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Ben Wikler: “Trump came in and tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act…”

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

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Published January 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:26

And Democrats united around that fight, made it absolutely clear and then won in a massive way in 2006 and 2008, 2017, Trump came in and tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid. the biggest insurance program in this country that is critical for people with disabilities and complex medical needs and people of modest means and so many people. (09:26–09:31)

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Asserts that Trump attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and reduce Medicaid.

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