Brad Schimel: “It's kind of fraudulent to suggest that just because I…”

“It doesn't get any more partisan than being in that role. Short of being the governor, you're the next most partisan person in that office. Both of us have partisan histories. And it's. It's kind of fraudulent to suggest that just because I officially ran as a Republican, I'm the only one with that kind of a history. So there is a history of former partisan officeholders being on the Supreme Court. Justice Prosser was there. He explained to me the difference between being a judicial conservative and a political conservative.” (07:11–07:18)

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