Scott Walker argued on Sunday that as governor he was the “number one target in America.”
Walker, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” explained that when he was taking on special interest groups as Governor of Wisconsin he “took on the death threats” and “threats to my family,” but still won.
Jake Tapper: I respect that you’ve taken on Democratic special interests in Wisconsin, but you’ve been backed by Republican special interests like the Koch Brothers. How does that square with what you’re taking about taking on special interests? Or do you think only liberal special interests are the ones worth taking on?
Scott Walker: I’m taking on the ones in Washington. In my state, I didn’t just take on the unions and the Democrats early on, there was great support from the Assembly and some from the Senate. People like State Senator Scott Fitzgerald. But there were some Senators, including some who had been the leadership who didn’t want to do the kind of reforms. So I’m willing to take on anyone. I stood up to 100,000 protestors. I took on the death threats. I took on threats to my family. We pushed back when they took us to Federal and State court. We pushed back when they went after our State Senators. They went after me in a recall election and we won. And they made me the number one target in America. Number one in America last year.
