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Ben Wikler: “Republicans are planning to make a multi trillion dollar…”

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

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CityCast Madison: Ben Wickler on Wisconsin Democratic Party's Future and Achievements

Published | Video Starts at 25:09

… which you're fighting and you want to make the center of the political battle the issues that build a big winning coalition and divide the opposition. And so right now Republicans are planning to make a multi trillion dollar attack cut, massive slashing cut on health care in order to fund tax cuts for the ultra wealthy. That is something that Republicans are determined to do. It is like their core, their party's most enduring core belief is that the richest people should get a gigantic pot of money and that poor people should pay for it and the middle class. (25:09–25:18)

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Asserts that Republicans plan to cut healthcare funding to finance tax cuts for the wealthy.

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