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Ben Wikler: “They gerrymandered the living daylights out of the state as…”

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

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Then the private sector unions. They passed what one judge called the most restrictive voting law in the country. It was the SAVE act, state level edition. They gerrymandered the living daylights out of the state as part of a national plan called Red Map. And the idea was to rig the maps so that even if the public didn't like what they were doing and the public didn't like what they were doing, that they would never lose power. (08:55–09:01)

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Asserts that Wisconsin was heavily gerrymandered as part of the Red Map initiative.

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