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Ben Wikler: “They did turn out more people than any Supreme Court…”

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

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Ben Wikler Discusses Transition from Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair and Reflects on Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 03:18

And like, it could, you know, the Republican strategy was to try to get more votes than Janet Protosiewicz had gotten because she had set a new high watermark. And they did, They did turn out more people than any Supreme Court candidate in the history of Wisconsin had ever gotten. It's just that Crawford got so many more than that. So, first of all, Elon Musk, you know, chose the wrong state to mess with when he decided to make Wisconsin as kind of laboratory test case for the new American oligarchy. (03:18–03:23)

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