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Ben Wikler: “Elections are run not by the federal government, but by the…”

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

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Coffee with the contrarians with Norm and Ben Wikler

Published | Video Starts at 25:52

As I point out in the book, and as you and I talk about all the time, the most critical defense we have against the Trumpian dictatorship is, is that Elections are run not by the federal government, but by the states. And what that means is that if we win in the states that will determine the next presidential election this cycle. (25:52–25:56)

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Asserts that state governments, not the federal government, run elections.

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