Biden plans on winning Wisconsin

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says Wisconsin is important to his campaign.

ADRIENNE: WELCOME BACK TO"“UPFRONT.”FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDENHELD A VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN EVENTWITH WISCONSIN VOTERS THIS PASTWEEK.AND HE TALKED WITH OUR MATTSMITH ABOUT THE PATH TO VICTORYIN WISCONSIN HE ALSO HAD SOME-- IN WISCONSIN.HE ALSO HAD SOME SHARP CRITICISMFOR HOW MILWAUKEE HANDLED THEAPRIL ELECTION.MATT: DO YOU NEED TO WINWISCONSIN TO GET TO THE WHITEHOUSE?FMR. VICE PRES.

BIDEN: I PLAN ONWINNING WISCONSIN.I THINK I CAN WIN WISCONSIN.I AM CONFIDENT I WILL WINCOUNSELING YOU AND MICHIGAN.WE ARE WAY AHEAD IN FLORIDA NOW.IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEN ITIS ALL OVER, BUT I’M GOING TOCAMPAIGN VERY HARD TO WINWISCONSIN.MATT: A RECENT POLL HERE HAD YOUUP BY THREE POINTS WITHIN THEMARGIN OF ERROR, SO HOW DO YOUWIN WISCONSIN?IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE.FMR. VICE PRES.

BIDEN: WELL, IDO THINK IT WILL BE CLOSE.I THINK I WIN WISCONSIN BY JUSTLETTING THE PEOPLE OF WISCONSINKNOW WHAT THE TRUMP ECONOMY HASDONE TO THEM EVEN TO THEM BEFORECOVID.MATT: PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETEDTODAY.HE WENT AFTER A NUMBER OF STATESTHAT ARE BEGINNING TO SEND OUTABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS.WISCONSIN IS CONSIDERING DOINGTHE SAME AHEAD OF NOVEMBER.IS THERE CONCERN THIS COULD LEADTO MORE FRAUD?THIS PUSH TO VOTE EARLY?FMR. VICE PRES.

BIDEN: I WILLTELL YOU WHAT, YOU MEAN TRUMPFRAUD?HE’S SITTING IN THE WHITE HOUSE, FEELING OUT ABSENTEE BALLOTSTO VOTE IN A PRIMARY IN FLORIDA.NOW, WHY IS IT NOT FRAUD WHEN HEDOES IT AND ANYONE ELSE WOULD DOIT?THERE’S NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER.MATT: HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS PUSHTO VOTE EARLY AHEAD OF NOVEMBER?FMR. VICE PRES.

BIDEN: WE OUGHTTO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WEHAVE BALLOT BY MAIL, EARLYVOTING AND IN-PERSON VOTING ANDYOU’RE ABLE TO DO THAT IF INFACT YOU HAVE ENOUGH POLLWORKERS AHEAD OF TIME, THEY’RETRAINED, AND SCIENTISTS COME INAND TELL YOU HOW YOU SANITIZE APOLLING PLACE SO PEOPLE CANSTILL VOTE.THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT, BUTDON’T DO WHAT YOU DID LAST TIMEIN MILWAUKEE.DO NOT SHUT DOWN I DO NOT KNOWHOW MANY SCORES OF POLLINGPLACES IN MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODSAND THEY ONLY HAVE 5 PLACES OPEN, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO LINE UPCLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER FOR A LONGTIME.ADRIENNE: MATT NOW JOINS US INMILWAUKEE.THERE’S ALSO BEEN A LOT OFSPECULATION ON WHO BIDEN WILLPICK AS HIS RUNNING-MATE.DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TAMMYBALDWIN’S NAME HAS APPEARED ONSOME LISTS.MATT: IT HAS.SHE EVEN TOLD YOU A COUPLE WEEKSAGO SHE WOULD NOT SAY NO, BUTHERE IS WHERE WE SIT, THE BIDENCAMPAIGN TRYING TO STAYTIGHTLIPPED.WE ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS AND HEWOULD NOT GO THERE IN TERMS OFNAMES OR WHO IS BEING VETTED.WE DO KNOW THE VETTING PROCESSFOR SOME CANDIDATES IS UNDERWAY,AND BIDEN HAS SAID HE WOULD PICKA WOMAN.ADRIENNE: WE WILL BE WATCHING.THANK YOU.WISCONSIN’S REPUBLICAN PARTY HADA RESPONSE TO BIDEN’S VIRTUALEVENT.CHAIRMAN ANDREW HITT SAID BIDENIS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE NEEDSOF WISCONSIN FAMILIES, AND THATTHE STATE NEEDS PRESIDENTTRUMP’S LEDERSHIP IN THE WHITEHOUSE TO GET THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.OUR EDITORIAL PARTNER,WISPOLITICS.COM WRITES ANEWSLETTER TO KEEP YOU UP TODATE ON ELECTION IN WISCONSIN.YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TOBATTLEGROUND WISCONSIN 2020 ATWISPOLITICS.COM.COMING UP, GETTING READY TORE-OPEN.RACINE MAYOR CORY MASON ON THECHALLENGE OF RE-OPENING A CITY,SAFELY