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Ben Wikler: “Every single Republican voted against trying to expand…”

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

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Counter Points Speaks With Likely Next DNC Chair

Published | Video Starts at 13:49

And I think that the, you know, for Democrats, centering the fight of the moment on actually being on people's side, understanding their struggles and fighting to change it and explaining why it's so hard, why, why it's so expensive, the fact that Every single Republican voted against trying to expand, extend the child tax, the child tax credit, for example, and voted against support for childcare and against support for housing. all these things, every Republican voted against them and a couple of Democrats didn't, you know, weren't ready to go along. (13:49–14:00)

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Asserts that all Republicans voted against extending the child tax credit and support for childcare and housing.

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