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Ben Wikler: “There have been 131 cases where the Trump administration's…”

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

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Ben Wikler Discusses Democratic Strategies and Challenges on 'Black Like Me' Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 35:58

But if you drill into the numbers, more people have protested this Trump presidency by this time, just, you know, 100 something days into the administration than had protested Trump in 2017, the first time he was elected. There's actually more public pushback. There have been 131 cases where the Trump administration's lost in court. There've been thousands and thousands of protests all over the nation. There's been every election that's happened, special local, special elections for state legislature mayors, the Wisconsin Supreme Court that, you know, Democrats and pro democracy people have won by dramatically more. (35:58–36:02)

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