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Ben Wikler: “Republicans in the legislature suddenly thought...the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 21:23

And at that point our state supreme court said hey governor legislators, if you guys can't agree on maps, we'll choose them. And the Republicans in the legislature suddenly thought...the Democratic endorsed Supreme Court candidates will gerrymander the state for the left. So we're just going to pass Governor Evers maps. It was like I have a quote from the, from a Republican legislator at the time who said we had a choice between being stabbed, shot or guillotined. (21:23–21:33)

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Asserts that Republicans feared Democratic Supreme Court candidates would gerrymander the state.

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