Scott Walker: As President I’ll ‘Get Things Done No Matter Who Stands in the Way’
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, right? How, how does that square with what you're saying about taking on special interests, or do you think only liberal special interests are the ones worth taking on?”
WALKER: “I'm taking on the ones in Washington. In my state I didn't just take on the unions and 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'd been in the leadership, who didn't want to do the kind of reforms. So I'm willing to take on anyone. I stood up to a hundred thousand protestors. I took on the death threats. I took on threats from my family. We pushed back when they took us to federal and state courts. 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.”
TAPPER: “But aren't the Koch Brothers special interests too? Can you give me an example of one time that you took on a conservative special interest?”
WALKER: “I tell you flat out when I took on the hundred million dollars or so I raised $80 million in three elections in four and a half years, and 70 percent of it came from people that gave me $75 or less. We raised it in -- from more than 300,000 donors in all 50 states. That's grass roots, that's not allegiance to one group or another. That's actually listening to the people, the hardworking people all across this country who said they want a leader who's going to stand up and take on the special interests, the folks in Washington, including folks in my own party. I've spoken out about my frustration about ObamaCare. I've spoken out about the fact on things like Planned Parenthood, which I defunded more than four years ago in a blue state, long before these videotapes. We did it in a blue state. There's no reason why it can't be done in Washington, and I lay some of that blame on the leadership in the Congress. As President, I'm going to step up and lead for all of America, and we're going to get things done no matter who stands in the way.”
