The Vicki McKenna Show

On today's show.... Empower Wisconsin's Matt Kittle is still in for Vicki - he talks with Joint Finance Committee co-chair Sen. Howard Marklein about re-writing Gov. Tony Evers’ bloated mess of a budget and the budget process in a time of massive federal funding to states. But Evers budget calls for property tax hikes. John Jacobson, Government Relations Director for the Wisconsin Property Taxpaye...

On today's show.... Vicki is out of the studio for the next couple of days, so her pal Matt Kittle, investigative journalist from Empower Wisconsin and Wisconsin Spotlight, once again steps in to cover for her. Toothache: Will there be real licensure reform this session in the area of dental therapists? State Sen. Mary Felzkowski has been the health care measure’s biggest champion. She joins to ta...

On today's show, Vicki and many of her guests pay tribute to the late Prof. John McAdams, poli-sci professor at Marquette University, how passed away at the age of 75. Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczky, editors at Wisconsin Right Now, discuss his legacy. They also talk about a recent investigative report published through Wisconsin Right Now, "Not Charged: Milwaukee County DA Refused to Charge C...

On today's show... Vicki opens the show with US Sen. Ron Johnson, talking all things going on in DC - open borders, no-bid contracts, dishonest press, infrastructure, and court packing. Rick Baas, Vice Chair of the Milwaukee County Republican Party, calls to finally answer the question of why the Republicans can't get on the same page and what they need to do to get there. Author Julie Kelly, seni...

On today's show.... What's the offense? Vicki is joined by Dr. Duke Pesta, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh and FreedomProject Academy, to discuss the resignation of 3 teachers in Sun Prairie over a test question. Marc Morano from ClimateDepot calls to talk about how the media is using climate to incite fear and provoke legislation, like they did with COVID-19. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (Dist. 7) cal...

On today's show... Vicki talks with Dr. Jay Richards from the Discovery Institute about the recent hold on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Horace Cooper of Project 21 calls to discuss the Biden Administration's infrastructure bill and the idea of paying reparations. CEO of RightForge Martin Avila joins the show to talk about RightForge and the market of free ideas. Columnist and author Amity Shlaes...

On today's show... Vicki is in Twitter jail, so she and her producer try to guess why before being joined by Sheriff David Clarke. Elections come down to turnout and the sheriff has more than a few words on Republican's notoriously low turnout. Nick Clark, President and Chairman of Wisconsin Carry, Inc., calls to talk gun control vs. expanded gun rights and Biden's gun control vs. states who are p...

On today's show... Wisconsin Right Now editors Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczyk join Vicki to talk about Milwaukee City Attorney Tearman Spencer - his reparation leanings, poor relationship with the Milwaukee Police Department, and a sexual harassment investigation against him. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson calls to discuss gun control, H.R.1, open borders...all the stuff the Biden Administration is up...

On today's show.... Ghost kids - Wisconsin DPI isn't tracking chronic absenteeism, Wisconsin State Sen. Dale Kooyenga (Dist. 5) calls the show to discuss what's going on. Vicki talks with Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt on Biden's new executive order on guns. U.S. Rep. Glen Grothman (Dist. 6) calls to talk about the situation on the U.S./Mexico border. Matt Kittle from E...

It's the day after Wisconsin's spring election.... After a disappointing turnout in the polls for Republicans, Vicki takes up the subject of what can be done to galvanize the right. Former Gov. Scott Walker joins the show to discuss how to educate people on what conservatives stand for. Sheriff David Clarke also discusses the disappointing turnout for Republicans at the polls and the lack of organ...

On today's show, it's election in Wisconsin.... Vicki talks with Wisconsin Right Now editors Jessica McBride and Piwowarczyk about a couple stories on their website: on about Black Panthers intimidating an Asian salon in Milwaukee and another about DA John T. Chisholm refusing to prosecute both misdemeanors and felonies. Executive Director of the Honest Election Project, Jason Snead joins by phone...

On today's show.... It's the day before Wisconsin's spring election and John Jagler, Wisconsin State Senate canid ate for district 13 joins Vicki by phone to discuss the importance of Republican turnout in these kind of elections. Bill Osmulski, Content Director for the MacIver Institute, calls in to give further updates on the Wisconsin Election Scandal. Author Jed Babbin calls in to talk about t...

On today's show....Vicki is out sick, so Empower Wisconsin's Matt Kittle takes the opportunity to seize the reins.... U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany joins to talk about Wisconsin’s Election Scandal, why the Senate should reject Andrea Palm’s nomination, and Biden’s $5 billion stimulus package for “non-white” farmers. An elementary school that bears President Ronald Reagan’s name is teaching 6th-graders how...

On today's show... Vicki talks with Wisconsin State Sen. Steve Nass (Dist. 11) on the Wisconsin Election Commission. Zack Smith, legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, joins the show to discuss election reform. Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, calls in to discuss the media and the lies it tells. Roger Klein, MD, JD, FCAP, joins Vicki to talk about COVID and va...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Evers statewide mask mandate. Vicki talks with Judge Shelly Grogan on the subject, then with Rick Esenberg, president and general council from Wisconsin Institute For Law and Liberty. Dr. Duke Pest, founder of FreedomProject Academy ad FreedomProject Media, appears on the show again to discuss the latest madness: Austin, TX students being assigned s...

On today's show... Vicki talks with Sheriff David Clarke on the who's who of upcoming school board elections and what you can do for your kids and your district. Marc Morano, author and founder of ClimateDepot.com, calls to talk about his new book, "Green Fraud" and an upcoming 'climate lockdown' - what it is, who is pushing it, and how they're likely to do it. Discovery Institute's Jay W. Richard...

On today's show: Investigative reporter Matt Kittle from Empower Wisconsin and Wisconsin Spotlight calls in to give the latest update from the election fraud story involving the Center for Tech and Civic Life. Nikki Goeser, Executive Director for Crime Prevention Research Center, joins Vicki to talk about the problems with gun control and share her own experience with its failures. Rachel Campos-D...

On today's show: Vicki talks with investigative journalist/show regular Matt Kittle about accusations against Dr. Jill Underly and when the Wisconsin Supreme Court will make a decision on the Fabick case. And U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson joins the show live from the U.S./Mexico border.

On today's show: Rep. Janel Brandtjen from the Wisconsin State Assembly (Dist. 22) once again joins Vicki to discuss further developments on the Green Bay election fraud story. Dr. Duke Pesta, founder of FreedomProject Media and FreedomProject Academy, calls to discuss how everything lately seems to be about white supremacy. Horace Cooper, Co-Chairman of the Project 21 National Advisory Board, con...

On the show with Vicki today: Wisconsin State Sen. Julian Bradley (Dist.28) joins to discuss the multiracial white supremacy accusations against him in the wake of introducing a bill with Rep. Sanfelippo that would give prisoners' $1400 stimulus checks to their victims. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson calls in to talk about the white supremacy accusations he's been facing, the summer 2020 riots with BLM and...

Vicki is joined by Brett Healy, president of The MacIver Institute to discuss DHS incorrectly reporting COVID data from nursing homes and the policies it led to. Sheriff David Clarke calls in to discuss multi-racial white supremacy, Julian Bradley's bill to send prisoners' stimulus checks to their victims, and the lack of Republican support for other Republicans. Christian Adams, best-selling auth...

Vicki talks with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (Dist. 8) on the crisis at the U.S./Mexico border, as well as the looming debt crisis. Mark Meckler, President of Citizens for Self-Governance, Skypes in talk about the movement by states to activate an Article 5 Convention of States. Professor Ryan Owens (UW-Madison), Director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center for Public Leadership, calls to discuss who sta...

U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil stops by and with a lot to talk about — Green Bay’s election scandal, the Democrats’ scandalous “For the People” election bill, and the Evers administration’s Cuomo-like scandal counting COVID deaths at assisted living facilities. So basically, all scandal all the time. Well, Well, Well: Teachers union backed DPI Superintendent candidate Jill Underly sent her kids to private...

Vicki opens the show talking about the recent shooting in Atlanta, then is joined by author Julie Kelly, political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness, to discuss her article on the Jan. 6th protests at the Capitol. Marc Morano, author and founder of ClimateDepot.com, calls to talk about The Green Deal and a "Climate Emergency." Bill Osmulski, Content Director at MacIver Insti...

Today, Vicki talks gun control, background checks, and The Second Amendment with Sheriff David Clarke. Lora Ries, Senior Research Fellow for Homeland Security at The Heritage Foundation makes her debut on the show to discuss migrants on the U.S./Mexico border, particularly those who are coming in, or came in, as minors. Bonner Cohen, Senior Fellow at The National Center for Public Policy Research...