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Ben Wikler: “It's in the state party's constitution that it is neutral in…”

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 15:45

Not only is the Democratic Party of Wisconsin not choosing the next candidate in Wisconsin's case, and I, and I say this for, for a reason that I'll get to. It's in the state party's constitution that it is neutral in primaries. Now, that's different state to state, but Wisconsin, my state, is both a place with a deep progressive tradition. It's also part of that tradition to have the public get to call the shots. (15:45–15:49)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's constitution mandates neutrality in primaries.

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