state 7:15 it's now 7:16 easy to though but hard to cheat if you want about the state wisconsin you gotta 7:20 have a photo ID to vote the next election the 7:24 the 7:31 and so I tell all the view that 7:33 not to brag well maybe not too much 7:36 but rather tell you in a state like wisconsin 7:39 a state that hasn't gone Republican for President since 1984 when ronald reagan 7:44 lasted for reelection 7:46 if a state like that can take ideas that are big 7:50 and bold and have them enacted and then elect a governor not just the first time 7:54 but a second time and a third time in four years 7:57 and now I like the governor but add additional seats in the majority 8:00 going from Democrat to Republican to adding more republicans adding even more 8:04 republicans last fall 8:06 if we can do in wisconsin we can certainly do in washington in all across 8:10 America 8:19 hey let me give you three quick reasons why that's important for our country 8:22 it's all about growth reform and safety 8:25 issue right now I think we've got a lot of politicians in Washington who think 8:29 we grow the economy by growing Washington 8:32 I got a message for we grow the economy in cities 8:35 in towns and villages all across this nation that people create jobs 8:40 not the government's about time to get the government out of the way that means 8:48 raining in frivolous and outta control losses particularly all those new ones 8:52 that the Obama administration put in place 8:54 it means once and for all repealing 8:57 Obama Care outright folio immediately 9:01 and putting patients and families back in charge it means using the abundant so 9:09 what God has given us here this country in on this continent 9:12 when it comes to feel energy supplies with all the above not picking winners 9:16 and losers 9:17 but using all that we have here on the West in all across the country 9:21 starting with approving the Keystone pipeline on day one 9:30 it means not only through kindergarten through twelfth grade but beyond 9:34 helping people get the education and the skills 9:37 and the qualifications they need to succeed in a way that says worker let 9:41 the other side 9:42 worry about how low wages are we're going to get people the skills they need 9:46 to succeed 9:47 with careers they pay two or three or four times 9:50 the minimum wage because we want everyone to be lifted up 9:53 in this economic recovery and finally it means lowering the burden when it comes 10:01 to taxes 10:02 warning the bird and hardworking taxpayers will be individuals 10:06 or a job creator so that we're competitive again in the world today 10:10 so that more american jobs can come back home to put more bark fellow citizens 10:14 back to work 10:15 that addition the growth we need to talk more about reform 10:23 again there's a huge cock dress think about people like the president Hillary 10:27 Clinton 10:27 they tend to measure success in government by how many people are 10:31 dependent on the cover 10:32 right are about you but I think for most service in this country 10:37 we believe the success should be measured by just the opposite 10:41 by how many people are no longer dependent on the government 10:51 that's right you see we understand the true freedom prosperity do not come for 10:54 the body and to the government the company power people live their own 10:58 lives to control their own destinies 11:00 to the dictator is bored at work of work 11:04 when I was a small kid growing up but when I was we had moved the del Avion 11:08 from 11:08 from Colorado Springs the plane to lower pitch with the dollar was Scott's when I 11:12 was in third grade A my first job 11:14 was washing dishes at the countryside rusher later life I moved up in the big 11:19 time in high school I started flipping hamburgers at mcdonald's 11:22 true story I was a dull but Paul Ryan my good friend was about twenty miles down 11:27 the road for me in Janesville 11:28 he was flipping burgers there I was with the burgers in my home the only 11:32 difference is his manager told him 11:34 he had a flip hamburgers in the back because he didn't have the interpersonal 11:37 skills to work the front cash register 11:38 through 11:43 but regardless if that I 11:47 I think about my time as a kid you're a grown up there were killer learning that 11:51 work ethic from those first job sir 11:53 I think about my parents my dad a small-town preacher 11:56 my mom a part-time secretary in a bookkeeper at wonder that businesses in 12:00 town and 12:01 I think about them in my grandparents my Mike my moms parents 12:05 my group in grammar were performers the didn't have indoor plumbing until my 12:09 mother would after junior high school 12:11 my dad's dad my grampa Walker was a machinist 12:15 for 42 years a barber Colman I look back in life and for my brother I realize we 12:20 didn't hear it fame or fortune from our family 12:23 we got was the belief that if you work or 12:26 and you play by the rules you can't do and be 12:29 anything you want in america that's the American dream 12:33 and we did to be champions for everyone to live the American dream 12:41 it finally in addition the talking about growth 12:44 in about reform the last thing I want to spend a moment to talk about his safety 12:48 safety you see 12:52 so you might think what is he talking about safety is that public safety is a 12:55 boater safety is a hunter safety now 12:57 safety to me is what many people Washington called national security 13:02 which I caught safety because when I see a video 13:07 other jordanian pilot burned alive in a cage 13:10 when I see Christians from Egypt and elsewhere around the world beheaded 13:15 because their faith 13:16 that's something I feel in my heart and in my soul 13:21 and that makes me worry for the safety of them 13:24 head for others like them it for people all around this world including me and 13:28 my family 13:29 and I gotta tell you I think there's an increasing interest around this country 13:32 and around this world 13:33 for America to start leading again 13:42 this is this may seem odd but even though as a governor I don't deal with 13:45 this every day this has been at the top of my list concerns for the last year so 13:50 because when I see a a president who draws a line in the sand 13:53 and allows people to cross it when I see a president who calls I sis the JV squad 13:59 because Yemen a success story who cause 14:02 Iran Iran a place we can do business with 14:06 watchers troubles me I members a kid back in 79 AD 14:11 my brother David rise to put yellow ribbons around the tree in front of our 14:15 our house our oak tree in the front because for 444 days 14:19 fifty-two Americans were held hostage in iran 14:27 one Evans a friend of mine named Kevin her Manning who is the youngest marine 14:30 held hostage at that time 14:32 he grew up in Oak Creek Wisconsin he lives in Wausau right now 14:35 and I realize watching what happened Kevin back then Iran has not changed 14:40 Iran is not a place we should do business with 14:50 and then I look at this present year earlier this year he literally looked in 14:54 the eyes are the american people and said 14:56 the greatest threat for future generations is climate change 15:01 climate change why got a message for you mister president 15:06 the greatest threat for the american people the greatest threat for the 15:10 people the world 15:11 is not climate change it is radical islamic terrorism and we need leaders 15:17 are willing to stand up 15:18 and do something about it the we need a president 15:30 go under stairs that Israel is actually an ally 15:33 I will start trading your such the 15:42 and we need a president who has the courage 15:45 to look the american people in the eye and tell them something that might not 15:50 be easy to hear 15:51 you see it's not going to take a week or a month 15:55 or maybe even a year but our enemy today is not like the interview at the pass 15:59 it's not like for those of us who grew up in the cold war 16:02 were containment was enough know our enemy today is like a virus 16:07 it's like a virus if you don't take it out it will only come back stronger 16:11 and as I look at the world today on behalf of your children in mind I'd 16:15 rather take the fight to them 16:17 it said to wait until they bring the fight to us 16:29 itself there's a lot at stake is this next election 16:32 and there's a lot of great republicans either thinking about our re: in this 16:37 race but I would just ask who want to quit thinking that I A one in with a 16:40 quick story to bring this all home 16:42 I would ask is you consider you my support for president that you think 16:47 about the fact that there are really 16:49 a great emerging group of republican candidates but they're really kind of 16:52 all the two camps 16:53 there are fighters fighters 16:57 who have yet to win those battles and there are winners 17:01 winners have yet to fight those battles if we were to throw your hat in the ring 17:06 I would contend you that we could do both 17:08 fight those battles and Windows battles on the issues 17:13 that matter to everyday Americans to further our common sense conservative 17:16 reforms 17:25 and so is we and before I spend a few minutes 17:28 sitting down with you Hewitt in in answering some questions for you hear 17:31 the CD eyes when italiana 17:32 I'm an optimist I love America I love the people this country I'm upset with 17:37 the federal government I love american the people this great country and I'm 17:40 optimistic about the future 17:42 I'm optimistic not just because what i've seen in my state but in many other 17:46 states across this country 17:48 were the last 45 years we've seen common sense conservative republican reformers 17:54 take office in our state's and transform those states 17:57 transform those states moving forward but more so than just what we see in the 18:02 last two years I'm an optimist because 18:04 I love the history of america and I know 18:08 the history of america will lead us to better days to come you see 18:11 as a kid I grew up loving history so much 18:15 I thought of our founders as almost bigger than life 18:19 superheroes in my mind and so over the years though we never had a chance to go 18:25 to Philadelphia to 18:26 couple years back to deny my wife and I who's here with me tonight we got a 18:30 chance to go to 18:31 Philadelphia for the first time in as you can imagine is someone who loved 18:35 history loved thinking about those 18:36 remarkable founders we get up early in the morning 18:40 we went over past the Liberty Bell in with the park service we went into 18:44 Independence Hall 18:45 for you ever been there you know it's pretty small 18:49 about a fraction to the stage right up here and so as I get up there early the 18:54 morning as the Sun was coming up 18:57 and I looked into the room and kinda took it all and 19:01 I looked at the desk and I look at the cheers 19:05 and is ready to be blown away but instead it dawned on me 19:12 is ordered people is were ordinary people were done something quite 19:17 extraordinary 19:18 you see these were people who did just risk their political careers 19:23 these were people did just rest their business ventures 19:26 is were patriots 19:29 patriots who risked their lives 19:31 for the freedom we order today ways a gentleman here tonight i would tell you 19:36 that moments like that 19:37 remind me that what makes America 19:41 great what makes us exceptional what makes us the greatest country in the 19:47 history of the world 19:49 is been all throughout our nation's history 19:52 in times of crisis period economic or fiscal 19:56 the military or spiritual what makes 19:59 America amazing has been all throughout there's times 20:05 there had been man and women of courage 20:09 who bid one to think more about the future of their children 20:13 and their grandchildren than they thought about their own futures 20:17 ladies and gentlemen here tonight i would tell you that this 20:21 is one of those times this is one of those moments in history 20:25 this is the opportunity for us to look back and tell future generations 20:30 we were there we stood up we did what was required 20:35 to make America great again. thank you for what you've done 20:39 thank you for what you're going to do thank you for helping to make 20:42 America great again. the 20:46 the 20:55 Scott Walker tough fighter from Wisconsin 20:59 governor 21:03 Scott Walker and now 21:06 rocker arm for a conversation with the governor 21:10 our friend your Hewitt 21:20 always a pleasure you got a buncha young people here the Armstrong 21:23 fellows somewhere out the idea in France 21:28 governor I'm gonna make it quick as we got lot of people wanna go dancin 21:33 other conservatives that for questions I heard you say 21:37 Obamacare will be repealed and replaced there are a lot of Republican senators 21:41 who led the filibuster rick santorum told me you don't need 21:46 to break the filibuster to repeal Obamacare but if it's necessary to do so 21:50 will you urge a republican colleagues to invoke the Harry Reid role that he used 21:55 last year to break the filibuster 21:57 to repeal Obamacare root-and-branch yes 22:00 absolutely the secondly 22:05 we've seen to Supreme Court 22:08 decisions in two days disappoint all judges disappoint David shooter 22:12 disappointed the most 22:13 how will you find original lists how have you found original list 22:18 who will interpret the law and not make it 22:21 was a great question it again it's one of those where I can do more than talk 22:26 about I can point to my record as governor I take that very seriously I'm 22:29 not a lawyer 22:30 up that's worth applause right they're probably right that a 22:34 I'm not a lawyer although there are some good ones that don't take that wrong 22:38 here 22:38 about what I've done as my time is 22:41 governor the great state of Wisconsin I take that very seriously because 22:45 that's a legacy that will far outlast me no matter what the future might hold 22:49 in so I put together group including a number folks were active in the federal 22:53 society in my state across the country 22:55 as well as a number of other legal scholars to help me narrow the group 22:59 with applicants for any circuit court 23:01 Court of Appeals eventually so there's supreme court appointment my state 23:05 they narrow it down they give me a group love 23:08 finalist and I interview them thank you to their involvement in mind as well or 23:12 three simple litmus test 23:14 I want men and women of integrity there were people who are scholars and 23:18 understand the law 23:19 and most importantly only know that people understand with 23:23 absolute certainty throughout a very deliberate backroom process and 23:27 otherwise 23:28 that they understand that the sole role the gesture 23:31 in the states importantly the country is to uphold the Constitution the United 23:36 States 23:36 and those laws duly enacted under it no more 23:40 no less the my third questionnaires to do something I've been talking a lot 23:50 about with their the young Armstrong fellows all week in with everyone in 23:54 this island 23:54 Israel 23:57 Armstrong fellows do I get were Plaza that's a that's pretty good the when it 24:04 comes to religious liberty I asked jeb bush this on my show on Friday ask you 24:09 are you all in and if so what's that mean 24:12 yes nm I said I'm proud to say that 24:15 it's actually written into our Constitution in great detail that i 24:19 member when 24:20 so the other states early this year we're having some challenges with the 24:23 median otherwise I point out 24:24 we've had in our constitution for some time in this work just fine thank you 24:28 I think in our nation's kasagic it may not be as detailed as it is in my States 24:33 Constitution 24:34 but I was just in philadelphia last Saturday your Philadelphia 24:38 William Penn founder that a great commonwealth 24:42 came to America the setup which now Pennsylvania in large part because he 24:46 was a victim 24:47 a religious persecution you think it him people like Roger Williams plenty of 24:52 others who are part of the great founding in this country 24:54 that we call america today they came here in large part because they were 24:57 facing 24:58 religious persecution to me it is not freedom from religion 25:03 a are it is freedom of religion which ultimately means we have the right to 25:08 practice our religious beliefs 25:10 and not happy and others interfere we we certainly wish respect 25:13 the the opinions of others in America but that a return is anyone respect 25:17 their opinions 25:18 they respect but is written into the Constitution 25:22 the very first thing that the founder said should be amended the constitution 25:26 was guaranteeing the freedom 25:28 of religion we need a president who's going to stand up and defend 25:32 each and every day 25:37 and then finally 25:38 and this is a two part question we suffered a data breach 25:41 two weeks ago the opium data breach the worst that a breach in American history 25:45 probably worse in snow 25:46 millions of records a people's detailed lives mine 25:50 people that worked with for years about the ZFS 86 the chinese have it all 25:53 they can get to the witness protection program they can investigate 25:58 nuclear scientists they can't find anyone who's got any blackmailed 26:01 and issue at the same time that happened missus clinton was revealed to have a 26:05 private server 26:06 home the indifference at the national level 26:09 indifference at the personal level to the national security is shocking 26:13 do you think it's disqualifying and what does it say 26:16 about the Obama administration and will you make hillary server and issue 26:20 in the 2016 election and if so how we open the big door for me there 26:26 gotta first I just got to say and I this is funny but I just wish it wasn't 26:31 fighting 26:31 it's probably too today that China and maybe even Russia 26:36 probably no more about what was hilar on hillary clinton's server 26:40 they do the members the United States Senate are united states congress I 26:43 should say 26:43 I don't think that's a far off either not because anyone who thinks if they 26:48 could hack into 26:49 agencies at the federal government for someone who had a private server that 26:52 was clearly not secured 26:54 in what's just assume for the moment I've for the sake of argument that you 26:58 didn't have confidential information on 27:00 although we don't know because she is clearly not been fully transparent with 27:04 what was on there 27:04 at a minimum was sensitive information and so i think the american people got a 27:09 look at a pair I think there's a 27:11 a larger issue the gym this alone would be a serious offence 27:15 in terms of a political issue but I think it's part of a larger patter 27:19 when you look at this when you look at parallel to this the idea that 27:23 that the clintons could believe that while one other was secretary the state 27:27 the other could be doing speeches and we have a foreign governments being paid 27:30 millions of dollars for that I think any any high school freshman taking an 27:35 ethics course could tell you that's a conflict of interest 27:38 when you look at this pattern what it tells to me is the clinton's think there 27:42 is a different set the rules for them 27:44 there is for the rest of america and I think that goes to a larger issue that 27:47 says 27:47 Hillary Clinton is Bowl flea out of touch with main street america it's 27:52 about time we stand up and pointed out 27:54 even if the main street meat is not going to do it 28:04 everybody says Scott lockers a winner he stood up against everything the left 28:08 could throw at him not once not twice but three times 28:11 but hillary was in the ring in the clinton machine is big 28:15 they get the money they got much to the media they got the map 28:18 they've got a machine so tell us all tell everyone I think that the key thing 28:24 I'm gonna be looking for when I asked to take questions this fall 28:27 shoes the Republican best position to take on and beat Hillary Clinton why's 28:31 that Scott Walker 28:32 it's a at three quick reasons up and I'm not a declared unit but if I were to 28:37 declare your dick a 28:38 I'll give you three good reasons why that why that would be a good argument 28:42 about as the clerk at one 28:43 ever gonna be a name from the past we need a name for the future 28:48 not a name for the best to 28:54 the if we're going to beat someone who embodies Washington 28:57 and Hillary Clinton bodies washing not just cuz she's worked there for most her 29:00 professional life 29:01 but because of things like this evening on the cover up a scandal that's what we 29:04 expect at a Washington 29:06 we need someone who is the anti-washington and I think if you look 29:09 at us taking on the big cover special which is most of whom 29:12 came out a washing spend 109 dollars more to take us out 29:16 we took on wash did not once not twice but three times in the last four years 29:20 and we won so where the anti-washington 29:27 and three and 29:29 to and three I've been accessed here that 29:34 I'm good and actually answer the query that the gentleman asked me so that's 29:37 where I get to it i'm used the protesters so this is not a common 29:40 probably exported in from Wisconsin to but the third reason 29:45 the third compelling argument is 29:48 is that I like hillary Clinton who even when you ask her supporters 29:52 shit they can identify anything that she's accomplished have substance 29:56 other than traveling around the world the contrast with that is that 30:01 we've actually done something we've actually got something done 30:05 as I mentioned there's a lot of great republicans were fighters 30:08 there's a lot of republicans are winners we fought wide 30:12 we could do that if we were to write gonna ask you 30:15 this must be like 30:20 bball for you in San they would we have had a hundred thousand protesting a 30:25 death threat to bring your house 30:26 water to go shower that's like style of a big deal Scott Walker graduated drugs 30:32 the