Dan Knodl on the Wisconsin Senate 8th and impeachment PBS video link here.

https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/dan-knodl-on-the-wisconsin-senate-and-impeachment/


Zac Schultz:
If you win, then you will be the 22nd vote in the state Senate given the two-thirds majority. That carries some significance when it comes to the abilities of the Senate to carry out some things. Should voters have that in their minds or what are your intentions, I guess, because you would be that vote that would carry that power.

Dan Knodl:
Yeah, I would hope voters to have that in their mind. I will put it in their mind because it is important and if we can talk about it, let's call it the impeachment powers that the Senate would have, which certainly would be tested and see what they are, how significant they are, but I would look to exercise that authority particularly in the judicial system where I think some public officials just are not doing their job. They're not following the law, they're not prosecuting. So I'd go specifically to DAs and judges and this would go to Milwaukee County, specifically, that perhaps should be removed and if the Senate has that authority and the power, I would act upon it. And I think that leads to, again, going back to we need the right people in the prosecutor's office and we should send them more funding and the judicial system, which will send more funding and the correction system, which should get more funding, I'll take that vote in a heartbeat, that we can take that bad element out of the neighborhood and so those neighborhoods can heal and be good, safe communities again, that's really my ultimate goal there and that might be a lever to use to address that.