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Ben Wikler: “The right targeted our state Supreme Court elections, poured…”

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

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And that is the game that the right has been playing for years, including in Wisconsin. The right targeted our state Supreme Court elections, poured huge amounts of money and time, and took over the court. to the point where nobody even wanted to challenge the right wing justices. In 2017, because it was so clear the right had a hammerlock on the state Supreme Court. (11:02–11:07)

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Asserts that conservatives have heavily invested in state Supreme Court elections to gain control.

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