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Ben Wikler: “Governor Walker, Scott Walker, signed this power grab lame…”

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

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CityCast Madison: Ben Wickler on Wisconsin Democratic Party's Future and Achievements

Published | Video Starts at 09:04

And Republicans had immediately executed a power grab for control of a lot of the powers that the governor and Attorney General had been elected to wield. So Governor Walker, Scott Walker, signed this power grab lame duck legislation which was then rubber stamped by the right wing majority on the state Supreme Court. And it felt and looked like Republicans just weren't willing to give up power even when Democrats won elections on top of that. We won a lot of presidential races, but they'd been incredibly close. (09:04–09:12)

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Asserts that Governor Scott Walker signed legislation that was approved by the state Supreme Court to limit powers of elected officials.

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