The Republican senator from Wisconsin practically lives on talk radio, with hundreds of appearances in 2022. It keeps him in tune with base voters, and is helping him in his vital Senate race.
Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance.
Senator Ron Johnson and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes both went on the attack in Milwaukee, but there didn’t appear to be much in the way of moments that would change voters’ minds.