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Ben Wikler: “Tim Michaels said right before the election, once I'm…”

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

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60: Building a Unified Operation for Success with Ben Wikler | Jen Rubin's Green Room

Published | Video Starts at 29:41

And if you look at Governor Evers victory in 2022, a meaningful slice of the votes came from Republicans who thought that their own Republican nominee was too far to the right. And when Tim Michaels said right before the election, once I'm elected, no Republican's ever going to win in this state. it touched a nerve. Even though there's a whole dispute about the context, it touched a nerve because that same guy was proposing to scrap the bipartisan system of election … (29:41–29:47)

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