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Eric Toney: “Josh Call was missing in action in the wake of the Jacob…”

Featuring: Eric Toney, Republican | Candidate for Attorney General of Wisconsin

Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney

Published August 18, 2022 | Video Starts at 23:07

You could see it with Marcy's Law, where crime victim rights was expanded, and he was missing in action on that. You could see how he was missing in action during COVID You could see how he Josh Call was missing in action in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting. And that was what put me over the edge, because we saw Tony Evers condemn, convict a police officer with no facts and Then we saw our attorney general stay silent. (23:07–23:10)

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Asserts that Josh Call did not respond appropriately after the Jacob Blake shooting.

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Eric Toney

“They gave out about 45 ish of these [ARPA] positions across Wisconsin. And as of a couple of weeks ago, only about a third of them have been…”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 18:13-18:21
“I'm prosecuting more election fraud than anyone else in Wisconsin.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 29:49-29:58
“88 out of, I think 123 DCI positions, only 88 of them are filled.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 41:55-42:02
“Josh Call...put this big proposal out last year...included red flag laws.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 01:45-43:47
“I was born and raised in Fond du Lac and I've lived basically my entire life until going to College at St. Norbert.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 02:05-02:14
“My dad had an over 30 year career in law enforcement, retired with our sheriff's office.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 02:56-03:02
“I did juvenile law, mental health, little bit of bankruptcy practice, and as my dad was not probably too thrilled, mostly criminal defense…”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 04:04-04:14
“I wanted to get in with the FBI. That was my ultimate career goal.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 06:04-06:08
“Federal law enforcement really wasn't hiring at the time.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 06:10-06:14
“I was going through the interview process to be a criminal investigator with [the IRS].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 06:22-06:26
“Milwaukee police need more cops on the streets.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 08:02-08:06
“People are literally getting away with murders, shootings, violent crime, vehicle thefts, the reckless driving [in Milwaukee].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 08:10-08:25
“Milwaukee crime and drug epidemic [is] literally bleeding across our state right now.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 08:28-08:33
“When I got elected, I think we had over 20 new district attorneys that were elected.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 13:34-13:40
“I think it was under 10 in the last election [for new district attorneys].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 13:42-13:45
“I'm in my 10th year as the district attorney of Fond du Lac County.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 15:06-15:11
“I also serve as the president of our Wisconsin District Attorneys association and have been on our board for about six years now, I think.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 15:10-15:18
“We work with our legislature. If they have different bills that they're looking at that could affect private prosecutors, law enforcement…”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 15:21-15:33
“We also work with our budget, with the state prosecutor's office, and then we have a... criminal justice coalition.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 15:36-15:44
“So we had, I think it was about eight [ADAs] when I started, and now we're supposed to have 11. Technically 12 and a half if you include the…”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 17:59-18:10
“The starting salary for an ADA right now is about $54,000.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 18:57-19:02
“Josh Call was missing in action on Marcy's Law, where crime victim rights was expanded.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 21:52-21:59
“Tony Evers condemned, convict[ed] a police officer with no facts.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 22:08-22:21
“Josh Call had more facts than the governor and the public [about the Jacob Blake case].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 22:43-22:46
“Josh Call should have forcefully pushed back and said, what the governor just told you is not true.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 22:48-22:56
“Josh Call was missing in action during COVID.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 23:07-23:10
“Josh Call effectively turned his back on our cops.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 23:10-23:13
“That's had a devastating impact on Wisconsinites, especially in southeast Wisconsin.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 26:48-26:53
“I fought to remove those WEC board members that broke our election laws in 2020.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 30:49-30:54
“I even filed a complaint with the governor's office demanding that he removed some of them from office for breaking the law.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 30:54-31:00
“I've probably been the most vocal Republican statewide candidate explaining why the law doesn't allow for [decertifying the election].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 31:14-31:21
“Tony Evers and Josh Call play politics with public safety.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 35:16-35:24
“He's mismanaged our crime labs during a period of historic violence and drug epidemic.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 36:58-37:05
“He's taking in less items, he's testing thousands of less items and taking longer to do it in most categories.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 37:04-37:11
“Six to nine months is spot on for what we're seeing [in delays at the hygiene lab].”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 39:09-39:12
“They had more time to do testing because courts were effectively shut down in many parts of Wisconsin.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 40:33-40:40
“I support constitutional carry.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 43:34-43:37
“We have a law on the books right now, chapter 51, mental health community.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 43:53-43:58
“You get in front of a court, commissioner or judge within 72 hours, you can have a jury trial within 14 days.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 44:05-44:12
“We saw a historic turnout, a 40 year turnout in this Republican primary.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 46:23-46:28
“I've hit 61 counties as I've traveled Wisconsin.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 46:30-46:33
“We need an attorney general that's going to hold the Biden administration accountable for not enforcing our immigration laws.”
Guest: Candidate for Wisconsin AG Eric Toney | Uploaded August 18, 2022 | 48:28-48:35