Incumbent Josh Kaul described the two candidates in the Republican primary for Attorney General as extremists during a WisPolitics.com event on Wednesday.

Two candidates are currently running for the Republican nomination to take on Kaul in November. Adam Jarchow is a former Representative in the State Assembly who currently works as a private attorney after unsuccessfully running for the State Senate in 2018. Eric Toney is the current District Attorney for Fond du Lac County.

During the event, Kaul said that Jarchow and Toney are competing to be the candidate who is farthest to the right. Kaul argued that both saw the Attorney General’s office in political terms while he claimed that the position is about protecting public safety.

“We shouldn’t be diverting resources from drug traffickers and murderers and violent crimes to serve a political agenda like the Gableman investigation,” Kaul said.

In response, Jarchow said that the state’s police need a stronger ally in the Attorney General’s office. Toney pointed to his record on crime as District Attorney and accused Kaul of ignoring right-wing claims of election fraud.

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