Tim Michels, tus neeg sib tw Republican rau tus tswv xeev, tau pom ntawm kev sib tw ntawm Bristled Boar Saloon & Grill hauv Middleton, Wis., thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 3, 2022. (Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch)
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Poob Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial tus neeg sib tw Tim Michels tau hais rau hnub Tuesday tias yav dhau los Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump tau hais rau nws tsib hnub ua ntej kev xaiv tsa tias nws tsis tas yuav mus xyuas lub xeev vim tias Michels yuav yeej.

trump tau tuav lub rooj sib tham rau Michels lub lis piam ua ntej thawj zaug, tab sis tsis rov qab los. Michels tau hais tias nws "txhais tau tias" nws yuav yeej, tab sis poob rau Democratic Gov. Tony Evers ua 3 pkt. Cov kev xaiv tsa tau pom tias kev sib tw yuav yog nyob rau lub lis piam ua ntej mus rau kev xaiv tsa.

Michels tau hais rau hnub Tuesday ntawm Jay Weber Show ntawm WISN-AM tias nws tau tham nrog Trump txog ib lub lis piam ua ntej kev xaiv tsa lub Kaum Ib Hlis.

"Nws hais tias, 'Kuv yuav tsis tuaj, koj tau txais cov khoom no. Kuv twb pom txhua tus lej. Nws zoo nkaus li muaj zog heev, ua kev zoo siab,' "Michels hais txog nws qhov kev sib tham nrog Trump.

Michels, hauv nws thawj cov lus tshaj tawm rau pej xeem txij li nws swb, ntxiv tias: "Peb tau ntseeg tias peb muaj qhov no."

Suav tau tshaj tawm Trump kev pom zoo nyob rau hauv thawj, pab txhawb nws yeej dhau Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.

Michels tsis tshua muaj kev pom zoo rau Trump thaum nws sim ua kom yeej ntau dua cov neeg pov npav ywj pheej hauv kev xaiv tsa. Trump yeej Wisconsin xyoo 2016 tab sis poob nws hauv 2020, thiab kev xaiv tsa tau pom tias nws tsis nyiam cov neeg xaiv tsa, ua rau ntau tus Republicans nyob deb ntawm nws nyob rau nruab nrab lub sijhawm.

Michels tau hais ntxiv rau Trump, lwm tus neeg tseem ceeb ntawm Republican uas tau hais rau nws tias lawv ntseeg tias nws yuav yeej suav nrog tus thawj coj hauv Tsev Paul Ryan, yav dhau los Trump White House Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Haujlwm Reince Priebus thiab yav dhau los Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson. Priebus, uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm hauv Wisconsin lub xeev Republican Party tus thawj coj ua ntej tawm mus ua tus thawj coj Republican National Committee hauv 2011, tau ua kev sib tw nrog Michels nyob rau hnub kaw ntawm kev sib tw. Thompson txiav ib qho kev tshaj tawm rau Michels.

Ryan, uas tau tawm tsam nrog Trump thaum thawj ob xyoos ntawm nws lub sijhawm, hu ua Trump "ib tug luag ntawm daim pib" tom qab lub midterm kev xaiv tsa qhov twg Democrats ua tau zoo dua ntau tshaj qhov xav tau.

Michels tau hais tias yuav tsum muaj "kev kho kom tiav" ntawm Wisconsin Republican Party ua haujlwm li cas, hais tias qee qhov GOP yog xyoo lossis ntau xyoo tom qab Democrats. Nws tshwj xeeb hais txog Democrats lub peev xwm los tsom thiab tawm tsam cov neeg xaiv tsa, hais tias 90% cov neeg tawm suab hauv lub nroog Dane yog qhov "kev nyuaj siab loj" rau Republicans kom kov yeej.

Nws kuj tau hu rau Republicans kom "tso tseg cov pab pawg no hauv kev sib ntaus" thiab sib sau ua ke nws ntau pawg, suav nrog qhov nws hu ua "patriot pawg," cov thawj coj hauv nroog, cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm Thompson thiab cov neeg ncaj ncees rau yav dhau los Gov. Scott Walker.

Michels tau hais tias nws tsis tau sim liam rau leej twg rau nws qhov swb, hais tias "Kuv muaj lub luag haujlwm tag nrho rau qhov poob."

Michels, nrog rau nws cov kwv tij, khiav Michels Corp., lub xeev cov tuam txhab tsim kho loj tshaj plaws. Nws tau hais tias nws tau tsom mus rau kev nrhiav nyiaj kom rov qab tau ntau dua $ 15 lab nws siv rau kev sib tw, tab sis yuav tseem koom nrog kev nom kev tswv. Nws tsis tau hais tias nws puas yuav rov ua haujlwm dua.

Michels poob lub Republican thawj zaug rau lub xeev Senate hauv 1998 thiab US Senate haiv neeg hauv 2004 rau Democrat Russ Feingold. Tus tswv xeev txoj kev sib tw xyoo no yog nws qhov kev sib tw thawj zaug hauv 18 xyoo.

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