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The Chuck ToddCast

Fmr. Gov. Scott Walker's advice to GOP presidential hopefuls

The Chuck ToddCast

iHeartPodcasts

Government, News

4.02.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

He's a former two-term Wisconsin governor, survived a recall effort, ran for president in 2016, and — in a new Wall Street Journal op-ed — is telling today's Republican primary candidates how to learn from his mistakes as they seek the presidency. Former Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) joins Chuck to detail the state of the race and deliver his read on the pulse of the GOP electorate.

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0:00.0

Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast so the race for the

0:08.8

Republican nomination continue to grow this week. We had former New Jersey

0:11.9

Governor Chris Christie kicking off his

0:13.2

campaign in New Hampshire Tuesday. Former Vice President Mike Pence

0:16.2

releases video the same day and then kicked off his campaign in Iowa the next day and

0:21.1

one more joined the race Wednesday Dakota Governor Doug Bergam making

0:25.2

his first case to voters in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal.

0:28.8

But the real question at hand is this, do any of them or anyone in this field thus far have a winning strategy to defeat

0:34.4

the current front runner former President Donald Trump. So today I'm joined by

0:37.4

former Wisconsin governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Scott

0:41.5

Walker. Governor Walker was, like Ron DeSantis,

0:44.0

considered the rising star of the GOP

0:45.8

when he launched his presidential bid in 2015.

0:48.1

He'd been elected and reelected and even survived a recall.

0:50.9

He won three times in four years, in a way that others had never done before.

0:56.1

He rose to national prominence taking on public sector unions in his home state.

0:59.9

But that recognition that catapulted him to his early front-runner status faded and he ended up

1:04.3

getting out of this race before the Iowa Caucasus. And in a new Wall Street General

1:08.6

O'Bette, Walker has some advice for Republican Hopefuls. They do well to remember the lessons I learned the hard way,

1:14.8

even though I had a record of bold action,

1:17.0

voters craved more.

1:18.8

My advice to the next GOP nominee, he continues,

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