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Ben Wikler: “Republican super PACs [were] funding avowed anti-Semites in…”

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

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 23:18

There it is possible to get so far beyond the pale that party members themselves will vote to do something. I've seen Republicans running as Democrats in order to become spoilers. We saw Republican super PACs [were] funding avowed anti-Semites in Texas. We saw these things happen. But there should be a big tent and there should be big contests of ideas, and there should be different candidates who represent very different things in different places. (23:18–23:25)

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Asserts that Republican super PACs financially supported anti-Semitic candidates in Texas.

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