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Ben Wikler: “Republicans spent, I don't know what the total number will…”

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

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We're going to, we're going to make sure we get a health center in this rural community. So then why, why did voters assume that they were obsessed with trends issues? Because Republicans spent, I don't know what the total number will be, let's call it a billion dollars to run ads saying Kamala Harris cares about they them, not about you. Their whole message is this is Democrats priorities, not you. It's whatever disfavored outgroup they're deciding to attack. And sure, but Harris's campaign did not respond to that for a reason. (15:30–15:39)

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Asserts that Republicans spent approximately a billion dollars on ads targeting Kamala Harris's priorities.

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