Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ran into union protestors while speaking at the Iowa State Fair on Monday, who booed him as he promised to fight Washington politics.
“I will not be intimidated, and I am not intimidated by you, sir,” Walker told one of the angry protestors, some of whom were wearing cheeseheads. At another, he shouted, “You want someone who is tested? I’m right here!”
“This is what happened in Wisconsin, and we will not back down,” he said.
LOTS of Union and Wisconsin protesters here booing Walker pic.twitter.com/EPV0rdtLvQ
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) August 17, 2015
.@ScottWalker getting loud cheers, scattered boos, here for his promise to take on liberal policies in DC as he did in WI.
— Jason Stein (@jasonmdstein) August 17, 2015
GOP congressional leaders are becoming popular targets on the GOP presidential campaign trail. Scott Walker just now: pic.twitter.com/dRGUU5pB1L
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
A rowdy crowd this morning for Scott Walker at the soapbox. Loud protestors, and supporters trying to out-yell them.
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
Scott Walker works protestor into stump: "I will not be intimidated, and I am not intimidated by you, sir."
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
As Walker takes questions, protestors yelling: "You failed your state!"
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
A woman in the crowd just asked Walker whether he agrees with Trump that undocumented immigrants in the U.S. "need to go"
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
But Walker just launched into his standard immigration talking points (border security, wall). "I don't believe in amnesty."
— Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) August 17, 2015
Scott Walker yells back at Iowa State Fair protesters: "You want someone who is tested? I'm right here!"
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) August 17, 2015
Scott Walker confronts protestor in front row at Soapbox pic.twitter.com/tgSMg1PeYN
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) August 17, 2015
Walker faced down the Left when he fought to restrict the ability of taxpayer-funded public unions to collectively bargain, among other measures to reduce their power. Despite a top-down effort from the White House to stop him and the leftist mob’s descent upon the state’s capitol building, Walker succeeded, going on to win a tough recall election. But his support in Iowa dropped from 18 percent to 11 after the first GOP primary debate took place.
Walker has used his victory to tout his foreign policy credentials as well.
“For years I’ve been concerned about that threat, not just abroad but here on American soil,” he said at CPAC in response to a question about the terrorist organization, ISIS. “If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.”
Email Katie at kmchugh@breitbart.com. Follow her on Twitter: @k_mcq.
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