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Ben Wikler: “Mississippi expanded Medicaid. Wisconsin didn't like…”

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

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Ben Wikler Reflects on His Tenure as Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin on Hello Mergetag Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 40:34

Voss, like responded to that by like doubling down and like, you know, hyper gerrymandering the state again in 2022 and has just been just such a disaster for our state. Mississippi expanded Medicaid. Wisconsin didn't like. Wisconsin is to the right of so many states in our policies because of Voss fundamentally. And the state senate isn't even as extreme as him, even though some of its members are more extreme than is his caucus. (40:34–40:43)

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Asserts that Wisconsin did not expand Medicaid, unlike Mississippi, due to Robin Voss's influence.

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