GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — One of the candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Governor is going into further detail on his policy proposals.
Kevin Nicholson, a US Marine vet who ran for senate in 2018, says he wants to focus on education and crime. Nicholson appeared on WTAQ’s ‘The Morning News with Matt and Earl’, speaking against Critical Race Theory.
“Critical Race Theory is attempting Marxism through the lens of race,” said Nicholson. “It’s to pit people against each other and to assign guilt to people based on racial legacy over time. That’s craziness, and that is definitely ripping our nation apart.”
Nicholson says he supports posting school curriculum and teacher training materials online so that parents can know what their children are being taught.
If they don’t like what they see, Nicholson also wants to let them leave. He told hosts Matt Z and Earl Brooker that he supports expanded school choice in Wisconsin.
“It means that regardless of geography or income, parents can choose which school their child will attend, and what is the best fit for that family,” Nicholson said Tuesday. “The funding from the state would track with the student, so that when the student leaves, the funding goes with the student to the new school.”
Nicholson also focused on crime during his Tuesday interview.
“We need to re-establish law and order by establishing mandatory minimum sentencing for violent convictions, and mandatory minimum bail for violent charges,” Nicholson said. “Those simple actions would have stopped the Waukesha parade attack from occurring.”
Darrell E. Brooks, the man accused in that attack, which killed six, was released just two weeks prior to the attack on $1,000 bond after he was arrested for allegedly hitting a woman with his vehicle during an altercation.
Nicholson is painting himself as a political outsider, criticizing what he calls “The Republican Machine”. He’s running against former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch–who he has criticized as part of that “machine”–and businessman Johnathan Wichmann for the nomination. Whoever wins the August Primary will take on incumbent Democratic Governor Tony Evers.
