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Ben Wikler: “Republicans rigged [North Carolina] and took away three…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 13:27

So, like, right now, if Republicans hadn't been able to grab the majority on North Carolina State Supreme Court in 2022, Democrats would have a U.S. house. Major Republicans rigged [North Carolina] and took away three congressional seats that were voters had chosen Democrats. So they chopped them up so that voters wouldn't have that choice. And in Wisconsin, we work in our state Supreme Court races. (13:27–13:35)

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Asserts that Republicans manipulated districting in North Carolina to remove Democratic congressional seats.

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