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Ben Wikler: “When Republicans do [resource shifts to the wealthy], it is…”

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But they're going to try to do a massive shift of resources away from most Americans into the hands of the ultra wealthy. And that, you know, when Democrats campaign against that, it is incredibly popular. When Republicans do [resource shifts to the wealthy], it is unpopular. And we saw this movie in 2017 when they went after healthcare and then they passed this massive tax cut for the, for the ultra rich. (23:54–23:57)

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Asserts that Republican efforts to redistribute wealth to the wealthy are unpopular.

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