Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told WTMJ radio host Charlie Sykes Wednesday at Insight 2015 that he is looking forward to a potential debate with Hillary Clinton over her tenure as Secretary of State.
“Bring it on,” said Walker. “There is no place in the world where she hasn’t played a prominent role where it is not screwed up right now.”
Walker took the opportunity to hit Clinton for giving Russia a reset button which has apparently only reset the Cold War.
“Look at the mess we have because of the lack of American leadership. Putin is no dummy. He thinks like Lenin. Lenin said you probe with bayonets. If you find steel, you pull back. If you find mush, you push. And that’s exactly what Putin’s doing because of our failure to lead and Hillary Clinton was right at the forefront of that.”
On the topic of religious liberty, Walker was asked if he would sign a law like the one that has garnered controversy in Indiana.
“We don’t need to. In Wisconsin we have it in our constitution. That’s the remarkable thing, for all the hype, particularly in the media, here in Wisconsin we have it in the constitution. It’s even more entrenched than anything that could be in the state statutes.”
Walker also underscored his commitment to resist the creation of a state healthcare exchange, even if the United State Supreme Court strikes down federal obamacare subsidies.
“This is a problem created by this president and the Congress that was in the majority at that time,” said Walker. “This is not a problem the state created. This is something the federal government, this president and the congress, created; they’ve got to come up with a solution.”
Walker emphasized that Wisconsin’s decision to forgo the Medicaid expansion and put in place new reforms is still the right path, pointing to the disaster of the state exchange in Maryland that ushered in a Republican governor.
Walker also pushed back hard on a recent Wall Street Journal report that said he supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants inside the United States.
“You’ve got to secure the border before you do anything; for safety, for security, and for the sovereignty of this nation,” said Walker. “Once you do that, I believe you enforce the laws of this country by using E-Verify.”
Walker emphasized that if anyone wants to become a citizen of the United States they must go back to their country of origin and enter through the legal process in place.
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