Walker predicts that his accomplishments will trump the attacks made against him. Walker: I welcome recall election

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is facing a possible recall in his state, showed no signs Wednesday that he was fazed by voters who want him ousted.

Touting the economic growth and lower taxes that the Badger State has seen under his leadership, Walker said in an interview with CNBC that he would “look forward” to the chance to campaign on the reforms he has put in place.


“If come next May or maybe early June, if they actually have the signatures and it forces a new election, all of those issues will be up on the ballot. But I look forward to that,” he said. “I’d love to have the chance to talk to the voters of Wisconsin again to tell that story.”

Asked whether he believes he will win reelection, the governor predicted that his accomplishments will trump the attacks made against him.

“I think if voters hear the facts, every week, every day, every week, every month that goes by, our numbers get better because our story gets out and people see the positive impact of the results,” Walker said.

He added, “The facts, I think, ultimately trump all the attacks. If you see that the schools are the same or better and that our governments are doing well and in the end our taxes are going down, people want to hear that, and I think the results will trump everything else.”

Earlier in the interview, Walker said his opponents “probably” will be successful in collecting the thousands of signatures needed to put his name on the ballot, but complained that a small fraction of the state’s population was forcing an election and wasting taxpayers’ dollars.

“A minority of voters will get to force a new election in Wisconsin … costing millions of dollars to the taxpayers this spring,” he said.

United Wisconsin, the group spearheading the effort to collect signatures for a recall election, said earlier this week that it had collected 300,000 names in 12 days.