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Ben Wikler: “We had dropboxes banned when the Republicans had the Supreme…”

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Ben Wikler What Democrats Need to Learn from 2024.

Published January 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:16

Those races determine whether we have an abortion ban in place and make clear who Democrats are for when it comes to issues that directly affect people in their lives. We had dropboxes banned when the Republicans had the Supreme Court in Wisconsin. Now they are legal. And I'm sure the Republicans would ban them again if they took power. The state legislative fights, we stopped Republicans from getting a super majority in the State assembly in 22. (14:16–14:22)

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Asserts that dropboxes were banned under Republican control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and are now legal.

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