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Ben Wikler: “[Nancy Pelosi] got that bill [Affordable Care Act] through…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:23

The gift not just to the tens of millions of people who have insurance at this moment, but to every American to know that they'll never be denied access to health insurance coverage because. Because first she [Nancy Pelosi] got that bill [Affordable Care Act] through, and then second, she fought so intensively, the repeal would not have died without her. Which takes me to my happiest memory. So I, at the time of the fight against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, I was leading MoveOn.org efforts to stop the repeal from going through. (04:23–04:29)

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Asserts that Nancy Pelosi was crucial in passing and protecting the Affordable Care Act.

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