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Ben Wikler: “They would have thrown out hundreds of thousands of ballots…”

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

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And to put this in vivid context, Wisconsin is the only case where the Supreme Court seriously entertained overturning the 2020 presidential race. And it came within a single vote. It was a 4, 3 vote on our state Supreme Court. They would have thrown out hundreds of thousands of ballots just in the two biggest Democratic counties, Dane county and Milwaukee county. if the Republicans had gotten their way. And if Brad Schimmel gets the deciding vote on our state Supreme Court, then we have serious risk of, like, serious election sabotage. (08:00–08:09)

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