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Ben Wikler: “The Scott Walker loophole, a Wisconsin law that allows the…”

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

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The Democratic Party Needs Change | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 43:49

And it's worth saying, and I speak frankly in the book, that part of how we've been able to be successful in Wisconsin at the Democratic Party is by raising a lot of money. In the book I talk about The Scott Walker loophole, a Wisconsin law that allows the state parties to fund state candidates to an unlimited degree. That was part of how Scott Walker won his re election. So the Democratic Party of Wisconsin can receive big donations and then make big donations to state candidates that … (43:49–43:57)

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Asserts the existence of a Wisconsin law allowing unlimited funding for state candidates by state parties.

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