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Ben Wikler: “They have six out of the eight congressional seats in…”

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

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Bradshimmel and his supporters, the House Freedom Caucus, the most right wing group, they are running ads essentially saying that he will freeze in our congressional maps, which currently are hyper gerrymandered for Republicans, They have six out of the eight congressional seats in Wisconsin. If someone were to bring a legal challenge to the congressional maps, if you have a fair court that actually looks at the long Constitution, some legal scholars think that these maps could be struck down, which would mean two additional congressional seats for Democrats. (08:08–08:12)

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Asserts that Republicans hold six of the eight congressional seats in Wisconsin.

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