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Ben Wikler: “They had suppressed the vote. They had gerrymandered a…”

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

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CityCast Madison: Ben Wickler on Wisconsin Democratic Party's Future and Achievements

Published | Video Starts at 09:58

Then Democrats won the presidential election that year in the Senate race that year. But then 2014, Walker won for a third time and Republicans by That time had really rigged the state. They had suppressed the vote. They had gerrymandered a legislative district. They'd smashed unions. It got even worse in the year after that. Walker ran for president briefly, and then Trump won Wisconsin. (09:58–10:02)

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Asserts that Republicans engaged in voter suppression, gerrymandering, and weakening unions in Wisconsin.

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