Ed Schultz To Wisconsin Recall Supporters: Obama Thought ‘It Was Important For You To Do This On Your Own’
MSNBC host Ed Schultz covered the Wisconsin recall election in front of a live audience in the Badger State on Tuesday evening. In a segment with Kristen Crowell, executive director of We Are Wisconsin, Schultz asked what she thought of President Barack Obama not campaigning in the state. Before she could answer, Schultz said that he thought Obama was telling Wisconsinites that “I can’t lift all the time” and the President felt that “it was important for you to do this on your own as the state of Wisconsin.”
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“You know, I have heard conservative broadcasters in this state and Fox News trying to make the case that President Obama hasn’t shown up,” said Schultz. “Now, I have been in half a dozen cities over the weekend – I haven’t heard one person say President Obama’s name in connection to this vote.”
“Well, we’ve always known that this was about our people here in the state,” said Crowell. “We were very pleased the other night when President Obama sent out a tweet supporting our efforts…”
“Well, you know where the President is,” Schultz interrupted. “He’s kind of saying, this is your game, you’ve got to get it done. I can’t lift all the time.”
“He knows you’ve got the resources. He knows you’ve got the ground game,” said Schultz. “Maybe it was important for you to do this on your own as the state of Wisconsin.”
Schultz was among those calling for President Obama to show up and campaign on behalf of Milwaukee Mayor [Tom] Barrett as early as last Wednesday as Mediaite posted here:
“They’d love to see President Obama there,” said Schultz on his MSNBC program. “He goes to Newton, Iowa. He’s going to be in Minneapolis on Friday. His campaign office in Chicago. It’s all around, but it is in?”
Schultz continued to say that he knows Democratic committees and organizations have committed resources to the race, but he said the symbolic gesture of a high-level campaign stop is necessary at this point.
“The main man they want to see is President Obama. They want him on that line because he talked about being on that line with them back in 2007,” said Schultz. “Now it’s all on the line for people who had done it for him and delivered that state back when he needed it.”
Watch the segment below via MSNBC:
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