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It wasn’t the first time Mitchell made his staffers cringe. When EMILY’s List, the group that backs female Democrats who support abortion rights, canada goose uk shop endorsed a rival candidate in June,Mitchell responded canada goose with a groanworthy joke about a female supporter named Emily in Milwaukee. In July, he drew criticism for comparing himself to a movie character with a mental disability. He swears frequently.

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But before Mitchell can get to Walker, he needs to win the state’s Aug. 14 Democratic primary. And that might not be easy. While there will be 10 candidates on the ballot, most Democratic observers see three with a real chance to win: Mitchell, state Superintendent of Schools Tony Evers (the front runner) and Kelda Roys, a former state lawmaker who has the backing of EMILY’s List.

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« All the time, I have black people ask, ‘How do you play up north?’ They’re like, ‘Oh my god, you’re black, you’re going Canada Goose Outlet north of Highway 10, do you need an escort?’ » Mitchell joked at the brewery in Superior.

« And I say, ‘No. People here are kind, they’re gentle. They’re like people anywhere else in Wisconsin.’There are some people here who are racist, but that’s not just up north, that’s all over Wisconsin. And I don’t worry about those people. »

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Mitchell is the only Democratic primary candidate with a campaign office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city. His campaign admits it’s reliant on turning out the black vote for the primary.

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buy canada goose jacket « A fresh new leader for Wisconsin, » a female narrator declares at the start of Mitchell’s first television ad. Mitchell promises to « take on corporations to raise wages and return the money that Walker stole from our schools. » buy canada goose jacket

And at the end: « And I will fight against racism and division, because our kids’ future depends on it. »

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« This is the best stop, » he said earlier in the day, during his morning visit to the firehouse in Superior. « I feel at home here. » He later toured an oil refinery that was hit by a massive explosion in April and went in depth with his fellow firefighters on the techniques, equipment and chemicals they used to douse the blaze.

buy canada goose jacket cheap Mitchell first rose to political prominence in 2011, when Walker and Republicans in Wisconsin’s state legislature rammed through Act 10, a bill that stripped collective bargaining rights from the state’s public sector unions. The bill excluded firefighters and police. Republicans hoped the exemption would keep unions representing first responders out of the political battle. Instead, Mitchell dove head first into the fight. He was the Democrats’ nominee for lieutenant governor during the unsuccessful 2012 recall election. buy canada goose jacket cheap

« He could’ve very easily stayed on the sidelines, » Schaitberger said. « He was leading the marches.

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Canada Goose online His visit to Superior a six hour drive from Wisconsin’s population centers in Milwaukee and Madison was well received among the locals. »I feel canada goose store like everything north of Eau Claire is Minnesota, » one labor leader tells him during the roundtable. Canada Goose online

« There’s no doubt in my mind that the Democratic Party kind of writes off some parts of the state, just because they’re like, ‘They’re all Republicans up there,’ » Mitchell responds.

canada goose clearance sale « If I could snap my fingers, I would repeal Act 10, » Mitchell said in Superior. « [Walker] was trying to cripple the competition. » But he quickly adds, »If all we talk about is Cheap canada goose Act Canada Goose online 10, that plays right into Gov. Walker’s hands. » canada goose clearance sale.