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Ben Wikler: “We were just Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin short of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 30:10

We gotta, we gotta throw ourselves into saying, hey, as soon as you have the power to do it, make these changes. And we came closer than people realize to a national gerrymandering ban. Before, We were just Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin short of changing the filibuster rules. And now they're both gone. We do not have Democrats running for US Senate who would be unwilling to take action. We just need to make sure that they do it. (30:10–30:20)

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Asserts that the filibuster rule change was blocked by Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin.

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