Barnes added: "I do feel like emotionally, I take on probably a little bit more than other people in similar offices." After a few years serving in the Wisconsin assembly, he tried but failed to primary Lena Taylor, a Democratic state senator in 2016. Throughout that political rise, Barnes has been attacked in often charged racial terms, most notably in 2018 when then-Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barnes more clearly showed his emotion, and the lieutenant governor attempted to put what happened in Kenosha into the broader conversation on police brutality and systemic racism. And even though it sometimes puts increased scrutiny on Barnes, his directness is a trait that people close to the lieutenant governor admire.

Source: CNN September 01, 2020 11:03 UTC