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Ben Wikler: “North Carolina is the cautionary tale. In North Carolina…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:56

… but also for kind of how the state legislature will comport itself depending on who sits in this seat. That's absolutely right. And I'll go a step further than that. North Carolina is the cautionary tale. In North Carolina, the far right took over the state supreme court. They re gerrymandered that state. They gave themselves super majorities in both chambers of the legislature and put in an abortion ban. Then they re gerrymandered the congressional districts. (06:56–07:02)

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