WI governor candidate Tim Michels loves his AR-15 enough to lie about it. That goes for Right-to-Work, A Gas Tax, Supported Immigrantion...

Extreme Trumper and Governor candidate Tim Michels can't pretend he doesn't have an opinion on stricter gun laws targeting buyers under 21 and assault rifles like the AR-15. His first reaction? Blame BLM for the mass shootings based on "cultural change" and disrespecting law enforcement: 

Michels: "And a lot of it is a byproduct of the whole 'defund the police' movement, where cops became bad guys. I don't have that answer today."

No, that's his answer.

On WKOW's Capital City Sunday, host AJ Bayatpour tried like hell to get a simple answer to what should have been a softball question by now. Finding an opening, Michels slipped in and bragged about his military service, a point that has nothing to do with governing a civil society unless he wants to solve a few state problems with his assault rifle.

Here's the con; Michels said he entered the service in the early 80's when he was around 21, and "thoughtfully" pondered why we didn't have all the assault weapon mass shootings back then:

Michels: "We had AR's back then, why did we not have the problems back then we have today?"

Why? Remember we're talking about no AR-15 problems back in the mid 1980's? Tim is either not a smart guy at all and unqualified for the job as governor, or a bullshitter. I say both:

Bayatpour may not that bit of history but did press Michels to answer the question on background checks. We got the "no answer until he's governor" line.  Seriously, Michels is a Trump Republican, he'll do anything to please the base. That's what passes for "leadership." Here's his sleepy eyed, barely interested low-key interview:

So, all we have to do now is change the culture in the US, and gun massacres will end? How easy it that.

Michels Would Overturn Biden Election Win: Michels can't say yet. Right. AJ Bayatpour again doesn't let Michels off the hook when it comes to the 2020 election. Again, he has to become governor first, then see the actual proposal. Oh sure...

"He'd need to see more details when asked Tuesday if he'd sign a bill that sought to reclaim Wisconsin's 10 electoral votes."

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Then there's this...

"Misrepresenting our ratings or our position in any election contest does a disservice to you and all our members, as well as other gun owners to whom protection of their liberty and firearm freedoms is a factor in how they vote," the NRA wrote in a statement posted on their website.

Michels List of Clueless Issues he's Flip Flopped on: It'll be hard to pick from one governor candidate running on Twitter memes (Kleefisch), and the other (Michels) who has no idea what his own business and lobbying groups have supported:

1. Opposed Bill that prevented companies that employ "illegal aliens" from getting government contracts, tax exemptions and loans: Even though he was head of the group's board, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, Michels — who critics say was recruited to run by prominent Madison lobbyists — didn't know what its lobbyists were doing. He hadn't a clue. 

2. Supports Gas Tax: The two groups with which Michels has long ties, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association and the Transportation Development Association, have advocated for higher gas taxes. 

3. Opposed Right-to-Work: Michels has said he supports the state's right-to-work law, which places a ban on requiring non-unionized workers to pay dues to their workplace union. But the Michels Corp. was part of the Wisconsin Contractor Coalition that opposed the state's right-to-work law. The construction company's employees were also a part of protests against the proposed right-to-work law at the time.

In short, Michels is staking out a hardline conservative platform. As for what his company, his employees and even his trade groups have done in the past, he hasn't a clue.