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Ben Wikler: “They wanted to ban teaching in schools about social…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:52

And they rely on this, this, this constant wave of propaganda to, to make people think that they don't have the power to change what happens in this country and to try to push. I mean, They wanted to ban teaching in schools about social movements and the history, the true history of race. and the, the movements that have actually moved us step by step towards equality because they don't want people to think that they have that power. So that is their agenda. (06:52–06:57)

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