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Ben Wikler: “Last time when Trump was in power, they came for healthcare…”

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

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Wisconsin Democrat Ben Wikler announces he's entering race for next DNC leader

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

… personal lives and pursue political agendas and vendettas that have nothing to do with what voters actually want to see their elected leaders do. Now, we've seen this movie before. Last time when Trump was in power, they came for healthcare and they passed a multitrillion dollar tax cut for the ultra wealthy. that was hideously unpopular. And Democrats won the majority in 2018. If you go back to 2004, Republicans came in in 2004, tried to privatize Social Security and then fell down in a debacle of corruption the Democrats fought back against. (05:03–05:11)

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Asserts that during Trump's previous term, Republicans targeted healthcare and passed a tax cut for the ultra-wealthy.

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