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Ben Wikler: “If the Republicans shut down the government in order to cut…”

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

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Coffee with The Contrarians

Published | Video Starts at 04:42

That would be on our watch. So then they rehire them. This is a, this is a threat that they're using brinksmanship because they are freaked out that If the Republicans shut down the government in order to cut people's Healthcare, which is what Democrats are fighting back against. They will catch, rightly, all the blame for it. It will be disaster for them politically, and then they might actually have to do something good in order to get the government reopened. (04:42–04:48)

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Asserts that Republicans are threatening a government shutdown to cut healthcare, which Democrats oppose.

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