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Ben Wikler: “[Nancy Pelosi] kept every single Democrat aligned and…”

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

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Coffee with The Contrarians

Published | Video Starts at 05:11

I was leading a protest outside the Capitol to try to, you know, call shame, shame, shame against the Republicans who did it. And then it became clear that because Pelosi had [Nancy Pelosi] kept every single Democrat aligned and brought such fury and public pressure alongside this giant grassroots movement against the Republicans, they didn't have the votes and they pulled it. Now, Nancy Pelosi, she didn't lose votes in Congress. She knew exactly where her members stood. But the Republicans fell apart. (05:11–05:23)

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Asserts that Nancy Pelosi's leadership and public pressure prevented Republicans from having enough votes to repeal the ACA.

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