Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker just got what may be the biggest political boost of his career, and it couldn't have come at a much better time.
President Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday that Wisconsin had won the high-stakes fight to be home to Foxconn's first U.S. manufacturing plant comes as Walker is preparing to run for a third term.
The plant could be a $10 billion investment that could mean 3,000 jobs or more for the state.
Longtime Republican operative Brandon Scholz calls it a "walk-off grand slam home run." He calls the Foxconn news the pinnacle of Walker's time as governor and a fulfillment of what he's been promising to do.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore says she rejected an invitation from President Donald Trump to participate in a news conference announcing that electronics manufacturer planned to locate in Wisconsin.
Moore said in a statement Wednesday that she “respectfully declined'' the invitation. Moore says “my constituents have no interest in me entertaining the president's desire to be used as a backdrop in his photo op.''
Moore says instead she is participating in a Congressional Black Caucus town hall over Twitter about health care.
Moore says that she is “relieved'' that Wisconsin may see an influx of jobs from the Foxconn project that would likely be located near her Milwaukee congressional district.