OAR Update – April 27
Governor Scott Walker and Our American Revival had a successful week spending time engaging people in New York, Minnesota and Iowa, bringing a message of big and bold ideas that will help our country grow economically and keep our families safe.
On Monday, Walker discussed his record of leadership with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and called in to Glenn Beck’s radio show. After the interview, Beck said he loved Walker’s reasonable answers and said he was “very impressed.”
Walker then headed to the Land of 10,000 Lakes Thursday to meet with Minnesota lawmakers and business leaders. Walker touched on reforms that have been successful in Wisconsin and could work in Minnesota. Walker stressed putting the power back in the hands of the states rather than the 68 square miles surrounding Washington. While in Minnesota, Walker sat down with PowerLine to discuss the challenges he faced during the recall and how he would translate Wisconsin’s successes across the Nation. You can listen to the interview here.
After Minnesota, Walker headed to Iowa where he hit four cities in one day, meeting with activists in Davenport, speaking to over 180 grassroots activists at an event for Congressman Rod Blum in Cedar Rapids, holding a meet and greet in Sioux Center and speaking at an evening event in Sheldon at the Northwest Iowa GOP dinner. Along the way, Walker also sat down with local media to discuss his leadership:
Interview with KMEG: http://bit.ly/1z3cImr
Interview with KTIV: http://bit.ly/1PxXjyp
Interview with WHO 1040: http://bit.ly/1z3fKaw
The following day, Walker headed to Des Moines to speak at Iowa’s Faith & Freedom Summit. Before his speech, the governor did an interview with Fox & Friends about the need to put the American worker first. By evening, Walker was speaking to over 1,400 attendees on how his faithhas shaped him and his effort to bring the big, bold reforms he championed in Wisconsin to the national stage through Our American Revival. Walker received a large applause when he said the nation needs a president who will say that Israel is an ally and one who will also back away from a bad deal with Iran.
The energy in the crowd during Walker’s speech was clear to see when the crowd began “pounding their feet on metal bleachers” in support. You can watch Walker’s speech here. Walker will be back in Iowa in May and June to ride his Harley around the state with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst.
ICYMI, here is what was was said about Walker this past week:
“Scott Walker is right. These Washington bureaucrats have failed in their duty which is to secure our borders and now it’s resulting in a situation where it’s making it harder for our American citizens to find work. I care about people from other countries but I care about American citizens first. Get these Americans working first. Get the economy rolling again first.” – Sean Hannity in Breitbart
Walker is a solid conservative with a superb record in office, achieved against the most vicious opposition directed against any state-level figure in our lifetimes. He recounted, but did not dwell on, the many death threats and incidents of harassment that he and his family have suffered from Democrats. The audience gasped audibly when Walker quoted the Democrat who threatened to gut his wife like a deer. But Walker has not only survived the Democrats’ mean-spirited assaults, he has defeated them, over and over. PowerLine
“‘I like his approach,’ Gary Frederick of Marion said. ‘He wants to build people up rather than this trickle-up poverty’ of the Obama economy. … ‘He wants to give people help, but not as a lifestyle,’ he said.” The Gazette
“Walker sought to paint himself as a Republican coalition builder, saying he garnered support from a wide swath of Republicans in his state — from the Chamber of Commerce to the tea party and ‘everyone in between,’ he said. … As he typically has done when he’s visited Iowa, Walker talked about his roots in the state, dating back to when he lived in Plainfield as a kid in the 1970s. He referenced going to Happy Chef when he was younger, a breakfast chain that can be found throughout the Midwest. And he told a story about his grandparent’s tire coming off their car in Dubuque, located on the state’s eastern border.” CNN
“You can see a good leader,” Urbandale resident Leroy Nylen said ahead of the governor’s speech. “I was in the Navy in World War II. You could see who the leaders were right away. Enlisted men, officers, whoever they were — you could see who the leaders were.” After hearing Walker speak, Nylen said he thought he saw those qualities in Walker. “He emanates leadership,” he said. “He shows it, he talks it and he feels it.” Des Moines Register
“I really like him,” said Michele Peters, who works at the Machine Shed restaurant where Walker spoke with U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, before headlining the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition spring kickoff that evening. “He’s down to earth.” The Capital Times
Head, of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, called Walker “very credible, believable” for evangelical voters […] “you come away believing the words that he says, but also his character and his authenticity.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
But it is Mr. Walker’s biography that could make him especially attractive to Christian conservatives. A life story that began in the Baptist churches his father led in Colorado, Iowa and Wisconsin continues today at the nondenominational evangelical church he attends in his hometown, Wauwatosa, Wis. “My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life,” Mr. Walker said in an emailed statement. While that relationship does not direct his daily decisions, he said, “our walk of faith helps us prepare for those decisions and provides us comfort as we seek to do God’s will.” The New York Times