MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
In Republican politics, one of the biggest issues in the 2022 election is the 2020 election. Take Tuesday night's primary in Wisconsin.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Ladies and gentlemen, the next governor of Wisconsin, Tim Michels.
KELLY: Tim Michels won the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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TIM MICHELS: We did it. (Laughter) Yeah.
KELLY: He was endorsed by former President Trump. And like Trump, he styles himself as a political outsider who would turn the government upside down. Though he didn't go as far as Trump, he also campaigned on the disproven idea that the 2020 presidential election may not have been legitimate. Here's Michels talking to conservative radio host Joe Giganti on WTAQ AM back in May.
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JOE GIGANTI: Try to go through, like, a little bit of a lightning round here. Tim in Appleton wants to know, do you believe the 2020 election was stolen, yes or no?
MICHELS: I have a lot of questions about the 2020 election.
KELLY: Joe Biden won Wisconsin, by the way, a result that has been confirmed by a statewide canvass, a partial recount and in federal court.
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GIGANTI: So is that a yes? They wanted a yes or no with that.
MICHELS: Well, I...
GIGANTI: Maybe.
MICHELS: Maybe, right? There was certainly a lot of bad stuff that happened. There was certainly...
KELLY: Michels' top primary...
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