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Ben Wikler: “Brad Schimmel... refused to go after the opioid companies…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 03:20

You know, I think the question is, who's going to keep Wisconsin safe? And Brad Schimmel fails that test. And not only that, he fails the test as an attorney general, he Brad Schimmel... refused to go after the opioid companies who had donated millions of dollars to his campaign from big Pharma. He. Now, after she represented one of those. Opioid companies and made money off a company that sells opioids, she personally filed the briefs in that case. (03:20–06:48)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel did not pursue legal action against opioid companies that donated to his campaign.

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