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Ben Wikler: “The governor vetoes dozens of election subversion and voter…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:13

We hold off the Republican supermajority in the state legislature by two votes. Total margin of 2,499 votes cast. So we have two assembly seats to hold off Republicans overriding the governor's veto. And The governor vetoes dozens of election subversion and voter suppression bills. And the legislature cannot override that veto. 2023, we finally win the majority on our state Supreme Court in another titanic battle. And then Republicans respond by trying to impeach our new Supreme Court justice. (17:13–17:18)

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Asserts that the Wisconsin governor vetoed numerous bills related to election subversion and voter suppression.

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