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Ben Wikler: “Republicans held a lame duck special session to execute a…”

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

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60: Building a Unified Operation for Success with Ben Wikler | Jen Rubin's Green Room

Published | Video Starts at 20:49

So 2018, we won those statewide elections, but Republicans still, even though Democrats won a majority of votes for state legislature, Republicans still had overwhelming control and they still had the state Supreme Court. So immediately, Republicans held a lame duck special session to execute a power grab where Scott Walker signed legislation to move powers away from the Attorney General and the governor and hand them to the gop. which then was rubber stamped by the State Supreme Court. 2020, we won another Supreme Court race. That was my first race as chair. (20:49–21:01)

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Asserts Republican legislative actions to shift powers in Wisconsin during a lame duck session.

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