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Ben Wikler: “They threw out unconstitutional maps that were the previous…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 21:10

And I say that because it's not like they were gerrymandering maps for Democrats. They were just actually reading the state constitution and you know, considering what the the law and constitution required. So They threw out unconstitutional maps that were the previous Supreme Court had essentially rubber stamped. And at that point our state supreme court said hey governor legislators, if you guys can't agree on maps, we'll choose them. (21:10–21:16)

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