Republicans sued. They got the state Supreme Court to override the governors executive order. The US Supreme Court followed suit immediately and curtailed absentee ballots. Republicans had insisted on going forward with this election, even though most of the polling places in Milwaukee had closed by that point. And it seemed like they were essentially using Covid as a voter suppression tactic. And I thought we were going to lose because of that. (13:43–13:50)
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Asserts that Republicans pushed for elections to proceed despite polling place closures in Milwaukee.
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