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Ben Wikler Discusses GOP Tax Cuts and Medicaid Cuts with Wisconsin Implications

Published June 9, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:53

And now he's been pushed out because Donald Trump watched him go up in flames in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election. And now They're battling over just how much they should gut the federal government's protections for regular folks across the country. health care that people rely on, earned benefit programs in order to fund a massive tax cut for the ultra wealthy. (00:53–01:01)

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