I remember being at the governor's victory party and we thought we were losing until the middle of the night when they finally counted the absentee ballots, which became a familiar refrain in elections after that, had no trump to declare victory beforehand. Then The legislature came in and convened a special session and ripped powers away from the governor and from the Attorney general. And then the right wing Supreme Court rubber stamped it. It was like we were holding onto the cliff face and they were stomping on our fingernails. (18:23–18:30)
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Asserts that the Wisconsin legislature convened a special session to remove powers from the governor and Attorney General.
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