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Ben Wikler: “We saw this with healthcare in 2017.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:10

The longer you slow down this bill, the longer they go through contortions to try to maneuver it through one chamber that then makes it toxic in the other chamber, the less chance that they can pass it at the end. We saw this with healthcare in 2017. So fight on. This is the moment. Absolutely. And I think what you said couldn't be more true. The longer it takes, the more they try to. It's like jello. (09:10–09:13)

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Asserts that delaying tactics were effective against healthcare legislation in 2017.

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