Walker presses Trump to ‘not blow off Wisconsin’

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) urged former President Trump to not “blow off” the Badger State in 2024, as Trump considers skipping one of many first two Republican presidential major debates.

“President Trump mustn’t blow off Wisconsin,” Walker instructed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, including, “Hillary Clinton made that mistake in 2016, and it price her the election.”

Trump is reportedly leaning towards skipping a minimum of one of many first two GOP major debates, the primary of which can happen in Milwaukee in August. The second debate shall be on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

Walker, who briefly ran in opposition to the previous president in 2016, emphasised the significance of former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s loss in Wisconsin seven years in the past. 

Clinton’s slender losses in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania would finally lead to her defeat within the 2016 election.

“[Trump] must win over Wisconsin voters, swing voters, and make a dent within the youth vote,” Walker stated to the Journal Sentinel.

The previous Wisconsin governor additionally famous from his expertise working in opposition to Trump that the previous president “thrives in debates” and “instructions the eye of the viewers.”

The talk stage additionally permits for a big attain, with the primary Republican major debate in 2016 drawing in about 24 million viewers, Walker added.