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Ben Wikler: “If they [Republicans] had won that super majority, they…”

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

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 14:19

But his ability to win when Republicans had drawn hyper gerrymandered maps prevented Republicans from getting a super majority in the Wisconsin state legislature. If they [Republicans] had won that super majority, they could have destroyed the Wisconsin Elections Commission and guaranteed future victories for themselves. But he won in a district that went for Trump. And because of him and Lori Palmeri in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Governor Evers was able to veto the Republican attorney attack attack laws trying to threaten democracy. (14:19–51:53)

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Asserts that a Republican supermajority in Wisconsin could have dismantled the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

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